The Age of Conan/board game cover art+stuff

[TARGETE]

Hey CA,

Been a while, thought I'd share with you some of the stuff I've been doing.
I better do so now since I will be swamped for the next few months as Art Director for Ignition USA.

I finally got to do something "Conan" related, now I can die a happy man. This is for the soon to be released "Age of Conan Board game" not to be confused with the "Age of Conan" video game.


I grew up reading Conan books and comics I was a big fan of John Bucema's Conan for the marvel titles. Of course the Frazetta Conans and early Boris stuff and B. Windsor Smith versions.

I'm not certain why this character appeals to so many male fantasy artist, maybe he is the poster child for "Male Testosterone" but for me Robert E. Howard created one the most iconic and darkest fantasy heroes of 20th century pulp literature and it is apparent by all the forms of media he has generated that the Conan machine is alive and well..

Reading those early Conan books and comics shaped my style of art even in genres like sci-fi and horror, historical etc. Whats amazing is you can look at history and say "yhea that guy reminds me of Conan" think of Hannibal who almost defeated the Roman empire and William Wallace or Shaka Zulu. Yes the argument can be made that these historical figures fought for greater causes and Conans were contrived by a writers personal ideals and imagination. However the translation of strength, passion and pure aggression is something we can all relate to in one form or another as artist. Art is war baby.

Every time I pick up a pencil or a wacom pen I go to war with a number of devils, the client devil, the personal life devil, the aging devil, the competition devil and last but not least the me devil. It's simply a matter of time as to which one will catch up with me and run me through.

Anyway enough chatter from me below also are variations of sketches presented to the client and some other illustrations and concepts.

best,
JP

[Farsh]

Whoa mama! These are epic on so many levels its frightening. The motion in the black and white one is amazing! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Molly]

Love the robot in the workshop...The Conan stuff is just epic!

MX

[LORD M]

This is epicness of epic proportions. Epic job on these!

[Jamie Romoser]

my eyes just exploded amazing work man congrats

[Atmospheria]

Great attention to detail. Awesome job!

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Absolutly amazing stuff here men!
Keep it up! post more.

[Dizon]

I've never seen you do robots before. I love it!

[Jason Snair]

awesome work

just curious...what size is the canvas in those Conan ones. There's so many little details in there, seems like it must be pretty big.

[Kan Muftić]

These are really cool. Has a flavor of the old school.
You worked on Tabula Rasa? I think, folks from Austin mentioned something..
Kind regards,
Khan

[Lone Wolf]

Amazing work J.P. I love the depth and scale of the first Conan piece, not to mention all the detail.:yum:

[stalsby]

You sick son of a B! hahaha! Always a lot to feast my eyes on! Thanks!

[facosta]

hey J.P.,

Thanks for sharing these with us. I'm really glad you were finally able work on one of your favorite character. You can really feel the love you put into the image. Awesome details!!

Good Luck with your new gig with Ignition USA!! Take care.

[darukin]

Beautiful work J.P.

I've always drawn inspiration from your work, love the style and awe-factor. Also your workshop Imaginative illustration DVDs were awesome, I had gained a lot from them.

Great!

[Thalion]

great artworks! The first illustration is amazing:D superb stuff.

[Oblio]

Love!

[TARGETE]

Thanks all for the comments, hopefully I can post in about a year :).

There's been alot of great post lately the talent here is constantly growing new faces new styles more competition for us old dudes, it's all good though I still got some tricks up my sleeve :).

JP

[rawwad]

Awesome stuff, Like it so much, your works have feeling of great story. congtaz man

[banhatin]

hehe!who give the TARGETE 4 stars? really funny!IT must be 5 stars!

[Rod28Pereira]

Targete, you are the best. I love your work and congrats for the Conan Work.

Cheers,

Rod

[aka_sova]

The best is the first one...in my opinion :) So much details, that build all the scene...

[Kuren]

Awesome stuff. The first Conan image is nicely rendered. I noticed though that the armies on the battlefield are standing there doing nothing. It'd be nice to see the intensity of combat there. Maybe paint one group of guys fighting, copy and paste that and manipulate it to save some time.

[rlederer]

Oh HELL yeah! These fucking kick ass! I'd love to see the action pieces fleshed out. Outstanding work. I wanna buy you a beer for that one:)

[miracola]

JP,

You work is always amazing and you never, ever disappoint. That Conan piece is beautiful. I would love to see that sketch #2 worked up as well. The action in that piece is very compelling. Would have been nice for them to have you finish that and use it elsewhere on the boardgame somehow.

The lighting in those robot pieces is top notch. I love it!

Jeff

[y266_2000]

Awesome stuff!

[Neneuche]

Well, it's all pretty spectacular. I love the fish guy.
You have mad skillz! I'm super jealous. Thanks for that.:davi:

[Mandryk]

thanks for these JP, stunning work as usual. I'm glad to finally see your take Conan - you knocked it out of the park. That scene is just epic on every level.

-daryl

[FIG]

Beautiful stuff, can't wait to see your own comic if thats still on. I remember reading ImagineFX a while back. Thanks for the inspiration with these stunning pieces of artwork.

[Chuck,mate.]

man ho man.... that first piece is breath-taking kickASS.
and it`s a treat seeing your process of creation as well, my friend.

thanks for sharing.
excellent stuff.
:)



Pat.

[Nubb]

I love to see all that variety of surface, texture value or espression among one man style. It's like kinder surprise! The deeper you go, the more you find :) Restekpa

[SugaCrcl]

Awesome JP! I have your DVDs, and they are a great help!

[Penumbra]

Great stuff man. Love the new work.

[sabin boykinov]

Thank's for sharing you works with us
Great stuff!!

[airman]

stunning!!o_o
how old are u if i may ask

[MeTaL-Mike]

Jezus these are amazing man. love the details on them.

[mustafacetin]

oh my god!
great workz in action !

[digitalkarma]

wow when i`m looking at this inspiring work, i can hear the music of BASIl POLEDOURIS in my mind//////////////

[TimGillette]

I love the robot by the furnace piece.
Nice work all together.

[Pavel Sokov]

Solid works,love the unreal tournament 3 inspired character

[Mister Lister]

i tink i just crapped myself through my pupils, AWESOME/BRILL work!

[neverville]

Wow! It must have been an epic battle just to complete that first image!

I agree with your take on the Conan character too. There's a mythic quality about him that transcends generations. Your perception of those qualities emerges from your work. I think the most important place to start with an important work of art is to identify with the subject on a sublime level. You've certainly grasped that!

[Jacob Kobryn]

JP I LOVE your artwork. You're in my top three for favorite artists!
And I wrote a 4 page paper about you for English class.... sort of obsessive huh? ;)
Take care!
Jake

[Ramitxon]

Awesome material man!, the conan pieces are fantastic but I like the most , the last pencil sketch. You are a great inspiration, thanks for sharing.

[albert86]

Cool stuff , been a fan of your work for ages and this is no exception