Mike J. Marsden/ Illustrator & Writer

BSOD

2012-01-29T19:58:00.000-08:00

I am thinking this piece is a much more complete piece,
as always critiques appreciated

Some paintings created in 5 days

2012-01-02T08:42:00.000-08:00

These are all characters for a giant painting I just recently finished

Newes gothic art

2011-11-09T14:17:00.000-08:00

Girl

2011-10-25T19:08:00.000-07:00

Worked on this for the last week, hope you like it

Monsters New Upload

2011-08-09T09:54:00.000-07:00

newest paintings

2011-07-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

black snakes

2011-03-06T21:41:00.000-08:00

For the last couple months I have been working exclusively on video game designs, since I have to protect the images for copyright I am not currently allowed to show them on any public sites :( so I created a new piece, took about an hour to create start to finish. made the design up as I went

Demon

2011-01-01T10:29:00.000-08:00

this is for a book I am currently Co-writing with two good friends, I am creating all the creature and character concept art for the book. As well as creating jacket art and an illustration for each chapter. Wow this is going to be a blast

Newest Critters for game

2010-09-09T23:17:00.001-07:00

K as always everything here is created from scratch on Photoshop, no photomanipulation, These two are monsters for the video game I am working on, Hope you all like it. Still gotta touchup the wolf-dragon but just started it today about 5 hours maybe.

Been A While

2010-09-07T19:15:00.001-07:00

Hey all just a been a while, Been really busy got a new home up in Idaho, I have to say I love my life.
Some of these peices are from the game I am creating

Arcane Repainted

2010-07-17T10:45:00.003-07:00

this is a repaint of the original, tell me what you all think

Wondertrail Works in Progress

2010-05-04T12:11:00.000-07:00

for wondertrail's (a gaming company)windows, rough sketch so far

Game Monsters

2010-03-08T09:14:00.000-08:00

these are for a video game I am currently working on.

Art for book

2009-12-10T09:34:00.001-08:00

Created for Maestro Oglethorpe's Creature Concert

quick pieces for my family

2009-11-15T11:14:00.000-08:00

created these pieces for my family members I want to spend at least another 10 hours on the snowboarding piece but we'll see if I have time
the painting of the girl with goats is also on my simpleillustration site but family members have wanted to see them all together so here are all the pieces I have created digitally so far for my family for christmas

Dragon again

2009-07-15T09:53:00.000-07:00

Created this for a competition,
Strangers in Strange Lands

Arcane with Ancient Blades

2009-07-05T15:06:00.001-07:00

created as the title for a book
He has blades to kill both Arcane and Spiritual,

Dragon Sibling Rivalry

2009-07-01T10:18:00.000-07:00

Dragon chasing sister.
Created as a piece for a commission, It is supposed to be representative of sibling Rivalry

Latest Art

2009-07-01T09:37:00.001-07:00

k this is my latest non-gothic art, if you wanna see that please go to links gothic/ macabre art. Needless to say this art is a little older than my gothic art but it is the most recent commission I created for a client, showcasing a new product

Bellmattel

2009-04-19T21:04:00.001-07:00

created for a project for my little bro, the creatures are made completly from metal and they absorb minerals through their chests and palms. This critter can fuse with weapons and other technology, As he fuses with them he upgrades their abilities

Alien Hitchhiker

2009-01-31T10:50:00.000-08:00

a piece created for a contest an alien trying to hitchhike

Art For Laura

2009-01-31T10:28:00.000-08:00

art for my most recent client.
created a logo and then a design piece
as you can probably guess this is for a cake decorator
the decorator is a willowy girl and so the design behind this is a whimsical innocent feel something I rarely do but most people love
lol well that's all for now
loves

Bartimaeus Trilogy The Golem's Eye

2008-12-03T23:35:00.000-08:00

Love this author and decided to create a painting in his honor.

Balloon Face

2008-11-29T15:48:00.001-08:00

Balloon Face

Handz(Vacant)

2008-11-02T10:04:00.000-08:00

created for illustration fridays word (Vacant)
this is a character I have been creating for a while, but finally figured I'd paint.
His right arm is vacant of flesh, I'll probably be touching it up the rest of the week

Elf Magic (strings)

2008-10-16T12:28:00.001-07:00

a painting a of a night elf, wanted to spend more time on it but hey what can one do.... i'll probably be refining it the rest of the week.
this was actually created for the strings for last week submission to illustration friday. thought I had till today to submit it.... oh well guess I'll get the next one done on time.

Fantasy Football

2008-10-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

created on commission for my co-worker melissa, her dad is a big greenbay packers fan so I created a painting for her where her dad is attempting to catch the football.
took about ten hours to create

just some fantasy art

2008-09-06T10:16:00.000-07:00

Logo Hand

2008-08-27T10:15:00.000-07:00

A logo design I created for a massage therapist a while ago she works with the concept that our DNA holds the ability to heal ourselves, with the correct pressure points being implemented that dna is reconnected to our bodies, so the concept behind this piece is a thumb print,,aka dna, that becomes a the healing hand...

Chasing Angels

2008-08-08T18:36:00.000-07:00

finished goul pieces

2008-08-08T09:02:00.001-07:00

Latest Art

2008-06-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

My latest art all my more favorite pieces.
Most of them for Mutabeast but the one with the demon summoning is a finished piece for Arcane the story I am currently illustrating.
The one of the Demon Roots is for a story called Cult
well that's all loves later

Idol (Child of Sin)

2008-05-09T15:44:00.001-07:00

A child who was born bearing the sins of his parents, his father a praticing demon summoner and his mother a medium. Growing up his playmates were kobolds and ghosts, gouls and demons..... He made a pact with a skull demon at the age of 5, (his father did it all the time, he assumed it was an acceptable deed.)

Hanz (Demon Spawn)

2008-05-09T15:31:00.000-07:00

A child born from a priest and a succubus, His father was a priest of the highest clergy and a Knight of Columbus. His mother a succubus (a demon of the darker reaches) who came to his dreams.. She concieved a child.. Hanz a half breed who walks the strait and narrow ...... as much as can be expected of a teen.
He bears the mark of both parents. In his human form his powers are minumal.He carries the tainted blood line with access into Heaven and upper levels of Hell, Demons hunts him to use as a gateway into Heaven and angels hunt him to bind or kill to keep demons from getting into Heaven

Wise Weasel

2008-04-16T05:16:00.000-07:00

Oh Thank God I am finally finished with this piece lol I've spent too much time painting this thing to want to spend any more time describing it..... lol oh well

Musical Mermaid

2008-04-16T05:11:00.000-07:00

This is for Sara... asked me for a mermaid(a modest mermaid I might add), so I created a mermaid. with a t-shirt on... what is this world coming to, when a mermaid has to wear such restraints.... lol.....giggle.. oh well, this is the finished painting one of my more favorite mermaid pieces. Took 2 days to paint

Silly Snowman

2008-04-16T05:04:00.000-07:00

this is for Jessica, I am so excited about this one, each of the paintings was created in some respect to the person I was creating it for. Jessica asked for a drawing of a snowman painting when she was about 2 I was staying with debi over the weekend cause I was having a really tough time at school and just had to get away.... she loved the drawing, and so I figured give her a painting of it also.... the concept behind this one is, a snowman who paints life into his suroundings, for the really astute you might notice that it is summer, well he is wearing extra protection sunscreen(sunscreen so strong it protects even the most sensitive of skins), anyway so here it is

Happy Hare

2008-04-16T04:59:00.000-07:00

K this is for paige. It is almost complete I still need to add lady bugs flying around him.... the eyes used to be a little creepy......ok myabe a lot creepy... so changed them to a light blue problem fixed.. this painting needs another 3 hours for it to be finished. but the deadline is coming up so I'm trying to get as much done as possible.... the baby blessing is on the 20th of this month so crunch time is coming up...

Timid Turtle

2008-04-16T04:51:00.000-07:00

Well I finally did it..... after years and years of fighting to resist the temptation I broke down and created some actual cute animals.(shakes head sadly)
I don't know what came over me but I started doing cute pictures... after all these years of creating creepy grotesque monsters(a little tear trickles down my cheeck).... I have been doing cute vibrant paintings for the past month... what is this world coming to? lol
so here is the first of 6 installments.. one for each of my neieces and nephew.
Timid Turtle is for Jaxson... It is about a turtle who is afraid of the dark and he keeps trying to find ways to not be afraid of the night... It does have a happy ending.....of course it's for kids after all.

Idol

2008-04-05T17:41:00.000-07:00

This is a piece that has 3 other characters in it so figured I'd show what I have done so far and I'll up-load the rest as it progress'

Shadow Demon

2008-04-05T17:38:00.001-07:00

the refined painting of crypt elf. lol this one is finally done.

Jacob Finished

2008-03-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

K this is the final piece of Jacob I did. Even though it is the most simplified I think it is the best

Jessie

2008-03-28T10:29:00.000-07:00

Did this for my room mate David, she is one sweet doggie, lol anyway talk later loves hugs and kisses

Desert Beetle

2008-03-09T07:35:00.000-07:00

Another creature created just recently one of my more professional pieces

Robotic Ant

2008-03-08T07:55:00.000-08:00

Well since my Rinamgus piece had come out so well, I decided to try creating a creature with movable innards.

Rinamagus

2008-03-08T07:47:00.000-08:00

This is a non-static picture of Rinamagus, where he is being posed for display, his actual environment is the rain forest, but modeling and rigging all those plants and animals would have been a pain so futuristic museum it is.

Rinamagus movie

2008-03-08T07:36:00.000-08:00

I was doodling one day and created a robotic dragon fly, I then had the crazy idea to model it.... in 3D....... lol 3 days later, Rinamagus was created. The modeling was tedious and because my computer doesn't have the best 3D capabilities I had to cut down on some of the more intricate details that I loved about the drawing but here is a movie to show how after I built and rigged him, I sent him on his maiden flight.

Korn Concept

2008-03-08T07:30:00.000-08:00

This is a piece I am thinking of sending into Korn, this piece is still probably needing another 20 hours on it, for it to be professional level. I created the entire thing in Animation Master, created the bones using medical text books so the entire thing is 100% anatomically correct, lol I'm a perfectionist what can I say,

Famine

2008-02-09T10:17:00.000-08:00

this is the finally finished piece...... for now at least. lol what can I say an art piece is never finished.
I changed it a lot and it feels much more complete, I still need to add back lighting, probably something in a gorgeous blue, lol, anyway loves all
mijoe

Imp

2008-02-09T10:10:00.000-08:00

one of my more recent pieces it's still a couple months since I made this guy but figured why not show some of my more impressive up-to-date art.
loves all later
Mijoe
created in photoshop from scratch

Techno Pirate

2007-06-21T15:00:00.000-07:00

Created digitally over a week.

Silent Stag

2007-05-21T14:06:00.000-07:00

k so I created this piece maybe a year ago so I know it's not perfect.....
this creature is supposed to be the evolved form of Rinamagus..... yes it has a story and all.
this is one of my more favorite pieces... took me about 15 hrs.... to pose the piece.. to model the water and the silent stag took about 3 days.

Silent Soldier

2007-05-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I am currently working on for a book.... it is a lot blurrier than my current art and for the time being I am leaving it as it is..... I think this piece took me 5 hrs... I still need about 5 hrs to make it look as good as I want it to

Sapanar

2007-05-21T13:57:00.000-07:00

okay just really quick the names of the Rinamagus and the Sapanar are actually flowers' names.... I was trying to think up names for these monsters and my sister was trying to memorize names of flowers for her floral arrangement class... and so I had her start spouting off names that would sound kinda prehistoric................. I can't remember what flowers these creatures were named after...........
but anyways....
I had finished my rinamagus piece and decided to see what it would look like with a triceratops head......
I didn't finish Sapanar's real body till about 2 months later due to having a really heavy work load at college

Pipi Longstockings

2007-04-05T08:24:00.000-07:00

This is Pipi where she is playing tag with the police. created for Advanced Illustration. I have only spent about 12 hours on it and it needs a lot of repainting before it is going to be complete

Samauri Sprout

2007-03-28T14:46:00.000-07:00

I have seen silk prints that show Asian spirits/demons, and I never thought that they really caught the full grandeur of these beings of the spirit realm. So this is my own interpretation of those folktales. This is a creature of my own imagination, It is however heavily influenced by stories by Jane Yolen.
This is a recreation of Illustration friday's Sprout.

Wired

2007-03-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

Here is the near to complete picture of Wired

this is the second part of my wired trilogy art pieces.

Painted in photoshop, took 24 hrs to complete. Still needs a couple hours.
Made for Illustration Friday's word wired

Hide and Seek

2007-03-07T12:31:00.000-08:00

Communicating with Robots

2007-02-28T14:46:00.000-08:00

As you can see I changed this piece alot being as I wanted the piece to have a more benovelent feel. I also removed the robots and replaced the DNA strand with the symbol for medicine. Being as it is still in the works if you have any ideas on how I can furthur improve the piece I would apreciate it.

Crypt Elf

2007-02-23T12:43:00.000-08:00

This is one I created six months ago. I just sharpened it up a bit

NutCracker

2007-02-22T09:52:00.000-08:00

This is another Painting for advanced illustration. It is a mixed medium first using a 16x20 acrylic painting then scanning it into the computer where I touched up the piece so it would have a smoother feel. The assignment was to make a poster for a play. And the only play I ever remembered liking was the Nutcracker.
I always remembered how graceful and elegant the dancers looked and I attempted to capture that same feel of wonderment that I felt as a child.

Jacob's Portrait

2007-02-22T09:13:00.000-08:00

This is the final piece of jacob's portraits Religion is an important part of my being, and though some of my art is not beautiful by the usual standard of the word I feel that I am capturing a unique beauty that can only be seen by looking past all the creepy and sinister paint and seeing the person behind the paint. I know that this looks like I feel that my brother is evil, but the idea behind it is that Jacob with all his flaws is still a beautiful human being. Jacob has been a philosipher since the age of 7 and now at 13 he can debate with me on equal footing. He at the age of 11 had reading compreshension of a college student. And he is still the most humble and thoughtful person I have ever met. Sometimes when Jacob talks I see wisdom in him that is far beyond his years. And this picture mirrors how I see Jacob's mind.
This is the original design I created for Jacob Some like it, I don't particularly because it has very little story to it

This is one of the first paintings I created of Jacob, I was trying to capture the idea that Jacob starts to speak (the butterflies swirling up and around thoughts caught in a breeze of genius) and suddenly an image appears(the thoughts become words and in turn become the moon). Jacob has always been very deep and so this piece like the following pieces is meant to show his little world.
This is a painting I created in Advanced Illustration, we were supposed to create a portrait of a someone we felt we knew personally. This is a painting of my brother Jacob. Created completly digital

Defying Gravity

2007-02-21T09:21:00.000-08:00

This piece looked alot better before I did the scratch off technique. I'll post an acrylic painting with what it was supposed to look like. As you have probably guessed this is for illustration friday's gravity
I really don't know what this piece is about. And it is still only about a third finished so if you have any critiques I welcome them

Red

2007-01-29T22:13:00.000-08:00

This one is sort of a fusion of my friday class excercise with the Friday Illustration which as the title states is Red.

History Books From The 80's

2007-01-17T10:47:00.000-08:00

Just a fun piece I did in correllation with Illustration Friday's word of the week.
80's