My OCs, the Gymrat Dragons. Boy name of Meatdog, girl name of Cayenne.
This is my new character, name of Meatdog. #oc #originalcharacter #dragon #painting #beef #muscles #bulge https://www.instagram.com/p/CjG0YvpPkEe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Continuing practice to get better at painting. I'm very proud of my progress. #Art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #photoshop #painting #rjpalmer #artistsoninstagram #arvalis #dragon #wyvern #practice https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7VRHJv-73/?utm_medium=tumblr
Did you guess it would be dragon type? Come back tomorrow to see what type I do next! 2 of 4 #eevee #eeveelutions #dragon #pokemon #dragontype #fakemon https://www.instagram.com/p/CQrOeM0jQW9/?utm_medium=tumblr
Rare and Unusual Griffins Part 1. Come back tomorrow for the next part #Art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #photoshop #painting #rjpalmer #artistsoninstagram #arvalis #booby #bluefootedbooby #griffin #gryphon #griffon #dragon https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSmV-2DRPg/?igshid=nuvgl10vn80i
I love Fatalis in Monster Hunter so much, but let's say I'd rather draw him than fight him in Iceborne. After going through the forest fire evacuation in real life, I wanted to paint something to reflect how apocalyptic that day felt but I also wanted to paint a dragon.
Dalamadur sketch commission. Was tricky trying to make sense of the weirdass scales it has, including but not limited to how they face backwards. Anyways I love this giant lizard cosplaying a snake, please come to MHW. #Art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #photoshop #painting #rjpalmer #artistsoninstagram #arvalis #monsterhunterworld #mhw #monsterhunter #dalamadur #dragon #snake #herp https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEZR7bjbqK/?igshid=1dvhmw2u0q46h
Last year I was contacted to work on a Yu-Gi-Oh! movie. Unfortunately it fell through because Frankie Muniz refused to play Yugi Muto. Thats not true but check out this Blue Eyes White Dragon I painted.
Its my 30th birthday tomorrow and all I want for my birthday is for you guys to check out my new book. It features a ton of my favorite sketches from my 20s, which are about to end
I love my new spicy boy. He drools hot sauce and uses pepper spray as a condiment. Don't touch him! 🥵 #art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #photoshop #painting #rjpalmer #artistsoninstagram #arvalis #dragon #fakemon #pokemon #spicy #peppers #pepper #scoville https://www.instagram.com/p/B4X5ivUDXJ6/?igshid=1r14tdt9jrytq
Fresh off the press, my new art book. They turned out so well so well you guys, I’m really proud of them. Available this weekend at @lightboxexpo table 215. #Art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #photoshop #painting #rjpalmer #artistsoninstagram #arvalis #artbook #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #dragon #pokemon #monsterhunter https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FCYtajLLJ/?igshid=1s9wo3u62ssbp
This is one of my favorite pieces I got to work on for Detective Pikachu. I did a chunk of concept art to try and pitch a museum set piece. Although admittedly it was mostly so I could try and get my favorite Pokemon, Tyrantrum, into the movie. I really learned a lot working on this piece and I'm super proud of that Rayquaza. #Art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #photoshop #painting #rjpalmer #artistsoninstagram #arvalis #detectivepikachu #pikachu #realisticpokemon #rayquaza #dragon #dinosaur https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGRfOhD99P/?igshid=13g8l7qvyjjc3
I've been wanting to do a quick mockup of dragon anatomy for a long time. I finally had the opportunity to put this together. I wanted to play with some ideas for how a hexapod could reasonably function. Unlike a lot of other artists I placed the wing arms in front of the walking arms. I thought this would allow for better range of motion for the wings, might be a good thing to have for flight haha. I played primarily with archosaur anatomy forms here. Obviously the wing bones are inspired by birds, however they have cartilaginous struts that extend from the metacarpals to create a more classical dragon webbed wing. The shoulder girdle/keel is fused with the scapulocoracoid of the second arm set, so the entire chest is very rigid. As such the secondary arms would have less rand of motion and this guy would run on his hind legs using his wings for balance in order to move faster along the ground and for takeoff. Also notice how much the keratin extends the claws and horns. Hope you guys dig it and please let me know if you have any questions.
As much as I loved the Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy XIV crossover event, I felt it was a real missed opportunity for crossing the design aesthetics as well. I thought it would be really neat to draw Rathalos in the style of Final Fantasy monster design. I really love the FF summon designs and wanted to play in that design language for a bit. To do this I even went back to the basics and for the first time in 7 years got a real physical pencil out to do the lines. I worked really hard on the lines, boy pencil is much more work than I recalled. I then scanned the piece and did the digital colors. I had a lot of fun with this guy. Let me know if you can spot any of the Final Fantasy influences here~ The original pencil piece is for sale on EBAY right now. www.ebay.com/itm/273439013533
Late last year I was asked to do an illustration for the card game Dragoborne by Bushiroad International. They asked for a monster dinosaur with giant red horns on the side of the head, felt like a pretty spot on subject matter for my particular interests haha. I also enjoy how delightfully anachronistic the idea of a dinosaur chasing deer is. Watch out magic deer, he gonna get you.
Last one and its time for the breakdancing wolf dragon, Zinogre. This is 6 of 6 Zinogre Type: Electric Ability: Static Moves: Attack Order, Wild Charge, Cross Chop, Dragon Dance #pokemon #MonsterHunter #zinogre #jinouga #wolf #woof #art #drawing #dragon #monster #hunter #pocketmonsters #fakemon #digitalart
For those asking, I'll have these available as buttons and a print at Fanime later this week. I'll post the others daily. This is 5 of 6 Tigrex Type: Normal/Fighting Ability: Tough Claws Moves: Boomburst, Outrage, Brick Break, Accelerock #pokemon #MonsterHunter #pocketmonsters #tigrex #fakemon #monhun #art #illustration #drawing #digitalart #conceptart #dragon #wyvern