Comic Con is first up, July 22-25 at the San Diego Convention Center. Find me in booth 4722, as in the last two years. Some new prints, and lots of originals big and small.

After that will be Dragon Con, September 3-6 in Atlanta. Not sure exactly what I’ll have there yet, but some combination of the above …

Hope to see you there!

Many (if not all) of the artists RST contacted contributed a painting of the Lyssa Ravenwood character. The idea was to do it in the style of the art each artist was doing back when they made their “iconic” contributions to the game … which, as far as I was concerned, meant that each did the art exactly as they wished to. Rather like the way we did the art for the game back when … My only concern then was to not do a shittier piece than anyone else did. I still haven’t seen the others, so at risk of embarrassing myself, here’s the 3E Lyssa, Todd-style:

Lyssa ©Todd Lockwood

Detail from Lyssa ©Todd Lockwood

Paksennarion, the cover for Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon, from Baen Books

Paks ©Todd Lockwood

And

In the Shadow, an album cover for the upcoming CD by the same name, from S.I.G.M.A. Project

In The Shadow ©Todd Lockwood

Oh, Hell!

And a couple details:

He wrote:

“My name is Daarken and I am a concept artist and illustrator working for Mythic Entertainment. My friend Leif Jeffers, an animator at DreamWorks, and I are organizing an art auction fundraiser that will be held next year.

Earlier this year my girlfriend, Cat, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 25. On November 3rd, 2009, she had a bilateral mastectomy after going through 16 weeks of chemotherapy. As you can imagine it has been hard for her, not only mentally and physically, but financially. In order to help alleviate some of her medical bills Leif and I wanted to throw an art auction. The proceeds that are left over after her medical bills have been paid will go to a breast cancer related charity to be determined by the artists in the coming weeks.

We currently have artists contributing that hail from all regions of the industry: concept artists, animators, photographers, sculptors, fine artists, illustrators, you name it. The theme for the auction is “Beautiful Grim.” The interpretation of “Beautiful Grim” has been left up to the artists. A tentative deadline for the art has been set for February 1st, 2010. Venues to hold the event are also currently being researched, but so far we are considering either San Francisco or New York.”

To learn more, to donate a piece of art, or to simply keep track of progress, visit BeautifulGrim.Org.

Thanks, everybody!

The letter you will be adding your name to:

We, the undersigned, are just a few of the more than 11 million artists living, working, and creating across the United States. Our work brings significant cultural and economic value to our society – and contributes $1.52 trillion to the nation’s GDP. Yet that value is being disregarded as our rights and incentives to create are increasingly under threat.

Hear us as we speak with one voice about the importance of creators’ rights.

We are the essence of America. Since the founding of our country, our work has provided light in the darkness of conflict, humor in the depths of sadness, beauty in the face of ugliness, and reason in the dysfunction of division.

We serve as the foundation of our communities; you find us in schools, performance halls, libraries, museums, community centers, and movie houses. We enrich our culture with a wide range of creative expression, including music, film, software, video games, writing, photography, graphics, and other visual arts.

We contribute in some way to every single industry in the country. Many of us are self-employed. All of us work hard and pay taxes.

Yet, we are under assault. Our rights to control the distribution, use, and reproduction of our works in our vibrant digital age are dismissed by many who do not understand the value we bring to society. They tell us to work harder, create better, and give our works away. Some think that they should control our works and that they should be able to appropriate, perform, and copy them how they please, without our consent, benefit, or participation.

Our freedom as creators lies in the Constitutional rights we cherish, rights given to us to promote our culture. Without these rights, our ability to pursue our creative dreams and to meet the high expectations of those who benefit from our creative works is significantly diminished. As a result, all Americans will suffer.

Mr. President and Vice President, hear our call. We know you understand the value our creative contributions bring to our society and economy, and we know you can encourage our citizens to respect our rights. Please pursue policies supportive of the rights of artists and the encouragement of our creative efforts. Without the proper respect for our rights and works today, it will become even more difficult for us to create in the future.

Chattacon will be held January 22-24, 2010 at the historic Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel. Call 800-TRACK29 for reservations.

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Comic Con International

July 22nd to July 25th, at the San Diego Convention Center | 111 West Harbor Drive | San Diego, CA 9210I

understand that I will probably be moved from the spot I had the last two years; I’ll post news as it comes to me.

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Dragon Con

I am working on my first ever Dealer’s Room experience at Dragon Con! Look for me there!