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Interior Illustrations – To Green Angel Tower

Donato Giancola

These past few years I have had the honor to interpret a classic fantasy trilogy from the 1990's, Tad William's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series for Grim Oak Press. This trilogy culminates in the final massive tome To Green Angel Tower, and is so large it has historically been published as two volumes due to issues around binding that many pages in one book. Luckily for me as an illustrator tackling this project, it meant…

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Painting Ghost Rider

Paolo Rivera

January 5, 2026 - By Paolo Rivera   Ghost Rider Studies. 2006. Acryla Gouache  on bristol board, 8.5 × 12″. After painting Mythos: Hulk completely in grayscale, I felt the urge to return to color for my next project, Mythos: Ghost Rider. I had gotten fairly comfortable with Acryla Gouache on board, so when I saw the full-spectrum set of 12 colors at Pearl Paint in Chinatown, I couldn't resist. You've all had that feeling: if you just got this set of paints, or that brush, your mad skills will have the chance to truly shine.   Mythos: Ghost Rider, Page 23. 2006. Gouache and acrylic on bristol board, 8.5 × 12″. For once, it was sort of true. My approach to oil was mostly opaque, meaning that nearly every color that appeared in the final painting had to be painstakingly mixed…

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