Howard Lyon

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, September 18th, 2015

Some friends of mine have recently launched a project on Kickstarter. Their company, Airship...

Warcraft and Hearthstone Art

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, September 4th, 2015

Last time I posted, I showed some of the pixel art/icons I have created for various video games....

Guilty Pixels

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, August 21st, 2015

-By Howard Lyon When I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of Deluxe Paint. It was a DOS based...

Made by Hand

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, August 7th, 2015

-By Howard Lyon We live in amazing times. Machines are helping us get things faster and cheaper and with great benefit to society. There are very few sectors of business or economy that aren’t impacted by the rise of...

Art and Humor

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, July 24th, 2015

***more comics added at the bottom that were submitted by readers*** Today’s post is a...

Painting Lincoln – Part 1

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, July 10th, 2015

There have been many paintings of Abraham Lincoln done by contemporaries of Lincoln, some of our...

Magic: the Gathering Origins Artwork

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, June 26th, 2015

It has been a while since I have posted some of my illustrations for Magic: the Gathering. The...

Harmonious Color

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, June 12th, 2015

A couple years ago, I wrote a post on harmonious color and Dan posted a link to it here on Muddy...

Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix Las Vegas

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, May 29th, 2015

-By Howard Lyon This weekend I am attending the Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix in Las Vegas. If...

Exploring Palettes

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, May 15th, 2015

I have been exploring various arrangements of a simple flesh palette lately. It is remarkable how...

Taking a Big Bite Part 2

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, May 1st, 2015

-By Howard Lyon The toned canvas ready to begin Back in January I posted part 1 of this post. I...

Heritage Auctions – Illustration – May 2015

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, April 17th, 2015

Detail from Jon Whitcomb – Dressing her Holiday Hair One of my favorite sites to find...

Wang Yidong – China Realism

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, April 3rd, 2015

A few years ago I stumbled across the work of Chinese realist artist Wang Yidong. It was like...

Bits of Magic

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, March 20th, 2015

Magic: the Gathering (MtG) is a really wonderful license for artists to work on. The art...

Art Studios – I Need Your Input

Posted by Howard Lyon | Friday, March 6th, 2015

It is always tough to follow Lauren on Muddy Colors, but her post yesterday was especially killer....

Kristine Poole on Beautiful + BizarreThanks much for sharing your thoughts. Happy to hear you enjoyed the article. K
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Kristine Poole on Inspiration from Times PastMy pleasure! So happy you enjoyed it!
Kristine Poole on The CallingHi Michael, Thanks so much for deciding to take a look and for sharing your thoughts! I also find it intriguing to get to wal…
Kristine Poole on The CallingI am so pleased to read your words. When we "release" work into the world, we never know who might find it intriguing, engagi…
Kristine Poole on The CallingThank you for sharing your thoughts. One of the things I love most about art is how it can communicate across time, cultures…
Kristine Poole on Presenting Sculpture for Publication CompetitionsThanks Kaleigh, I'm happy to hear it was helpful to you. :) Thanks for letting me know. K
Sarah Finnigan on Interior Illustrations – To Green Angel TowerI'd be curious to know how you tackled the signature pages, particularly the magic/edges of the magic meeting with the white…
Halloran on Interior Illustrations – To Green Angel TowerCan you talk more about the Pool of Three Depths? That image fascinates me and I haven't read the series (yet). What's the st…

Author: Howard Lyon

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Warcraft and Hearthstone Art

Guilty Pixels

Made by Hand

Art and Humor

Painting Lincoln – Part 1

Magic: the Gathering Origins Artwork

Harmonious Color

Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix Las Vegas

Exploring Palettes

Taking a Big Bite Part 2

Heritage Auctions – Illustration – May 2015

Wang Yidong – China Realism

Bits of Magic

Art Studios – I Need Your Input

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