We should ask, what is freedom?
when the land and its riches
inevitably fall to the pitches
of ceos and their money making posse.

Land of the free
where you must choose between insurance or your old tree
where the birds and the bees must flee for safety

where your property
is pressured to be sterile, dead, and cost most of your money

where native plants survive in ditches
conservation funding is revoked like glitches

Ascendance ✨

Song of the Lioness; limited edition quartet series done for @illumicrate.bsky.social ✨

New cover out for Alcove Press!

"Song of the Hell Witch" by Taylor Hartley

🌺🥀🌷🌸🌹

Decoris genitalis

From my ongoing series, The Secret Garden

He looks as if his mind is just white noise with the occassional thought of "FOOD". Love him. 😆

Fables Deluxe Edition #16

Even the most terrible of conflicts can cultivate peace.

Kind of? I feel like if a person doesn't value animals...it reflects on how they judge living things. An indifference to me is an echo of their empathy. I've always percieved it as a red flag, but I am sure grey areas exist in a situation like this.

Winter has arrived ❄️

For “Encounters with the Imaginary. Vol 3”

Donato Giancola has arrived. Give him a follow, won’t you?

With the type of work I do, I've been outside of the online art space for a few years. Being here, though, has sparked a little bit of my inner creativity again for personal work. I'm excited to contribute to what feels like a solid online community again, with less fight against the algorithm.

And for a little process sharing, here are the preliminary drawings to go along with those three milestone artworks in the previous post.
Faramir at Osgiliath
30" x 40" Graphite on paper 2002

Inheritors of Earth
24" x 36" Graphite on paper 1998

Golden Rose
23" x 29" Graphite on paper 2007

digital painting of a magpie preening

haven't posted this here yet: magpie study

Ahhh thank you!!! Its always been a classic in my portfolio, im glad to hear it's still well loved. <3

It was! =)

There have been instances of theft with this piece in the past, but those publishers licensed it from me!

Hello folks,

I’m very pleased to announce that I’m apart of another 78 Tarot project! This time, my little frog got a chance to be transformative in the Oracle of the Healing Water deck.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/kay...

The Hollow Knight
5 of Cups

Loss - Regret - Disappointment - Grief - Loneliness - Sadness

Circa 2010

"Wild Dog"

"Gather 'round little ones, and spend the night
I'll read you a book that will give you a fright!"

The Gods That Time Forgot: A Novel, by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez is on Pre-Order!

This cover had a lot of changes and shifts which ultimately turned into a lengthy process work-wise, but I am happy with how it ultimately looks. Was exciting to jump into Celtic themes this round.

I was lucky enough to work with Rich Deas on a book cover project for Randi Pink's upcoming novel, Under the Heron's Light.

I can't wait to dive into this as soon as it arrives on my doorstep, and it was such fun bringing such an important place in history to life for the cover. 🌿

Cover #162 for Fables, DC comics.

For Tor.com

Hi Blue Sky! My name is Danny Schwartz and I'm an illustrator for Magic: The Gathering, The Witcher, a whole bunch of awesome tarot projects, and publishing/kid lit. I like fun characters, adventure, space, frogs, and I guess also frogs. Always looking for work!
http://dannyschwartz.com