July 26th, 2007 by francis tsai
Hey evabody
This piece was done as a variant cover for the reprinting of Heroes for Hire #11, which is out on store shelves now! It’s a bit of a landmark for me, since it is my very first printed Marvel Comics cover. I actually did this one pretty recently, but for whatever reason it is the first out of the gate. Hope you like it.

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July 23rd, 2007 by francis tsai
Hi there -
I put together a book of paintings and sketches, a mix of personal work and freelance illustration work (a fair amount of Wizards of the Coast stuff). It’s full color interiors, 159 pages, and is available in hardcover ($48) and paperback ($35). You can order through my storefront page at lulu.com; here is a link:
http://stores.lulu.com/francistsai
The order page at lulu.com has a low resolution preview of several of the pages.


Posted in Dungeons and Dragons, Wizards of the Coast, character design, environment design, publications, sketches, travel sketches, vehicle design | 4 Comments
July 16th, 2007 by francis tsai
Hi alla yalls
Here’s the cover art for “Gamma Corps” #4 (of 4) from Marvel Comics. I believe this will be out July 25.

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July 10th, 2007 by francis tsai
Hello -
This is a slight re-working of a piece I did a couple of years ago called Drow of Praxirek, for Wizards of the Coast. The original can be found on my site. There aren’t really any drastic changes; the main issue I had was with the main (seated) character’s face. I darkened the skin on a few of the elves, since their skin is often described as glossy black or purple, and I wanted to try to get more of a sense of that in the image.

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