Discovering Truth In Ancient Fables Fantasy illustration By Fian Arroyo

Fian Arroyo Accepted Into Spectrum 22 Awards Book

April 20, 2015 in animals, character design, conceptual illustration, doodle art, fantasy art, Fian Arroyo, Fian Arroyo blog, humorous illustration, illustration, line art, water color and ink

I am so stoked and honored to have one of my pieces selected for inclusion in Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. It is a juried annual with the best fantasy art selected from around the world. The book will come out in November and will have distribution throughout the book trade. This is a hard book to get into and my work will be showcased with the best in the world...sweeeet!!!! The piece that was selected was Discovering Truth in Ancient Fables.

I feel so blessed!!!

Dragon Doodle illustration By Fian Arroyo

Dragon Sketchbook Doodle

April 12, 2015 in animals, cartoons, character design, fantasy art, Fian Arroyo, Fian Arroyo blog, humorous illustration, humorous illustrator, illustration, line art

Starting the week off with a another Sunday night doodle while watching TV with the fam. Dragons...who doesn't love 'em? They are so fun to draw. I have a seemingly endless number of them in my head wanting to get out. Should I see a health care specialist for this? ;-)

Jabberwocky Monster illustration By Fian Arroyo

Jabberwocky Illustration For ZaPow Gallery Theme Show

March 30, 2015 in animals, cartoons, character design, conceptual illustration, digital art, fantasy art, Fian Arroyo, Fian Arroyo blog, giclee print, humorous illustration, humorous illustrator, illustration, line art, water color and ink

Finished illustration for the Wonderland theme show at the ZaPow Art Gallery in Asheville N.C. that opens next week. All pieces in the show are from the book Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Each artist was assigned an excerpt from the book, mine was one with the Jabberwocky. There is just a short passage in the book with no description of the creature...plenty of room for me to run with it...just the way I like it!

Good Omens; The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Illustration By Fian Arroyo

Witches, Angels and Demons Illustration

February 07, 2015 in animals, character design, digital art, fantasy art, Fian Arroyo, Fian Arroyo blog, giclee print, humorous illustration, humorous illustrator, illustration, water color and ink

Here is the final illustration for my entry in the ZaPow galleries "Art Of The Book" theme show. The book assigned to me was Good Omens; The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. A super funny book about an angel and demon trying to prevent the apocalypse from happening based on the prophecies of a nutty witch. Super fun book and highly recommended read. The show will run from Feb. 8 thru April 8. If you are in the Asheville, NC area, drop by and check it out. Archival fine art prints for this are available here.

What's your favorite part of this art?

AAA Traveler Magazine Illustration By Fian Arroyo

Fun Magazine Spread Illustration

January 13, 2015 in advertising illustration, animals, cartoons, character design, digital art, Fian Arroyo, Fian Arroyo blog, humorous illustration, humorous illustrator, illustration

Recently I created two spreads and a fun logo for AAA Traveler Magazine. This is the first of the two spreads and the logo. The assignment was to depict fun activities to do while on vacation in Florida. Some of the destinations mentioned in the article include Disney World, Universal Studios, Lego Land and beach activities. The Minion on the roller coaster still cracks me up! It was a fun project to work on because after having lived in Florida for many years, all those destinations mentioned were familiar to me. Makes me wanna go back and do the parks again and get in some beach time!

Thanx AAA for such a fun project!!!