@Raid71 The backgrounds are from capturing my drawings with an old 2 megapixel camera and crappy bathroom sink lighting. I usually have to max out the ISO on my camera to get a picture without the flash and it creates textural patterns from my hand smudges (I draw fast and dirty on copy paper). I usually heavily blur the background to push it back and it creates the ambient background.
Outstanding work here Whitechapel, as always. So Dark Horse had a Conan Cover Art contest, and while I didn't win I had a mighty load of fun working on my submission.
Neil: I love how squishy your drawings get with the combo of hard lines and the crosshatchy/inky areas, from really hard to really soft. Rooth: That Conan is great; you truly are firing on all cylinders. Mojokingbee: Great to see the volume of work you are putting out, keeps you loose and strong!