(Click on the the image to see the full comic.)
This is a panel from a poster-sized comic that I drew as a commission for children's author Anne Patton, to help promote her historical novel Through Flood and Fire.
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup is an open-source roguelike computer game. The monsters in the game are represented by small (32x32) graphical tiles. I drew the following larger pictures based on the game tiles and the descriptive text for the monsters in the game.
The Giant Eyeball floats lazily through the air, spinning to peer at its surroundings. Its paralyzing gaze is harmless on its own, but can leave an adventurer vulnerable to other monsters.
The Eye of Draining is a hovering horror that feeds on latent magical energy. Preferring to avoid physical confrontation, it uses its teeth only for self-defence.
The Eye of Devastation is a huge eyeball, encased in a levitating globe of incandescent energy. The moment it detects movement, it lets loose with a barrage of explosive bolts.
The Golden Eye is a tiny and shimmering floating eye, swift as the wind and glistening like gold. It has a peculiarly hypnotic look.
An Ugly Thing is a shuddering mass of slimy tentacles and crusty skin. According to legend, this hideously mutated creature is the otherworldly spawn of a wizard's breeding experiment. It feeds on flesh.
A Very Ugly Thing is similar to an Ugly Thing... but bigger, fiercer, and above all uglier.
Commission for a family member. Illustration based on a scene from the book.