Mark Stroud

Watercolor portrait of a woman with huge hair wearing a diamond shaped necklace, looking to her right

Portrait #art

Watercolor painting of a woman with large horns on head and long dark hair

Felt like painting #art

Portrait of an long haired elf woman in a blue robe poised to draw her sword. Her pointed ear is red at the tip. There are red triangles at her neck, red under her eyes and red circle on her forehead

Ready #art

Woman with horns, in hard shadows surrounded by dark smoke

Portrait #art

Watercolor portrait of a skull with antler like horns and a third eye, appears out of the mist

Necromancy #art

Ink sketch of a woman with long dark hair, wearing ornate armor with a skull on the shoulder plate

Sketch #art

Messy watercolor portrait of a skull with black horns on the top of the head

Portrait #art

Ink portrait of a woman wearing a fur collar and a horned hat, long dark hair, scar over left eye

Portrait #art

Ink portrait of a woman in armor with horns on her head

Portrait #art

Loose ink and pencil portrait of a woman with horns and wild hair

Trying to loosen up #art

Loose ink and pencil portrait of a woman with horns and wild hair

Trying to loosen up #art

its a made up face

Ink portrait of a bearded long haired man

Portrait #art

Ink sketch of a woman wearing a long dress holding a sword resting on her right shoulder

Sketch #art

Ink portrait of a skeleton with glowing eyes, wearing a big hat, messy dark hair, black clothing

Monday #art

Woman wearing ornate dress stands before a broken wall with right fist smoking. She is in deep shadow, smoke and dust particles all all around, foreground wall is black framing the scene

Trying some things #art

Woman wearing ornate dress stands before a broken wall with right fist smoking. She is in deep shadow, smoke and dust particles all all around, foreground wall is black framing the scene

Trying some things #art

Ink portrait of a woman with long dark hair wearing a robe looking over her left shoulder

Practice #art

Ink sketch of a woman with horns looking upset? Pensive? I’m not sure and I drew it.

Sketch #art

A dragon with a bird like head with horns and darkly shadowed body

Dragon? #art

Ink sketch of a woman in light armor posing with a spear resting on her left shoulder

Sketch #art

I want to try adding some elements of my older style into this new one. Since, I have suddenly started to lean into dark fantasy.

Sketchbook page, on the top is a pencil sketch of a big dragon with it’s long body curving and wings unfurling, next to the dragon is a human form version which I’d all horns, tail and wings. Bottom left of the page is a skull wearing a helmet with big horns, bottom right is a woman with long hair and horns

Sketchbook page #art

Ink portrait of a dragon woman,two large horns and four smaller horns on her head. Large tail curves out behind her, she has long dark hair and is wearing a long dark dress

Practice #art

Sketchbook page showing three ink portraits of women, all have long flowing hair, left one has large horns, the right one has small horns, the upper right is human

Sketchbook page #art

Ink portrait of a woman with big hair and horns. Spiked dark armor. Messy brush strokes and ink splatter

Portrait #art

Sketchbook page reference for how Mike Mignola does shadows. Depicting various portraits of people with hard filled in shadows on them.

My cheat sheet/notes/reference for how Mignola does it, or at least some of the rules. There are no books or whatever that spell it out. You have to find the answers yourself. #art

Woman with long hair in full blue armor holds a golden spear in it’s right hand. She has four horns on her head

Practice #art

Woman in light armor and flowing hair, sword in right hand and dagger in her left, she strikes a dynamic pose

Practice #art

Woman in light armor and flowing hair, sword in right hand and dagger in her left, she strikes a dynamic pose

Practice #art