"Burn the Ships" CD cover and poster art!

Cover art for Burn the Ships by Ironwood Rain...
CD front cover:


Poster art:

Posters are now available! Contact Toni at ToniB@IronwoodRain.com for more details!

Sneak peeks of "Burn the Ships" cover art!

In honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day" for a limited time, you can listen to the title track from the new Ironwood Rain CD, Burn the Ships, as well as the single, Ages! CLICK HERE!

Progress on "Burn The Ships" cover art!

Working on the cover art for the CD Burn The Ships by my band, Ironwood Rain.
As a pirate, I can't help but love the concept! It has ships, and fire, and more! And there are songs about ghosts (ooOOoo) and Christmas (Oi... BOOTY!!!) and, of course - "Burn The Ships"!!!

Here are a few of the highlights, in reverse chronological order.

The early stages of laying in the color washes:

oooo... look at that melty jungle!

Work on the final art begins! The initial drawing.


Testing the process, the color palette, and some techniques and effects:


Mapping out the space and the key points of visual interest:


Mapping out the distribution of darks and lights:


The concept sketches: