Reverie '09 - Sunday, March 29

Waiting for Reverie to officially start


Jason Manley of Massive Black gets the ball rolling


Andrew Jones paints from life


Shawn Barber, Carl Dobsky, and Dave Dorman paint with oil


Dave Dorman lays down the background in oil. Tomorrow he will finish with acrylics. And, yes, that defies the laws of physics.


Carl Dobsky


Kim Saigh (tattoo artist from L.A. Ink) and Shawn Barber

Reverie 09 Kick-off Party Video

Just a quick peek at the dj dance floor, model setups and the crowd.

Reverie Workshop - Part 2

More scenes from the kick-off party at FIG.

Reverie Workshop - Dallas '09

A few quick scenes from the kick-off party for Conceptart.org's Reverie Workshop in Dallas, Texas. I'll be posting more this week, along with videos.

Conceptart.org's Reverie in Dallas

Well, Dave Dorman and I made it thru a very bumpy flight to Dallas. We're in Texas for Conceptart.org's Reverie workshop, which is another like the Revelations Symposium in Seattle last January. Dave is an instructor at this one and I'm just here being an artist. I loved the last one and I see no reason that Dallas won't be better.

The whole thing kicks off tomorrow in typical Conceptart.org fashion with a huge party that starts at 9PM in conjunction with the AFI Festival going on here. Dave and I will probably hit the Dallas Art Museum tomorrow, since it is one block from our hotel. I'll be taking pics and vids and will do my best to keep everyone posted.

Craig Elliott and Jon Foster Win Spectrum Gold

The Spectrum 16 winners were announced tonight. Spectrum is a prestigious annual dedicated to the "Fantastic Arts" and is one of the most coveted awards in illustration.


© 2008 Craig Elliott

Craig Elliott won the Gold Medal in Editorial for his Damali Richards painting in the concept art book, Exotic Contraband: L. A. Banks' Vampire Huntress Legend, published by The Devil's Candy Store.

Another Devil's Candy Store artist, Jon Foster, won the Gold Medal for Comic Books.

Congratulations to them both!

L. A. Banks' 12 Tribes Convergence Summit

On February 13-15, in Philadelphia, PA, L. A. Banks and hers fans held a three day celebration of the Vampire Huntress Legend novel series. Leslie's 12th book in the series, The Thirteenth, was released and it was a party all weekend. The Devil's Candy Store played a part by sponsoring the Madame Isis sword essay contest. On Saturday night, we gave away a custom-made, Tony Swatton sword to Portia Adams.

It was an honor to part of this author's grand weekend and here are some photos to prove we were there:


L. A. Banks being interviewed


Eric Battle with Madame Isis sword




Photo by Don Lafferty