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Another piece i illustrated for Shrapnel Magazine #22.
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“Julian’s voice faded as he saw the Black Brian was already besieged. More unfamiliar ’Mechs, much larger than the trio he had faced in the uplands, stood over the flaming wreckage of the garrison’s headquarters Star, sprawled before the yawning open main gates. As he watched, the comparatively tiny armored forms of Steel Viper Elementals,

no doubt led by Star Colonel Grimani, charged out of the dark interior, spraying lasers and missiles at the unidentified raider ’Mechs. From both sides of the gate, bestial quadrupedal ProtoMechs emerged from ambush, six in total, and pounced on the Viper infantry, tearing them apart with their claws and spiked tails...”
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Drawn in Procreate with an Apple Pencil, protected by Glaze. Art director Phil Lee.

Artwork i illustrated for Shrapnel Mag #24.
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“The SCP-1O Scorpion crawls away on its three remaining legs at 13.4 kph. The mangled stump of the left rear leg drags in the dirt. The trees rise up all around us, sharp-pointed and viridian, like titanic blades of grass. I pick up the dismembered fourth leg and stride after it, easily catching up. I take the leg in both hands and swing it overhand, bringing it crashing down on the Scorpion’s cockpit. The Mech falls again, legs splayed like a crushed insect, and I

hit it again and again…”
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Done in Procreate w/ Apple Pencil and protected by Glaze. Art Director Phil Lee.

Artwork I illustrated for Shrapnel Mag #23.
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“All it needed was a Pitban 320 engine, a Defiance Type J autocannon, a Coventry Star Fire long-range missile launcher and feed mechanism, and a Thunderbolt A5M large laser. That was all. So close, but so far. Put the engine into the thing and it would be mobile. Otherwise, it just sat in its museum for the occasional birthday kid, and housed the family’s dreams of becoming MechWarriors again. Six generations of the family had piloted Venator

before Wing and their pictures were also hung around the wall, and their names were engraved on the pilot plate in the cockpit, along with fourteen others before them…”
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Done in Procreate w/Apple Pencil, protected with Glaze. Art Director Phil Lee.

“My… my ’Mech…” Oliver trudged forward as he gaped at his commanding officer and then at the ruined hangar. “She’s gone…”
“Don’t just stand there! Get in a ’Mech and help!” Alpine gestured to two UrbanMechs that were standing next to the barracks from where they had just come..."
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I illustrated this in Procreate w/ Apple Pencil. Art Director was Phil Lee. Art Protected by Glaze.

“She knew speed was key; she had always known speed was life. In just a few seconds, the full wrath of the Reef Otter arrived in a buzzing chaos of long-range missiles striking the ground all around her as she tried to outrun the deadly hail...."
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I illustrated this in Procreate w/ an Apple Pencil, Protected by Glaze.

The last map for my How to Draw Dungeons book, and quit fitting its pure old school inspired! The (probably) last in literally hundreds of pieces of artwork i made; book will be out early next year.

Lvl 4 Shadar-Kai Ranger for my friends Homebrew campaign, sketched him up a few nights ago. Apple Pencil & Procreate.

He leads a band of monster hunters called the Red Hoods, and though an outsider to the lands he has ingratiated himself to the locals as a kind, driven, and skilled protector/guide.

Im Jared Blando, a freelance BT artist that works for Shrapnel magazine. Join my buddy Brandon and I as we chat about how awesome Battletech is on his RPG Overviews Youtube Channel!
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