The Art of Kevin KY Yan

Pathfinder#8 - Plague Ship Sails into Korvosa

2008-07-29T01:41:00.000-07:00

An illustration completed for Paizo showing a plagued ship with a single lit lantern sailing into the harbour of Korvosa. Bad news for that town!

Had a lot of fun with this illustration and used different elements such as the fog, clouds, and general lighting to create the eerie mood that Paizo was looking for.

Pathfinder#7

2008-07-25T07:26:00.001-07:00

Pathfinder #7;Curse of the Crimson Throne Chapter 1: "Edge of Anarchy"

A character illustration done for Paizo. Here's the illustration featured on the Paizo blog: [link]

"Queen Ileosa Arabasti, the beautiful young wife of Korvosa's current monarch, isn't very popular among the nobles and citizens of her city. Not that she cares all that much about what those lesser fools think of her. Keeping the rabble happy is her husband's job, after all—Ileosa's got more important things on her mind. But what could those things be?"

Another illustration done for Paizo. I really like how this one turned out and it is definitely one of my favorites! A larger version can be found on the Paizo blog for anyone who is interested in seeing the "highres" version. You'll have to look back a bit however.

Hope you all like it!

Pathfinder#5 - Freezemaw the White Dragon

2008-07-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

Pathfinder #5—Rise of the Runelords Chapter 5: "Sins of the Saviors"
Paizo Publishing, LLC
by Stephen S. Greer

An ice breathing dragon that I probably wouldn't want to mess around with. Hope you all like!

Beldrin's Bluff

2008-07-21T20:58:00.001-07:00

Line Art: Joe Ng
Paints: Kevin Yan (me)

More collaborative artwork with Udon Entertainment, this time completed for Paizo's Pathfinder adventure module called Hangman's Noose. I had a lot of fun painting this illustration penciled by the talented Joe Ng! This was a beast to paint up and I spent a fair bit of time on it! Quite happy with the outcome.

Pathfinder © Paizo Publishing
Image copyright © UDON Entertainment

Exalted- Yu-Shan

2008-07-21T20:49:00.000-07:00

Line Art: Chris Stevens
Paints: Kevin Yan (me)

It's been a while! I keep forgetting to update my blog over at bloglines! Here's a repost of a cover painting completed for Udon Entertainment for the Exalted 2nd Edition supplement Yu-Shan. You can see the original line art by talented Chris Stevens HERE.

Exalted and all related characters copyright © White Wolf Publishing
Image copyright © UDON Entertainment

Pathfinder #4

2008-04-08T21:43:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last update as I've been pretty occupied with freelance and work. Here is a quick update showing some illustrations that I did for Pathfinder #4 - Chapter 4: "Fortress of the Stone Giants" by Wolfgang Baur. Just a sneak peek at some of the stuff I've been working on.

Pathfinder is copyright Paizo Publishing.

Statue Plaza and City Hall

2008-01-25T22:29:00.001-08:00

Illustration for Pathfinder #2 - Chapter 2: "The Skinsaw Murders"
by Richard Pett

A painting I did for Paizo from a little while back that I forgot to show. Turned out pretty nicely when I saw it at the bookstore and quite happy with the outcome. Experimented a bit using a new painting method I came across with in Photoshop, last year.

Environment of the Week #70

2007-11-28T13:29:00.000-08:00

I visited the Conceptart.org weekly challenges forum recently and had an evening to spare. The theme of that week's E.O.W. being "Inferno" with no description requirements. Seemed like a good way to sit back and relax, so I painted the first thing that came to mind. Hope you all like it!

Environment of the Week #48

2007-10-29T20:53:00.001-07:00

Another blast from the past! Well this piece marked a turning point for me and it's when I finally decided to get back into painting and drawing. I've been churning up art pieces nonstop since then.

Long story short, I almost ended up going into the 3D industry after I graduated, but at the same time I was torn at the fact that it would mean giving up my dream of digital painting. So I took a stab at getting back into swing of things and doing my own art and I've been enjoying every minute of it since then. I've learned a lot since this little piece. It's hard to believe this was done less than a year ago!

The topic that week was "The Library of the Lost Sea Scrolls". This isn't exactly a library so I didn't exactly play by the rules. Ha! ;P

Environment of the Week #50

2007-10-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

So after much persuasion, I've decided to give the world of blogging a try! I've actually only recently picked up on this whole RSS feed concept thanks to Jinny (who I'm currently training), and it's amazing! I guess you can say I've been living in the stone ages all this time ;P

So as an introductory post, here's a quick concept piece done for the conceptart.org forum weekly activities. This was Environment of the Week (EOW) #50, and the theme being "The Architect's House". If you haven't been to conceptart.org, check it out! There's such an amazing pool of talents over at that forum and if you're ever looking for some quick inspiration, that's definitely the place to be.