BATTLEMASTER shirt design

New shirt design for Richmond's BATTLEMASTER. The design was inspired by lyrics to a song titled "Fearless Penetrator" from their upcoming full length. The shirt and album will be available soon.

ELDER/PET THE PREACHER shirt design

New Shirt design for the upcoming ELDER and PET THE PREACHER European tour. Pen and ink, 2013.

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT May 2013 U.K. tour poster design.

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT has just announced a small tour at the end of May, with special guests BOSSK. For the poster design i tried to keep the content of the image consistent with the hoodie design of mine that they posted for sale at the very beginning of the year, while elaborating further into the concept behind the hoodie design. Technical pen, and sumi ink, 2013.

GHOUL comic book!

                                                  (MANIAXE cover art by Jake Karns)

Tankcrimes has recently announced that they will be including a comic book that i illustrated to GHOUL lyrics in the first ever pressing if the legendary album MANIAXE on vinyl. The comic consists of two separate comics, one of the lyrics to Pleasant screams/Forbidden crypts that i did in 2009, and one of the lyrics to the title track MANIAXE that i did late last year. Both songs are two of my favorites off the album, not to mention the homage to PILEDRIVER that ghoul pays in the remastered/re-release of the album in the intro to Pleasant screams. Ill be posting some of the work from the new comic along with detail photos closer to the release date. I am incredibly honored to have any kind of involvement with my favorite album by one of my favorite bands, and it is interesting to have the two comics together and see how my work has changed over the past 4 years.

LOCUSTA shirt design

New design for the death metal band LOCUSTA, based in Ohio. Its always an honor to work for any band that i personally love and listen to on a regular basis, and Locusta is always on heavy rotation. Check them out at their facebook page and make sure to get your hands on their incredible self title full length released in 2010: http://www.facebook.com/Locusta614/app_2405167945

"Witches Cauldron" Original Jucifer flyer art up for sale!

The original artwork for my Jucifer flyer "Witches Cauldron" is now up for sale on my webstore. Framed in a 11"1/2 x 16" black mat, 17" x 21" black wooden frame. Available framed or unframed at: http://lucasruggieriillustration.bigcartel.com/

Original work "Gate of Tartarus" now up for sale!

 I have finally picked up some framing equipment and got my first piece of original art up on my webstore. The Original work is 10" x 15", pen, sumi ink, and watercolor on Strathmore wet media illustration board. The Frame is a 21" x  17" wood frame, that i painted with black acrylic and then smeared pastel chalk into the woodgrain. Available on my webstore: http://lucasruggieriillustration.bigcartel.com/