The Art of JP Targete

I grew up loving and drawing fantasy art as a kid in the 80's. As an adult I still love painting and drawing fantasy art, it keeps me young- JP Targete

A painting by JP Targete, a small girl offers her last apple to a Minotaur.

A painting Inspired by the Music of Black Sabbath.

Original creature design done in pencil.

A pencil and marker drawing of a Femme-fatale, deadly beauty.

A drawing I did based on how I was feeling. Sometimes I don't know if my mind is inside my body or even my own as my drawings sometime appear from else where out of my own consciousness.

An ink drawing of a wretched demon.

You know it's always good to wake up positive and seize the day...but sometimes shit happens.

"Ogun" The Yoruba God of Iron and War. On August 14 1791 a slave rebellion began on the Island of Saint Domingue, present day Haiti. The slaves held a ceremony and prayed and asked "Ogun" to fight by there side and give them the strength to overcome those who would oppress them. The slave's prayers were heard by the powerful Ogun. As the slaves rushed to fight for their freedoms, the mighty Ogun infused his spirit within all of them. Across the tropical lands he charged into battle with his saber-tooth white lion and the Haitian revolution had begun. The slave revolt led to freedom for the oppressed peoples of Saint Domingue,and the birth of Haiti as the first independent Black Republic of the modern world.

Highland Elf is an original character I've wanted to design for a long time. I really wanted to stray away from the typical "Elf" we are used to seeing in fantasy art. This is a scout/hunter who lives in the misty Highlands. He is rarely seen , and pray he does not see you first.