Moyer's early work was in watercolor and oils. He worked for ten years as a Docent and Naturalist Illustrator at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. In 1989, he changed his focus to digital art, becoming an early adopter of Photoshop and selling his collection to buy his first Apple computer. Moyer states his primary influences are Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, Classic American Illustrators, propaganda art and the Pre-Raphaelites. Some of his favorite styles are pulp and art nouveau and he creates theater posters for companies around the world. He spent the early years of his career on the East Coast as Executive Producer at Digital Addiction and later an Art Director at Electronic Arts. Moyer first worked with artist Michael Wm. Kaluta while working on a music video for the Alan Parsons Project's Don't Answer Me. In 2009, Kaluta and author Elaine Lee hired Moyer as colorist on their comic book seriesStarstruck. IDW released a remastered edition of the work that featured expanded art by Kaluta, and Moyer's new color art and designs. Moyer also colored the cover of the original cast recordingStarstruck audio play CD from The AudioComics Company.
Gaming industry
Moyer produced Dungeons & Dragons interior art from 2004-2013, including: Eberron Campaign Setting, Stormwrack, Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Draconomicon, and Martial Power. H He worked with game designer Keith Baker on the board game "The Doom That Came To Atlantic City". The project was mired in production problems that resulted in a Federal Trade Commission investigation that became the first federal crowdfunding prosecution. The game was published by Cryptozoic Entertainment in July 2013. Moyer was the lead illustrator for "13th Age" and its expansion "13 True Ways".
Notable works
Moyer painted The 2012 Literary Pin-Up Calendar for the charity Worldbuilders, which donates proceeds to Heifer International. It featured illustrations of classic authors. Another was published in 2013 featuring modern fantasy authors. Moyer said that he enjoyed creating the works while "...riffing on the style of pin-up great George Petty." In 2019, he joined Hugo Award Winning Artist Elizabeth Leggett at the KEEP Comtemporary Art Gallery in Santa Fe, NM to create a series called "Readings" of work inspired by authors of the fantastic with Tarot themes. Moyer created portraits of authors Seanan McGuire, Neil Gaiman, Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin and more. John Scalzi purchased his own portrait.
Caitlín R. Kiernan. Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart. Subterranean Press, 2012. Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan. Subterranean Press, 2011.
Tad Williams. A Stark and Wormy Knight. Subterranean Press, 2012.
Michael Swanwick. The Postutopian Adventures of Darger & Surplus Subterranean Press, 2020. The Best of Michael Swanwick. Subterranean Press, 2008. A Geography of Unknown Lands. Tigereye Press, 1997.
