Speed sketching with your tools is a great way to get your…
Book Cover Art Exercises
Winding into Fall of 2015, I have been taking my design sketches…
Speed Painting – Stellar Explorer
One of the benefits of using a great app like Procreate is…
Announcing My First Book – Coloring Space 1
I’m happy to announce my first book, Coloring Space 1. This is…
Drawing Demo – Spaceship A Day
I’ve made a video showing the process I use for the #spaceshipaday…
Drawing a spaceship a day
Recently I discovered the #spaceshipaday Twitter thread started by artist and designer,…
Book Cover – The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Author Becky Chambers is preparing to release her first Science Fiction novel, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Becky contacted me Spring of 2014, looking for cover art for her book and the finished cover is finally revealed.
Under the Influence of artists Chris Foss and John Harris
Recently I purchased The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss, and Beyond The Horizon – The Art of John Harris. Both are amazing collections of science fiction imagery by masters of the art. Their work has been seen on many books, influenced movies (Chris Foss had a direct hand in ALIEN, Jodorowsky’s DUNE, among many others). Like John Berkey, their images left an indelible impression on my mind.
More Sketches from The Expanse
For the record, I am not affiliated in any way with SyFy Channel’s production of The Expanse series. These are merely my own sketches which I made while reading James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse series. Beginning with Leviathan Wakes, I was impressed with the depth of thought that went into building out their vision of the solar system. I kept my sketchbook nearby while I was reading these books, and previously I posted one that I finished off with Photoshop of the Rocinante.
Digital Sketch – The Rocinante at IO
I’m going to begin sharing some of my process, starting with an…
Lightships
I regularly follow Centauri Dreams, a great blog on the future of…
Arrakis and the Seven Sisters
Today’s painting with my good friend, Justin from The Drunken Easel. Neither…
Digital Sketches
While clearing off some space on my iPad, I found a bunch…
Book Cover Art
In conjunction with my good friend Andrew McDonald, a talented photographer and…
Spaceship Speed Sketch
Felt like a spacecraft sketch tonight. Drawn with Photoshop CC and a…
Painting on Canvas
For the first time in many years I painted on canvas, with…
Drawing and Painting on an iPad3
I recently received an iPad3, a thoughtful and quite surprising birthday gift…