Robert Plant became a Commander of the British Empire today. Hammer of the Gods.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
High Resolution "Final Frontier"
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Crystal Skull

These are some inked on vellum sketches for a character that would be too bizarre for the story they were drawn for. The character is still odd, you just can't see his brains now.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Virgil Finlay Space Man
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Look Out!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Free Comic Book Day

Okay, there is just a few weeks left until Free Comic Book Day. I will be appearing at Sarge's Comics in New London, CT the first Saturday in May 2009. That is May 2, 2009. It is always fun and the best thing is...Free Comic Books! and an occasional toy action figure. I will sell prints and discuss my art with anyone who stops by. I also want to show something new I am working on (hint rollerball.)
See you at Sarge's Comics.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Steampunk Wedge Antilles

Courtesy of io9 post and the maker Sillof.com Please enjoy this thoroughly cool pic of SteamPunk Star Wars pilot Wedge Antilles.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Rollerball Anyone?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
You Asked For It. More Planet of the Apes Piggy Banks!
One of the great things about Google Analytics is how you can research what key words people use to find your blog. Recently people have found "Fatal Error" by searching for Dr. Zaius piggy banks, along with searches for "world record skydive", Rollerball, science fiction art, randall ensley, and "character design sheets." The world record skydive search is great because it takes you to my posts about Colonel Joe Kittinger and his amazing skydive of 1960 from a high-altitude balloon to test escape strategies for military jet pilots. He jumped from approximately 102,000 feet and was the first person "high" enough to see the curvature of the earth. Not Jerry Garcia.
LINK to eBay auction on the above banks.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Lars Edwards Trailer for Art Spiegelman's "Be a Nose!"
Wow! My buddy Lars Edwards animated the book trailer for the new Art Spiegelman book "Be A Nose!" and it is up to 194,000 hits on YouTube! I am proud of my boy!
Link to trailer(watch in HD)
Link to trailer(watch in HD)
Friday, February 27, 2009
Watchmen

Yes, Yes, I am very excited about the release of the Watchmen movie. I purchased the graphic novel collection way back in the late 1980's in Denton, TX (the home of happiness.) I was an immediate fan and proceeded to tell anyone who I thought would be interested how great it was. And now, the supposedly unfilmable movie is just a week away.
Seriously, if you haven't read the book, it is great. The artwork of Dave Gibbons really impressed me (and still does.) Don't just see the movie, read the graphic novel. Just like Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, etc., there is just so much you can cram into two and a half hours. And a lot of nuance will be missing, but the movie should be viewed as a stand-alone effort. The trailers look terrific and seem to capture the mood and characters. Let's Go!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Amazing Video of "Sprites"
Okay, I see a lot of cool thing searching the web, but this was totally cool. It is high speed photography of sprites, which are associated with thunderstorms and form 30 to 60 miles above the surface of the earth. Watch the whole video as the really good stuff is halfway in. The entire video is only 37 seconds long and shows an event which happens at one-tenth the speed of light.
Link below:
Sprites
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Dr. Zaius Piggy Bank
Yes, it is time for the ebay retro-homage to my childhood again. Nice bank, no coins included.
Planet of the Apes was my first real science fiction crush. I had just about every toy related to the movie.
Goodbye Zaius, Goodbye...
Ebay link to item
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Greg Manchess Art Demonstration

Photo from Mikaya Press
As mentioned in the "Sad but Glad" post below, I was fortunate enough to meet artist Greg Manchess over the weekend at Boskone 46. He was very nice and offered many helpful hints about art and painting. I squeezed as much as I possibly could into 5 minutes with him as we stood in front of a panel displaying my art.
I want to link to both his website and a video demonstration presented by Massive Black on YouTube which shows some of his oil painting process in the painting "Above the Timberline." Even if you aren't an artist, this should prove entertaining and enlightening (and it is only about 6 minutes long.) More on this demo at ConceptArt.org
Links:
"Above the Timberline" Demonstration
Greg Manchess Website
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Prisoner on AMC (Free!)

Full episodes of the original TV series, The Prisoner, are available on AMC for free. Highly recommended viewing. Judge for yourself. Link below:
The Prisoner on AMC
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Sad but Glad


I sold E.V.A. 5.0 today at the Boskone 46 Science Fiction Convention in Boston, MA. Sad that I will no longer have the piece in my possession, but glad that someone enjoyed the piece enough to say "Mmmm, me want." Also sold 6 prints, so almost broke even. Sigh.
Boskone was more fun for me than last week's New York Comic Con and more inspirational. I got to meet Greg Manchess and we spent a quality 5 minutes together checking out my art on display and getting some important insight from a master.
Also picked up some pointers and/or new ways of thinking about digital art from Dave Seeley and Stephan Martiniere. As I always say, "the best is yet to come" and I still feel it!
Also, picked up "Saturn in G Minor" from the Hygienic Art Show today. It was great to lurk behind onlookers and hear their comments as they saw the piece during opening night a couple of weeks ago. I always get a kick out of being incognito and listening to people's reaction to my art. It does help keep the excitement level up for me.
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