It wasn’t even the plan. It’s a flying droid, and it has arms or legs that will be outfitted with various tools. I designed it to be able to stand, and even walk if necessary. I put globular, glowing modules on the tips of its legs to help it gain purchase on surfaces. But I…
Read MoreNew gallery for my early drawings, paintings, and sculpture
Below are large Jpegs of the same images, with links to individual posts with more information about them, details, and prices. Each image below can be clicked on in order to view it sized for your monitor. And beneath each image is a link to a post with more information about it.
Read More“The Bolero Shield”, from the Early Work Archive
This is one of my first attempts at oil painting, from nearly 25 years ago. The concept comes from an episode of the original Outer Limits series.It was an episode I remembered seeing once, but hadn’t seen in over a decade, so my interpretation of the alien was not intended to be at all faithful…
Read MoreRobot Vs Monster (Digital Version)
This is different from my other digital paintings in that it’s done from a scan of my physical, acrylic painting below. The painted version was based on a brush and India ink drawing I made first, then painted over, which is why it had bold black outlines. Because I worked directly in ink without any…
Read MoreThe Human Fly B&W
The beast is alive! This is the B&W version. Next I’m going to work on putting it in color, partly just to see what it will turn out like. I don’t normally work like this at all, so I don’t know exactly what to expect.
Read MoreThe Human Fly, stages of development
Update [11/12/13 12:00 a.m., Thailand]: Now I’m starting to get into it. I didn’t really like the more technical phases of getting the perspective right, and establishing a range of values. But it was a necessary step. Now I can work more intuitively, which I can see is what I really like. My imagination or…
Read MoreIn progress for Halloween, “The Human Fly at home”
Still in sketch phase. I started this “human fly” as a quick piece I could finish for Halloween. Probably won’t, so got the idea to share it in stages, so there’s something out there to capture people’s Halloween imagination. I’m trying to work in a more representational style here, a lot like pulp magazine covers…
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