This commissioned art is my first comic book cover. It is from 'Earthglider: The American UFO Project', by Marlin Stramel, and Alex Degruchy. It has symbolism, as well as the Earthglider ship in the background. The 2 main characters are Captain Richard Talbert, and Laurel Voss, shown with their spacesuits. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet.
American UFO		 The sequel to 'Fuzzy Ergo Sum' published by Pequod Press last year (and in this gallery) Wolfgang Diehr wrote this Fuzzy novel, soon to be published, of the continuing story of the Fuzzies, from the planet Zarathustra, originated by H. Beam Piper. Here a northern breed of Fuzzy begins a rampage of war, after being provoked by humans on the Fuzzy Reservation. The southern Fuzzies take on their Northern kin, in an epic battle! Jack Holloway, prisoner of the Northern Fuzzies, looks over the scene in shock. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet
Caveat Fuzzy		 From the book by David Drake, commissioned and published by Tor Books, 1984 Cross the Stars was a spinoff of the Hammers Slammers series, that David became famous for. As a Vietnam veteran, his stories were told from the soldiers point of view, often graphic, but real. Don Slade, veteran of Hammers Slammers, a hover-tank unit, travels from planet to planet, fighting battles, as merceneries for hire. Gouache on masonite 15
Cross The Stars		 Commissioned by John F. Carr for Peqoud Press. This story is set in 2088, where a bizarre, Marti Gras-like cult celebration, has Fitzgerald Baker (In the navy blue suit) a victim of nightmares, and confusion about his identity. He is the decendant of a fictitous union of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe! Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet
Crying Clown Celebration
This is a commissoned book cover by William Campbell, of his novel 'Dead Forever' set in a world, where people never die, but are transferred into new bodies grown in 'farms' and the love triangle between Adam, Christina, and an adventuerous Lara Croft-like girl named Madison. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Dead Forever		 This is the second commissioned book cover for William Campbell, the sequel to 'Dead Forever'. This time Adam, and Christina (right, with swords) are on two opposing worlds, one of cat people, and one of snake people. The book is filled with lots of scenery and action, set in worlds across the galaxy. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet
Dead Forever 2: Apotheosis		 The third and final book of the 'Dead Forever' series, commissioned and written by William Campbell. Adam, the main character, returns to 1980 Portland, OR, and discovers the secret of his eternal future life-and his past lives, with the help of an enigmatic man named Zander, and his spacecraft 'Zepper' coming to the rescue on a rooftop action scene. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet
Dead Forever 3: Resonance		 A commissioned book cover from 1986, from Baen Books, of
Ethan of Athos
Yet another David Drake book, one of my favorite paintings, done in Casein paint, which was rare for me. Casein is similar to Oil, but dries like gouache and can be reworked.
Fortress		 A commission from John F. Carr from Wolfgang Diehr's book based on the 'Fuzzy's' created by H. Beam Piper. Fuzzies are 2 foot tall aliens from the Planet Zarathustra. Humans have colonized the planet, and have introduced dogs called 'Curty's', that the resourceful Fuzzies use as cavalry. Here, there on on hunt for big game...Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet
Fuzzy Ergo Sum		 This is the sequel to 'The Fireseed Wars' (Queen Rylla's Throne) from the stories of John F. Carr's 'Kalvan Kingmaker' series, set in an alternate timeline 16th century America. Here, a golden god of Syphon, Kalvan's enemy, is brought out to proclaim to the people of the House of Syphon, to wage war against King Kalvan. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet
Gunpowder God		 Available as a print through Podgallery. This was a commissioned painting from author John F. Carr, for an upcoming biography of the late Sci-Fi author H. Beam Piper. In this depiction, Piper is playing the part of his fictional character Verkan Vall, in the war armor of the Kalvan Kingmaker timeline (16th century). He's in the offices of the Paratime Police, in Dhergabar. Gouache on masonite.
H. Beam Piper Portrait
From the book by Greg Bear. Published by Tor Books 1988. This was a very interesting story about fantastically tall sets of obelisks, which have information written on them. As the reader goes higher, the knowledge written, becomes more advanced, leading to more advanced technology required, to read further...To get the feel, I forced a worms-eye perspective on the obelisks. These guys have a lot of learning to do...
Hegira		 In the 1990's, I did a series of covers for Popular Mechanics magazine. PM specialized in futuristic speculation, and my sci-fi background, landed me a job as a semi-regular freelance art contributer starting in 1986. This was the July 1995 cover.
Humanoids Among Us		 Originally done for the cover of the Feb. 1987 cover of Science Fiction Analog Magazine, it was inspired by a previous Analog cover by Kelly Freas. It was sold many years ago, and the current owner offered a hi-res scan. I had a transparency, but the expence of conversion to digital, delayed posting this until now. Oil on masonite.
In The Kingdom At Morning		 From the book by Charles L. Harness, published by Avon Books, around 1987. Similar in idea to 'Terra Nova', this story is about time travellers starting a new colony on Earth in prehistoric times. Oil on masonite
Krono
Agent Elle appeared in the series 'Men In Black', and, for those that have seen both the movies and series, it's filled with lots of aliens. The one shown here is of my own design. The device in her left hand is the flash thingy that renders all who see it without memory of the events suggested by the operator (Elle in this case) so you're not supposed to remember the alien you see here...Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
MIB Agent Elle		 Of all the authors whose art I did covers for, Gordon R. Dickson, was my favorite. I've done more for other writers, and gotten work from many others, whom I'm grateful for, but Gordon's stories were always engaging, with great morals to the story and insight. For this 1985 book published by Tor Books, I wanted to give the reader the sense of helplessness I got from the story. So I forced the perspective to make the viewer identify with the protagonist.
On The Run		 A commission from John F. Carr's anthology from the Warworld CoDominium series, set on the Planet Haven during the late 21st century. Here, CoDominium Marines, battle for contol of Haven, with a fanatical Islamic Jihad army, led by the 'Mahdi', as they storm the Marines position on the high ground. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet
Peace At Any Price		 Commissoned by Fifteener Press, cover from the book by Corey Ostman and Justin Pecot. In the late 21st century, Grace Donner is an operative, expelled from a elite academy, and finding a job as a 'Protector', In Spaceport Casper, she is searching for an artificial being, once a friend. But, here enemies are targeting her temination. Should she run, or fight?...Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet
Port Casper
Available as a print through Podgallery. This is the finished traditional art of the third book in the 'Kalvan Kingmaker' series, by John F. Carr. It's set in an alternate world of H. Beam Piper, in medieval America, but in a different timeline. This looks like Europe, but, is in fact, 1500 AD Pennsylvania. And, to the upper left, you will see the electric eye of the the Paratime Police making sure nothing interferes with the present timeline. Watercolor Gouache on masonite Size, 20' x 30'.
Queen Rylla's Throne		 A David Drake book, published by Baen Books in 1985. Gouache on masonite.
Ranks of Bronze		 Originally commissioned by Pequod Press in 2001, this is the 2nd book by John F. Carr, after 'Kalvan Kingmaker', about the alternate history world of 16th century America, but set in a medieval European timeline. The Tarr-Hostigos stronghold is besieged. Oil on masonite
Siege Of Tarr-Hostigos		 The first traditional art in 2 years (2010 was the last one) this commissioned portrait was for a client who wanted he and his wife, in a space-opera book cover style. I drew from experience of doing many book covers, to come up with this idea. Oil on masonite.
Space Romance Portrait
A commioned cover of the H. Beam Piper book, set in the Space Viking 'Sword Worlds'. Lord Lucas Trask of Traskon is about to wed Elane Karvall, in the city of Wardshaven. A giant spherical Space Viking warship, the Enterprise, is in the background for the ceremonies. In moments, an event will change their lives, and set the direction of Lord Trask, to become the greatest Space Viking of the Sword Worlds. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom Tablet
Space Viking		 This is an unuesd sketch of the commissioned cover of Doug Richards book 'Stranded'. The story is about 2 teenagers, Ryan and Regan Resnick, who are in an alien city, found underground, on earth, in the present day, which is a portal to another dimention and a gateway to other worlds. The cube holds a strange power to alter gravity. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Stranded		 A commissioned cover for Doug Richards book 'Stranded'. This is one of two paintings shown in this gallery. This is the actual cover art. The other is an unused sketch. This shows the team of Earth scientists in a protective energy dome, warped into a hostile planet called Isis. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Stranded 2		 From the book by Harry Harrison, published by Tor books 1985. This was originally painted as you see here, but, as can happen in book publishing, the colors were mis-read by the printers, and the background color ended up with more orange. Often, type, cropping and color changes ruined the designs intended. In this story, a Hollywood director uses a time machine to find authentic characters from history for his movies, and avoid union fees...
Technicolor Time Machine
From the book by H. Beam Piper, commissioned and published by Peqoud Press. On the planet Poictesme, a legendary super computer named 'Merlin' is said to hold all the knowledge and power, that will save a war-torn humanity, from itself. Here, the location is finally discovered, underground, underneath a shell of white collapsium-hardest known substance to man-and using an anti-gravitational cutting machine of a rotating beam of cosmic rays, to open. Other machines and a crowd, stand by to observe the historic moment. But will the twists and turns of intrigue in the story, reveal the holy grail of answers, or still more questions?
The Cosmic Computer		 From the story by Melissa Scott, published by Baen Books in 1987. Rebecca Davies, was one of my favorite models. She designed and wore her costumes, and, she was able to come up with the costume in this art. The original story is the conclusion of the Silence Leigh trilogy (Five-Twelfths of Heaven, Silence In Solitude) of the star pilot and mage, returning to Earth, from the stars-along with her two husbands!
The Empress Of Earth		 For the Hugo winning book by David Gerrold, this was recently published by BenBella Books in 2003. Acrylic on masonite.
The Man Who Folded Himself		 A commissioned book cover from John F. Carr for his alternative history novel, set in the USA in 1947, as an undefeated Axis, lays waste to New York City. Once again, I used the Brooklyn Bridge ('Static Mayhem' was the other cover) as the backdrop, of this dark story of conquest. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
The Thousand Year Reich
This is the second commissioned book cover for the Warworld Codominium series, is from 'Discovery' an anthology of stories edited by John F. Carr, set on the planet Haven, in the mid 21'st century. Here in 2045, a mining operation is in revolt, and the Codominuim Marines have been sent to put it down. It turns out to be a brief, one sided affair...Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Warworld Discovery: Revolt on Haven		 A commissioned book cover for Pequod Press, from the 'Warworld' anthology series, set on the planet Haven. In the story 'Enough Rope', by E. R. Stewert, the Codominium Marines ruthlessly put down a revolt (similar to 'Revolt on Haven' in this gallery) but the ragtag colonists have a nasty surprise for the landing ships...Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet
Warworld: Codominium Takeover

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