Category: Sc-fi and Fantasy
-
Don Kenn (update)
OK, here’s your Halloween treat: a revisit to Don Kenn (AKA John Kenn Mortensen), who continues to fill Post-It pads and other odds and ends of office supplies with pen drawings of his delightful ghouls, ghosts, demons and big furry monsters. See my previous post on Don Kenn.
-
Jesper Ejsing
Jesper Ejsing is a Danish illustrator working in the area of fantasy and gaming. I’m not sure of his current status. Except for a post in January of this year, his blog hasn’t been updated since 2010, and he has apparently let the domain name for his website lapse. That being said, his blog is…
-
Julie Dillon
Julie Dillon is a California based artist who is well known in the fields of science fiction and fantasy illustration. Her clients include Tor Books, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Books, Wizards of the Coast and numerous other book and game publishers. She is a winner of the Chesley Award and has been nominated for the…
-
My Tor.com post on Ian McQue’s flying ships
I've written a post for Tor.com on the wonderfully impossible flying ships of Ian McQue, titled: Concept Artist's Weather-beaten Ships Ply Oceans of Air. Here’s my previous post on Ian McQue.
-
Syd Mead Blade Runner concept art
Fans of the reality-bending fiction of Philip K. Dick, among whom I count myself, generally acknowledge the the best film made from his source material is Ridley Scott’s superb 1982 “future noir” thriller, Blade Runner. One of the best features of that film was the art direction, cinematography and overall look and feel, much of…
-
My new post on Tor.com on concept art and the real U.S. space program in the 1950's
I’ve written new article for Tor.com titled “How Concept Art Helped Sell the U.S. Space Program“. In it, I of course explain what I mean by the title, showcase some terrific space art by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman and Rolf Klep, and link to a source for more. You can see my previous articles for…