On Substack I take a deep dive comparing two illustrators I admire, Michael Whelan and Frank Frazetta. You can read it here:
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I have two more sketches up for sale on Heritage auctions, this time for The Messiah Stone and Starship and Haiku.
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I have stories about the creation of these on my new Substack section here:
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I put my cat Orson in all of my paintings, sometimes hard to find, sometimes easy. Here are a few more examples. I write about it at length in my Substack section.
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I have two more preliminary paintings up for sale on Heritage:
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“Sten: The Wolf Worlds” by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole
“The Undersea Trilogy” by Jack Williamson and Fred Pohl
I have a new Substack here:
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Thanks for another spectacular sale of my work through Heritage.com. I have two more sketches from some of my favorite projects. Please click on the link to see a full sized .jpg of the sketches
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Tonight is the auction of my sketches on Heritage. Both are priced very reasonably, so click the link for a chance to own a piece of original art for less:
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Thanks to everyone for a sensational sale of my work through Heritage.com. I have two more sketches from some of my favorite projects. Please click on the link to see a full sized .jpg of the sketch:
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My brilliant brother Jim has created the new MAGA anthem!! Enjoy!! For you, Elon!!
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did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/899057887
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. This cover was featured on "Saturday Night Live." You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers, but they appeared in black and white and small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. Stay all the way to the end for a surprise!! You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/790288384
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798783044
I’m selling a painting by Richard Hescox that was the cover for “Dray Prescot Book 31 Masks of Scorpio”. (Daw, 1984). Oil on 24" x 36" canvas wrapped board. Signed and dated 1983 in the lower right of the image area.
You can preview and bid on it here:
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I’m selling the full sized pencil preliminary drawing for “Conan the Victorious” by Kirk Reinert . I have it up for auction on Heritage.com. You can preview and bid on it here:
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I have one more set of paintings by other artists that I am selling through Heritage.com, including a wonderful unpublished finished piece by Bernie Wrightson. You can preview and bid on all of the paintings here:
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/1170002407
I will be selling a lot of paintings by other artists that I have collected over the years in the next couple of weeks on heritage.com. I wanted to tell some stories about how I came by having these paintings.You can view and bid on my entire consignment in auction : comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/899052539
I have been using an AI video generator to bring some of my paintings to life. Each sequence is my original painting with additional motion added. I have prints of all of my painting available on my web site here:
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here, just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/812662435
Here is a nice interview with me on the "Animorphs 55" podcast. I am sorry to say I made a major mistake right at the beginning of the interview. I mixed up Animorphs 3 and 4.
3 was the first cover I did, of Tobias turning into the hawk.
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/884028382
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/897954595
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/805393401
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798779814
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/897951851
Animorphs 5 was the only cover that I was asked to redo. The original cover had Marco morphing into a gorilla. I redid it with him morphing into a lobster. This is the first time I have ever posted the full flipbook. You can buy a signed print here:
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I am pleased to announce that I have been named Faculty Emeritus at School of Visual Arts. After teaching for almost 25 years at SVA, I am retiring. I will miss teaching, and am grateful for the many wonderful students I had over the years.
I am the artist who did most of the Animorphs covers. I have five rare Animorphs items for sale, including 2 pieces of original Animorphs by me.
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