Lightbox Expo 2024

Final con of the year. And will have a bunch of copies of the Megastructure book + Bonus book for sale. If you're in the Los Angeles area this friday-sunday, come by and say hi!

All Megastructure Books Shipped!

Great news! The books arrived at the distributor, and as of yesterday have all shipped to customers! I'm so happy Megastructures was popular enough to warrant a second printing. Once the dust settles, I'll put any leftovers up on my store, and will notify people here

Landscape

Something a little more painterly, but still focusing on keeping it simple.

Eden Habitat 2

I know, I know, my goal this week was to paint more SIMPLE composition thumbnails. I'm not sure this one counts, the shapes are simple but there are sooo many of them :) Inspired by James Gilleard, Robh Ruppel and Syd Mead

 

Emerald City

Think I'm going to have some fun this week with simplified / stylized environment thumbnails. How much detail and depth can I create with simple shapes?

Security Robot

Seems this has been a kinda robot themed week, so I'll finish it out with a new rough painting of a security robot of some sort

Ship Jumper Robot Heads

A set of Giant Robot head design variations at various stages of completion for my Ship Jumper IP.

Doodles

Robot head doodles from saturday night's Drink 'n Draw with the Workshop Academy in Seattle

Concept Art Association's Gallery Show

Had the honor of getting some artwork in the Concept Art Association's Gallery Show in Seattle. The art is up for a month, so if you're in the area, here's the info: https://www.conceptartassociation.com/gallery-show-members24 A really good mix of concept art in terms of style and student vs professionals.

Crab Leg Bot

A quick robot doodle, love me the crab legged mechs.

Megastructure Postcards

With the impending arrival of the Megastructure books, I've started making the postcards for one of the Kickstarter reward tiers, each one hand written and unique. Should start mailing them in the next couple of weeks.

Rose City Comicon Sketches

Did a bunch of sketching at the Rose City Comicon this weekend, here's a couple of robot heads. 

Rose City Comicon 2024 complete!

Great time at this year's Rose City Comicon in Portland Oregon, met some cool people, sold some prints and books, and now it's time for some serious sleep :)

Rose City Comicon 2024 This Weekend

Just a reminder I have a table at this year's Rose City Comicon where I'll be selling and signing my spaceship sketchbook and megastructure fine art prints (no megastructure books, they won't arrive in time). Portland OR area this weekend? Come on by and say hi!

Course For The Workshop Academy

In collaboration with The Workshop Academy, I'm teaching a 6 class zoom workshop on creating Art Bibles. By the end of the course, each student will have their own art bible based on their own fictional world. Check it out, and happy to answer questions https://www.theworkshopacademy.net/

The Boat Has Left For New York!

Great news folk, the boat with the megastructures books has left the port. For those interested, follow this link to watch the cargo ship make it's journey to the USA, you can see where it's currently located here: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:6779119/mmsi:563141200/imo:9789972/vessel:YM_TRUST

It should arrive in New York City by Oct 3rd. Then approx a week to get through customs. And then it'll be brought by truck to the distribution center in New Jersey which is only a few miles south. So if all goes well, your books will be in the mail mid to late October.

Looking forward to getting you the books!

Shipping Process

Some pics of the Megastructure / Starship Hulls book shipping process. Hope to see them on the boat very soon, then after a 1 month trip across the ocean, customer shipping will start!

Testudo Lead Ship 12 MK2 3D Print

A 3D print of one of my spaceship designs for the Testudo schmup game. Printed by my buddy Nathan using Stereolithography. The ship is approx 16cm long.

Closer Look At The Starship Hulls Book

A closer look at the Megastructures bonus book "Starship Hulls: A Tribute To The Scifi Mothership". A digital version of the book will go up for sale when the physical version ships in October.

 

Advance Copies Have Arrived!

Good news! The advance copies of "Megastructures" and "Starship Hulls" have arrived, and they look great! All the books are printed and packaged, next step is loading them onto the cargo ship for their trip to the New Jersey distributor. Will post when they start their journey! 

New Video: Converting 3D Geometry To A Displacement Map

Finally got the chance to record a video on a simple technique I use to convert 3d geometry into displacement maps. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-TXtIA07Bg 

New Print For Rose City Comicon

Will have a table at the Rose City Comicon 2024 in Oregon next month, and am celebrating with a new Megastructure print. The full view of the Alderson Disk! The print is 18" across, and replaces the small sized closeup from year's past that is now sold out. Hope to see you there!

Swirling Sands Before And After

This ThrowbackThursday a before and after for one of my old environment paintings "Swirling Sands" from 2006. Built the base in 3d in 3dsmax and then painted the rest in photoshop. Ending up being one of my more popular giclee prints. 

Extra copies of Megastructures Book

Update! After the Megastructure book Kickstarter & aftersale sold out, I've managed to secure an additional 200 copies to be printed. So if you still want one, visit my gumroad store and pre-order now. We're still on schedule for an October release date. https://artofsoulburn.gumroad.com/

Space Baroque Venrusi Monk 1

The Venrusi are a tall slender humanoid species that devote themselves to religious activities. Part of Space Baroque, an IP defined by political intrigue, galactic wars, strange alien races, and all the things you'd expect from a top notch space opera.

Space Ship 141 3D Print

A 3D print of one of my spaceship designs, printed by Shapeways using Stereolithography. The ship is approx 20cm long. Designing for print is an interesting challenge, discovering which details work and which are too small. Happy with how it turned out, may do a painted version in the future.