A Bunch of Doodles

New spaceship doodles.

Mothership at Sunset 2

Sunday morning painting. 

New Video: US Copyright Office Issues Rules For Generative AI Part 2: More Nuance!

So I figured my first video on what the US copyright office said about their policy towards AI would be popular, but had no idea it would explode like it did, with well over 1000 comments. So I wanted to do a quick second video to give some more details on a few things said in the first video, give one correction, and to discuss some of the most posted comments. Hopefully this companion video will give people more food for thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH2tyrPuAQI

3 new Starship Hulls

Made a few new Starship Hull images. For those of you who haven't seen them before, these are 2d photoshop images depicting patterns on the exterior of motherships.

 

Think of them as scifi composition tests.

Concept Design Is About The Idea, Not The Level Of Finish

In this video, I give my opinion on how it's the idea, not the level of image polish, that should define good concept art. I explore a number of examples, and hope to persuade people to look past how realistic the final painting might be, and instead focus on the actual design, and how it can communicate an idea to the next person in the production. Thanks to Calum Alexander Watt and Ian McQue for inspiring this video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQcPxRAqCBU

Starship Hulls

A new take on the logo for my "Starship Hulls" IP. I'm sure I'm violating all sorts of rules that professional logo people live by, but I have to admit I enjoy making these sorts of things even if it's not my area of professional expertise. https://artofsoulburn.artstation.com/albums/18131

ECCC 2023 Sketches

While at Emerald City Comicon I had a chance to do a bunch of doodling between chatting with attendees and selling books, so here's all of my sketches from the 4 days.

US Copyright Office Issues Rules For Generative AI

The US copyright office has decided how copyright works for Generative AI, and so I did a short video explaining the major points. Very important for anyone with a career in art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LAvIJJP88

Ken Fairclough's Underground City

Artist Ken Fairclough did this amazing painting of an Underground City for my "Megastructures: The Visual Encyclopedia" book project. Super lucky to have his contributions, check out more of Ken's amazing work here: https://www.artstation.com/kenfairclough And while the Megastructure physical book is sold out, the digital version can still be purchased here: http://www.neilblevins.com/books/megastructures/megastructures.htm

Emerald City Comicon 2023

Just finished 4 days of manning my booth at Emerald City Comicon it was a huge success. Sold the final copies of my "The Story of Inc" narrative artbook, so now for the first time in like 5 years I don't have a single hardcover book left in my garage. Also sold a ton of prints. So I'm basically out of stock on everything and next year can start fresh with all new projects and not a ton of old merchandise to sell. Thanks to everyone who visited, including a lot of old Monolith buddies, and thanks to the Comicon Islanders who hosted me, had a blast with you all.