I’ve been so busy lately I’m late in posting this, but I had another piece featured in Imagine FX Magazine a few months back. This time it was a personal piece from my EK Series, laid out in a cool vertical 2 page spread! Big thanks to Dom Carter and Imagine FX for the opportunity!
MiSSION: RED PLANET CHARACTER ART
The new edition of the board game Mission: Red Planet features these new 9 character designs. These images will used as art for game cards used in the game by players as they mine and colonize Mars. These were a lot of fun to create and Matagot allowed me to lean heavily on my personal style when bring these characters to life. Big thanks to Maxime Erceau at Matagot games!
IMAGINE FX MAGAZINE - MISSION RED PLANET
I had a small feature on the work I did for the upcoming board game, Mission: Red Planet, in a recent issue of Imagine FX magazine (#252). Big thanks to Dan Vincent and Imagine FX!
MISSION: RED PLANET
Last year I had the opportunity to work on the illustrations for the new, 20th anniversary edition, of the boardgame Mission: RedPlanet. This is the final box cover art created for the game. The designers and the publisher, Matagot, wanted a clean break with the steampunk style of the first 2 versions. They also wanted to move away from the yellow/orange/red dominant colours of the last version, replacing it with a more red/red-violet/purple colour scheme. The result was a colourful, playful, somewhat fantastical, more modern look and feel that leans heavily on my own personal aesthetic. This was a fun project and I’ll post more of the work created for it soon.
Coming in April of 2025.
Thanks to Maxime Erceau and Matagot!
AMAZON ART BOOK SALE!
Both my art books, Born In Concrete: The EK Series and EK2 - The Lost Years are on sale at Amazon.com, ...just in time for the holidays! Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a book of gnarled cosmonauts floating through the hazy void of inner space! The EK Series book is %30 off, while EK2 - The Lost Years is %20 off. This is for a limited time so grab them while you can get a deal!
ECCC BOOK SIGNING
I'm going to be a guest at the Design Studio Press Booth at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this Saturday, March 2nd. I'll be doing a book signing from 4:00 - 5:30pm, but I'll also be kicking around for most of the afternoon, so if you are attending ECCC this weekend, come by and say hello at Booth# 10042!
CBC RADIO INTERVIEW
I had a short interview segment on a recent episode of the CBC Radio program On The Island with Gregor Craigie. I talk to CBC correspondent Sterling Eyford about my new book and we touch on the topic of AI generated images as well.
You can listen to the segment here.
Big thanks to Sterling, Gregor and the CBC for the opportunity!
EK2 - THE LOST YEARS - AVAILABLE NOW!
After a month long supply chain related shipping delay, my new book EK2 - The Lost Years, is now in stock and available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target and from my publisher, Design Studio Press. The book will also be available from physical retailers as well...so it might pop up in a bookstore near you.
Thanks to everyone that have already pre-ordered copies!
Here are the links:
Amazon - tinyurl.com/mr8ekwh4
Barnes and Noble - tinyurl.com/bdh43a7r
Target - tinyurl.com/9ndua4n8
Design Studio Press - tinyurl.com/5b5fkjjd
EK2 - THE LOST YEARS RELEASE DATE
My new art book, EK2 - The Lost Years, is set to be released on October 25th! This 96 page, hardcover art book features all of the pieces from the second EK art series, design materials from various model kit collaborations and a sampling of the work done for the Traveller Kickstarter project. A few personal commissions are included as well, along with some new work created specifically for this collection.
EK2 - The Lost Years is currently available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target and Design Studio Press.
Published by Design Studio Press.
EK2 - THE LOST YEARS - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ON AMAZON
My book, EK2 - The Lost Years is now available for pre-order on Amazon! In addition to amazon.com, the book is also available on various European Amazon sites such as amazon.uk, amazon.de and amazon.fr, as well. So for those in Europe that would like to order the book, you can now do so from within the continent and you won’t have to pay shipping rates from North America. Shipping of the books should commence by the end of the month.
Here are the links:
EK2 - THE LOST YEARS ARTBOOK
My second art book, EK2 - The Lost Years, is coming out soon from Design Studio Press! This 96 page, hardcover art book features all of the pieces from the second EK art series, design materials from various model kit collaborations and a sampling of the work done for the Traveller Kickstarter project. A few personal commissions are included as well, along with some new work created specifically for this collection.
The book is currently available for pre-order from Design Studio Press here, and will be released later this month/early next month. I’ll post again regarding the official publication/release date.
CLARKESWORLD #177
“Companion”, a piece from my EK2 Series is featured on the cover of issue #177 of science fiction anthology Clarkesworld. The ebook version is currently available (in almost any format you may want/need) and a print copy will follow in the future.
Issues can be purchased on the Clarkesworld website here.
Thanks to Neil Clarke again for the opportunity.
GALAKTIKA
“OVERWHELMED”, a piece from my series EK2 - The Lost Years was used as a cover image on issue #371 of sci-fi magazine Galaktika. As with the last cover, the image was use on both the standard size and the larger "XL" edition.
Thanks again to Réka at Galaktika!
TITAN
A couple years ago I worked on this cool little adventure game/technology demonstrator called Titan. I was mainly doing character design work and I only worked on it part time, as I was also working full time at NLG/Nintendo. It was a fun little project…and the design freedom was a great balance to the more rigid confines of the Nintendo work. Unfortunately after several months the cheques stopped coming in and emails went unanswered…….and I was done. From what I heard the whole project collapsed several months later. It was a shame……I would have loved to have designed more of those robots! Anyways, here are a few pieces, and a larger selection of the work can be seen here.
GALAKTIKA #364
“The Cocoon”, another piece from my series EK2 - The Lost Years was used as a cover image on issue #364 (Jun. 2020) of sci-fi magazine Galaktika. As with the last cover, the image was use on both the standard size and the larger "XL" edition.
Thanks again to Réka at Galaktika and Metropolis Media.
GALAKTIKA
“The Navigator”, a new piece from my series EK2 - The Lost Years was used on the cover of issue #358 (Jan. 2020) of long running Hungarian sci-fi magazine Galaktika. The image was use on both the standard size issue and the larger "XL" edition.
Thanks to Réka at Galaktika and Metropolis Media.
CLARKESWORLD COVER
My piece “Halo” was used as a cover image for issue #159 (Dec. 2019), of Clarkesworld Magazine. Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine that features original fiction stories, articles and author/creator interviews. Available in ebook, podcast, and print editions.
This image also won 2nd place in the Clarkesworld readers poll for best cover of 2019.
Thanks to Neil Clarke! More info. at: clarkesworldmagazine.com
CYRUS LONGBONES BOOK 3 COVER WRAP
Cover art for the final book in Jeremy Mathiesen's great swashbuckling Cyrus Longbones trilogy! A full wrap image was created for the print edition and the front cover was re-puposed for the ebook and audio book versions.
Published by Viking House Publishing. Thanks to Jeremy!
EK SERIES ART BOOK SOLD OUT
My first art book is out of print! My publisher, Design Studio Press, has sold all their copies. There are a still a few new and used copies kicking around on a couple Amazon sites and there may be some available at different book retailers, but that is it. Japanese publisher Born Digital bought the rights to this book, so they may still have some of the Japanese language softcover edition in stock, and may publish more in the future, but the English hardcover edition is out of stock.
Thanks to everyone that bought a copy of the book, and a special thanks to all that purchased signed copies from me personally as well.
I’ll have to get started on the next one……
HALO
Even though I’m slammed with concept design work on 2 different projects with 2 different companies (plus the occasional 3rd contract in the mix…), along with kids and other family priorities, I do still manage to get a personal piece in there once in awhile. Here is a new(er) one I found some time to finish off.
Higher res. and additional images on my Art Station page here.
While I’d like to spend more time on this stuff, it will have to stay on life support at the moment….
Enjoy!