Samurai

Another one for illustration Friday. Always been interested in the Samurai history so when I saw this topic had to have a go at this.

Thought I would do the illustration Friday project for the fist time in ages. The Topic is Ice Cream so I whipped this up:)

This is the book cover I have recently done for the book 'The Long Lost Future' by Ian Cattell.

You can get more information at his site: Ian Cattell

Well a new year and I must get this blog going again! got really sidelined the last few years on unrelated stuff.  I've been working on a book cover so hope to get some images and info up soon and try and keep it up to date again this year.

A goodbye to Giger

We sadly lost Giger this week.

He was certainly one of the artists that had an influence on me and got me into art in the 70s.

Here is my take on his most famous creation.

I still think its the best alien design anyone’s come up with so far. It was fun to do this. I see a few more aliens in my future. Aliens vs dinosaurs I wonder how that would go J

Paleoart Images

If you would like to use any of my paleoart images for a project they are now available through Stocktrek images.

IF: Prehistoric

Well the subject for illustration Friday this week is Prehistoric so here is an image I did recently that fits the bill.

One of the most famous and distinctive dinosaurs the stegosaurus. They lived during the Late Jurassic Period about 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America and a species was also present in Europe. They grew up to about  9 metres (30 ft)in length.

Sabre-toothed Cat

Another long overdue post. I must get back to this blog this year.

Anyway here's my my latest image a Sabre-toothed Cat.

IF: Creature

I did this especially for the Illustration Friday topic this week and to get into the Halloween mood.

IF: Underwater

Well I've had yet another long break in posting here  but actually found time to do this one. 

This is an illustration of a German Uboat from WWII. I've been intending to do an image like this for a while to try out the underwater look and  with this weeks topic it had to be done:)

This is a 3D model rendered in Bryce and then lots of post work applied to create a more painterly effect.

Chasmosaurus

Well been slacking again on the blog so thought I'd put up my latest dinosaur illustration of a Chasmosaurus.

This was a ceratopid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (75-70 million years ago) and would have been about 4.5 metres long and weighed about 1.5 tons.

They had a particularly impressive elongated frills. It has been speculated that this may have had bright colours used for display during mating and other communication and species recognition.

Like with other ceratopid dinosaurs it also made them appear larger and more threatening to potential predators.

IF: Yesterday

Just an old radio for the music of yesterday.

IF: WIngs

I wasn't sure what to do for this so being interested in historical illustration decided to do an image of an  aircraft. I decided on the Spitfire, one of the  best looking planes ever built and one  which also has the very distinct wing shape.

IF: Myth

With the subject of myth here is one of the most well know creatures from Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus.

IF: Ocean

Just my take on an Ocean really and trying out a dramatic painterly look.

IF: Edge

Been slacking on the illustration Friday lately so this is just a quick one I did for this week’s topic and a chance to experiment with a graphic look. This was a 3D render that was later post worked to death! :)

IF: Book

Nothing too clever here just a rather wobbly stack of books :)

IF: Tall

Well after another long break form illustration Friday Seeing the topic I thought I’d get back into it with this image I’ve just completed as it seemed appropriate.

Yes back to the dinosaurs.

This is a Jobaria a sauropod dinosaur discovered in the Sahara Desert in 1997. It is thought to have been about 18 metres long. Not the largest of the sauropods but still pretty tall:)

Torvosaurus

Here’s my latest Dinosaur image. This is a Torvosaurus on the prowl with a group of Ornitholestes in the foreground.

The Torvosaurus tanneri was a large theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period, about 145 million years ago, in North America and Portugal.

It lived alongside the more famous Allosaurus which it equalled and even exceeded in size at up to 11 meters (36ft) in length.

It was related to the earlier Megalosaurus but was more advanced.

The Ornitholestes was a small theropod of the same period and location. It was about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long.

IF: Grounded

I saw a program a while ago part of which featured an inland sea (can't remember where it was) that had dried up leaving behind the boats and ships stranded in the desert. It was all very surreal. This also gave me an excuse to illustrate one of my favorite things,old abandoned and rusty stuff.