Stooryduster
Stooryduster  ·  3 months ago

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The USA has given itself a sair orange dunkle, so here's hoping they can dunner an ding it out of their system - quick.

#Scottish weekly word #illustration "Jings Edie that's a richt sair dunkle yiv gi'en yersel.

Dinni worry we'll ding it oot ahn ye'll be as good as new in no time."
#tractor #scots #art #language

In Scots: An anthropomorphised Massey Fergusson type tractor goes 'Ooyah!' as it accidentally drops a boulder from its bucket onto its new shiny bodywork while horrified workers and a cement mixer look on. All except the wheelbarrow who is fixated on his front wheel. Jings Edie that’s a richt sair dunkle yiv gi’en yersel. Dinni worry we’ll ding it oot ahn ye’ll be as good as new in no time. Translate: In English: Goodness Edie that’s a rather serious dent you have given yourself. Don’t worry we’ll bash it out and you’ll be as good as new in no time.
In Scots: An anthropomorphised Massey Fergusson type tractor goes 'Ooyah!' as it accidentally drops a boulder from its bucket onto its new shiny bodywork while horrified workers and a cement mixer look on. All except the wheelbarrow who is fixated on his front wheel. Jings Edie that’s a richt sair dunkle yiv gi’en yersel. Dinni worry we’ll ding it oot ahn ye’ll be as good as new in no time. Translate: In English: Goodness Edie that’s a rather serious dent you have given yourself. Don’t worry we’ll bash it out and you’ll be as good as new in no time.
In Scots: An anthropomorphised Massey Fergusson type tractor goes 'Ooyah!' as it accidentally drops a boulder from its bucket onto its new shiny bodywork while horrified workers and a cement mixer look on. All except the wheelbarrow who is fixated on his front wheel. Jings Edie that’s a richt sair dunkle yiv gi’en yersel. Dinni worry we’ll ding it oot ahn ye’ll be as good as new in no time. Translate: In English: Goodness Edie that’s a rather serious dent you have given yourself. Don’t worry we’ll bash it out and you’ll be as good as new in no time.
Stuffed Crocodile
Stuffed Crocodile  ·  3 months ago

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[Art and Inspiration] Johnny Bruck

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1755 Die Fürstin und der Outlaw (The Lady and the Outlaw) showing a spaceship in front of a planet

They say quantity is a quality all on its own, and that certainly fits the artistic output of Johnny Bruck.

Johnny Bruck was a German artist mostly working in pulp magazines, most famously Perry Rhodan, that weekly science fiction pulp novel series that is at novel issue 3306 as I write this.

In fact until his death in 1995 he illustrated most of the 1799 covers of the series up to that point (only two (!) were from other artists, and his wife and daughter finished his last two pictures), as well as most of the Atlan spin off series (also 800 issues or so), most of the 400 books of the paperback series of novels, and a variety of other things for the series.

And he did interior illustrations.

AND he worked for other publishers and series as well.

It seems he was just the guy if you wanted a serviceable original science fiction picture on time, and for a reasonable price. Mind you, what he delivered could be amazing. It also could be a bizarre experiment in styles and techniques that only had the most tenuous connection to the novel it illustrated.

When I was a kid I thought his style was just that, until I realized that many of the more run-of-the-mill covers of the early series which actually showed stuff from the actual novel were also by him.

He was a working artist, and I deeply respect that.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1 Unternehmen Stardust (Operation Stardust) showing three spaceman, a rocket, and a tank-like vehicle on the moon, Earth on the horizon

The iconic first cover of Perry Rhodan for issue 1 “Unternehmen Stardust” (Operation Stardust) from 1963, in which a group of astronauts from the American Space Force meet aliens on the moon in 1971.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #655 Die Vulkan-Diebe (The Vulcano Thieves)

Bruck also loved his western themes. He also illustrated quite a few pulp western novels (they were a large part of the German pulp market for a long time) and brought in his wild west sensibilities whenever he could get away with even in his science fiction works.

Cover of wild west pulp magazine Tombstone #88, showing a cowboy at a saloon entrance, viewed from behind another person with only a hand close to their pistol visibleCover of Atlan #558 Das Multi-Bewußtsein (The Multi-Consciousness) showing three people, one of them in green and withfour arms, fleeing from orbital attack

I don’t have a clue what this one is about, this was from the Atlan story “Das Multi-Bewusstsein” (The Multi-Consciousness). But I never actually read the Atlan series. Not the first one at least. Atlan was a spin-off from the main Perry Rhodan series about a sexy immortal alien that constantly talked to himself.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #495 Der Botschafter von SOL (The Ambassador from SOL) showing a spaceship in red planetary sceneCover of Perry Rhodan #1782 Zwischen Schingo und Tampir (Between Schingo and Tampir) showing a blue insectoid alien in blue flowers? under green sky

I remember this one from when I bought the issue. As with many of his cover illustrations I don’t have a clue anymore what the novel was about and how it related to the story, but I certainly liked whatever he tried to show here. It just looks kinda cool.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1372 Zwölf Raumschiffe nach Tarkan (Twelve spaceships to Tarkan) showing two felinoid space travellers,at consoles, one of which looking at viewer with a depressed face

Kartanin were cat persons from another universe. Because of course they were. Perry Rhodan could be weird.

Cover of Perry Rhodan Planetenroman #92 Der Ritter von Arkon (The Knight of Arkon) showing a knight, a young lady in a red dress hanging on to hom, with a castle and a flying spaceship in the back

The Planetenromane (Planetary Novels) were a sub-series of Perry Rhodan, mostly standalone novels that sometimes had quite interesting topics. In this case… I don’t have a clue, but considering it’s called The Knight of Arkon I bet it was again about Atlan doing some stuff either in the past of Terra, or using his experience living through the whole of Terran history to play the knight somewhere else.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1065 Das Schiff der Ahnen (The Ship of the Ancestors) showing a spherical spaceship half-sunk in a desert

I don’t know how many ancient spherical ships stranded on a desert world were explored in the series, but I seem to remember at least 4 different ones from the novels I read (and I didn’t read even a large part of them). I guess some themes just resonate with audiences.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1042 Gefahr aus M19 (Danger from M19), showing a yellow shop in front of a large asteroid with exhausts

That looks like a system monitor with a planetoid hull in the back (in Traveller terms)

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1342 Chronik der Kartanin (Chronicle of the Kartanin) showing multiple people in weightless space, with glowing lights in front of them

I don’t know what this is about, but the whole cover looks so 80s.

Cover of Atlan #742 Das Gruene Feuer (The Green Fire) showing two people fighting with a sort of flying dinosaur with a crossbow, while there's a three-eyed multimouthed thing in the green sky behind

Another Atlan cover. Looks very Sword and Sorcery.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #426 Das Ding auf dem Mond (The Thing on the Moon) showing four spacemen running away from a one-eyed monster coming from behind an unnaturally geometric stone structure

This looks so Lovecraftian I wouldn’t be surprised if he was inspired by exactly that.

Cover of Perry Rhodan #1244 Traumwelt Terra (Dream Realm Terra) with the disembodied head and hadn of a blue psion, drones?, and a few people looking at him aghast

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#Art #illustration #perryrhodan #sciencefiction #sfart

Fred Gambino
Fred Gambino  ·  4 months ago

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2024 was the year that I went back to working traditionally in a big way after decades of digital. Some of it was personal, some of it for my Dark Shepherd project and debut novel. I have been lucky in that I sold every piece of art I created. So here are my nine picks of the year, both digital and traditional, none are AI.

Happy New Year to you all and all the best for 2025.

#DarkShepherd  #book  #writing  #concept  #SciFi  #illustration  #art  #digitalart  #spaceships  #visdev

Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  4 months ago

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CHANUR'S HOMECOMING (1986)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 18"

This is one of my all-time favorite cover paintings. 1/3

#sciencefiction#scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #cjcherryh #hani

A tall alien in dark hooded robes points across a cavernous, futuristic space, giving directions to a group humanoids with cat-like heads. The Kif has gray skin, a long dragon-like snout, and red eyes. The Hani have muzzles like lions and ears pointed back. The hair draping from their cheeks forms modest manes, falling flat at shoulder length. The most prominent Hani stands with regal bearing while the rest of the group is poised for action on the ramp behind it. Exposed from the waist up, the lithe musculature of the Hani is covered in short golden fur. Its red pants are cuffed above the calf, and it holds a snubbed nosed laser pistol at its thigh. Accents of gold can be seen in a simple thin band around its upper arm and a thicker bracelet around its wrist. A dark furred ape-like humanoid stands above the pack with eyes lost in thought, closely following the directions of the Kif, while a bearded blonde human glances sideways toward the viewer.
A tall alien in dark hooded robes points across a cavernous, futuristic space, giving directions to a group humanoids with cat-like heads. The Kif has gray skin, a long dragon-like snout, and red eyes. The Hani have muzzles like lions and ears pointed back. The hair draping from their cheeks forms modest manes, falling flat at shoulder length. The most prominent Hani stands with regal bearing while the rest of the group is poised for action on the ramp behind it. Exposed from the waist up, the lithe musculature of the Hani is covered in short golden fur. Its red pants are cuffed above the calf, and it holds a snubbed nosed laser pistol at its thigh. Accents of gold can be seen in a simple thin band around its upper arm and a thicker bracelet around its wrist. A dark furred ape-like humanoid stands above the pack with eyes lost in thought, closely following the directions of the Kif, while a bearded blonde human glances sideways toward the viewer.
A tall alien in dark hooded robes points across a cavernous, futuristic space, giving directions to a group humanoids with cat-like heads. The Kif has gray skin, a long dragon-like snout, and red eyes. The Hani have muzzles like lions and ears pointed back. The hair draping from their cheeks forms modest manes, falling flat at shoulder length. The most prominent Hani stands with regal bearing while the rest of the group is poised for action on the ramp behind it. Exposed from the waist up, the lithe musculature of the Hani is covered in short golden fur. Its red pants are cuffed above the calf, and it holds a snubbed nosed laser pistol at its thigh. Accents of gold can be seen in a simple thin band around its upper arm and a thicker bracelet around its wrist. A dark furred ape-like humanoid stands above the pack with eyes lost in thought, closely following the directions of the Kif, while a bearded blonde human glances sideways toward the viewer.
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  4 months ago

Tasteful nudity, non-sexual

SPIRIT OF ENDURING HOPE (2016)
Acrylic on Mat Board - 12" x 9"

I turned a smear of paint on my drawing table cover into a tree. Other marks suggested rocks and became an island to which I added a figure. I started to paint in clouds but stopped because the image was getting boring.
1/3

#art #fantasy #illustration #leftoversandpalettegremlins

A tiny female figure stands beneath a pair of tall, uneven evergreen trees rising off a rocky outcrop of shore. The sky is cloudy gray except for a warm band of dull orange defining the horizon. As tall as the massive trees, a monotone female figure floats nearby draped in cloth and holding out her hand. A ring of ginkgo leaves hovers nearby. Her hair is wild and wind tossed. The cloth covers only one shoulder exposing her other breast. Her knee is raised suggesting upward motion as if she is lifting off the shore.
A tiny female figure stands beneath a pair of tall, uneven evergreen trees rising off a rocky outcrop of shore. The sky is cloudy gray except for a warm band of dull orange defining the horizon. As tall as the massive trees, a monotone female figure floats nearby draped in cloth and holding out her hand. A ring of ginkgo leaves hovers nearby. Her hair is wild and wind tossed. The cloth covers only one shoulder exposing her other breast. Her knee is raised suggesting upward motion as if she is lifting off the shore.
A tiny female figure stands beneath a pair of tall, uneven evergreen trees rising off a rocky outcrop of shore. The sky is cloudy gray except for a warm band of dull orange defining the horizon. As tall as the massive trees, a monotone female figure floats nearby draped in cloth and holding out her hand. A ring of ginkgo leaves hovers nearby. Her hair is wild and wind tossed. The cloth covers only one shoulder exposing her other breast. Her knee is raised suggesting upward motion as if she is lifting off the shore.
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  4 months ago

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PEEKABOO FUZZIES (1983)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 16" x 22"

The Fuzzy Sapiens created by H. Beam Piper first appeared in the early 1960's and they were a welcome contrast to the menacing aliens that seemed to dominate science fiction of the day. 1/2

#sciencefiction#scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration#hbeampiper

A pair of adorable furry creatures poke their heads out from the cover of dense tropical vegetation. Their huge eyes are strikingly green, cat-like and glossy so that the treetops reflect in the light. Their noses lie long, wide, and flat. Their mouths aren't pronounced like an ape, but thin lips and the slit of their mouths does seem ape-like. Long tufts of light brown hair sweep outward around the eyes like a flaring mane, giving their faces a disproportionately wide countenance. Hair over the pate is smoothed back of their heads. Cat-like ears—soft rounded triangles—are set above and just outside their big eyes. One thick-fingered paw, lacking claws or nails of any sort, extends as if pushing the alien foliage aside.
A pair of adorable furry creatures poke their heads out from the cover of dense tropical vegetation. Their huge eyes are strikingly green, cat-like and glossy so that the treetops reflect in the light. Their noses lie long, wide, and flat. Their mouths aren't pronounced like an ape, but thin lips and the slit of their mouths does seem ape-like. Long tufts of light brown hair sweep outward around the eyes like a flaring mane, giving their faces a disproportionately wide countenance. Hair over the pate is smoothed back of their heads. Cat-like ears—soft rounded triangles—are set above and just outside their big eyes. One thick-fingered paw, lacking claws or nails of any sort, extends as if pushing the alien foliage aside.
A pair of adorable furry creatures poke their heads out from the cover of dense tropical vegetation. Their huge eyes are strikingly green, cat-like and glossy so that the treetops reflect in the light. Their noses lie long, wide, and flat. Their mouths aren't pronounced like an ape, but thin lips and the slit of their mouths does seem ape-like. Long tufts of light brown hair sweep outward around the eyes like a flaring mane, giving their faces a disproportionately wide countenance. Hair over the pate is smoothed back of their heads. Cat-like ears—soft rounded triangles—are set above and just outside their big eyes. One thick-fingered paw, lacking claws or nails of any sort, extends as if pushing the alien foliage aside.
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  5 months ago

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THE DARK TOWER: KA-TET (2003)
Oil on Panel - 28" x 18"

Throughout the Dark Tower series, Stephen King portrayed Roland's group of fighters known as the Ka-Tet as a circle. 1/2

#horror #horrorart #fantasy #sciencefiction #sff #illustration #darktower #stephenking#rolanddeschain #eddiedean #susannahdean#jakechambers #oy #billybumbler

In the gruesome aftermath of the Battle of Devar-Toi, Roland huddles with his Ka-Tet, circling with arms reaching out to each other. Strewn about the bricked street are corpses of Vampires and Low Men, the latter depicted with various animal heads. They lay still, an afterthought of the violence reaped by the now joyous gunslingers. Susannah is seated on her bronze, balloon-wheeled ATV. An army star is painted on the fender. Jake and Roland stand in profile with the striped billy bumbler Oy straddling their arms. The high angle view of the Ka-Tet centers on Eddie Dean, who faces front, smiling for the moment. He stands out in his light blue shirt, unbuttoned to expose a darker t-shirt beneath and the shiny buckle of his gun belt.
In the gruesome aftermath of the Battle of Devar-Toi, Roland huddles with his Ka-Tet, circling with arms reaching out to each other. Strewn about the bricked street are corpses of Vampires and Low Men, the latter depicted with various animal heads. They lay still, an afterthought of the violence reaped by the now joyous gunslingers. Susannah is seated on her bronze, balloon-wheeled ATV. An army star is painted on the fender. Jake and Roland stand in profile with the striped billy bumbler Oy straddling their arms. The high angle view of the Ka-Tet centers on Eddie Dean, who faces front, smiling for the moment. He stands out in his light blue shirt, unbuttoned to expose a darker t-shirt beneath and the shiny buckle of his gun belt.
In the gruesome aftermath of the Battle of Devar-Toi, Roland huddles with his Ka-Tet, circling with arms reaching out to each other. Strewn about the bricked street are corpses of Vampires and Low Men, the latter depicted with various animal heads. They lay still, an afterthought of the violence reaped by the now joyous gunslingers. Susannah is seated on her bronze, balloon-wheeled ATV. An army star is painted on the fender. Jake and Roland stand in profile with the striped billy bumbler Oy straddling their arms. The high angle view of the Ka-Tet centers on Eddie Dean, who faces front, smiling for the moment. He stands out in his light blue shirt, unbuttoned to expose a darker t-shirt beneath and the shiny buckle of his gun belt.
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