Great stuff! If you are taking requests... :) ...how about some indication of solar masses? I think Betelguese & Rigel are fooking enourmous in relation to our sun, be cool to see that visulaised perhaps?
@kevin - Cheers, pal. Lovely to receive a compliment from such a talented artist! Loving yr work in the thread this month, too. @smileyfish - Thank you! It's just something I do for fun, but I'm always learning and... Perhaps one day. @jim - Cheers for the crit. Really great points there - will hopefully manage to incorporate this thinking into future pieces. @NeilFord - Thanx! Think I'll take a break from star stuff for a bit, but I'll have a look into the data. And if I do draw something up, you'll see it here first... @WilliamJoesphDunn - Amazing stuff! Will be following yr blog from now on. @tnperkins - That panoramic piece is great. Would love to see it as a wall-size mural. In the lobby of yr artistic Fortress Of Doom, perhaps? @sobreiro - that Transmet piece looks absolutely killer. Sure I'm going to be studying yr use of colour in the future. @Alan Tyson - that's so good already that I want to give up on my RR entry right now. Godspeed.
@NeilFord: Every time you post something, it gets more amazing. This one is especially haunting, and looking at those textures is like rubbing a cheese grater against my eyes - in a good way!
These are the lineart and tones for my take on the Magician from Mars, this weeks Remake/Remodel. The colored piece is up on the main thread, but I thought folks might get a kick out of seeing it in black and white as well.
@256: Don't give up! You always come out swinging on those, and I can't wait to see what you have for us this week! Also, I really like the Pink Skies piece - something very Stephen King about it!
Thanks for the encouragement fellows! :) Slapped a spot of colour on this chap... got to sleep now, was heading for bed 4 hours ago, thought I'd have a quick sketch. Le sigh...
...forgot to mention, a friend had asked if I would be interested in illustrating a kids book. Have you seen my work?" I said... lol.