Asni’s Art Blog: Laser
Who can resist a laser gun wielding blonde with a tattoo on her ass, riding a dinosaur? Not me.
Cavemen! (and Women)
Oddly enough, cave women and cave men are frequently featured in SF and fantasy art.
Black and White: No Room for Gray Shades
Early science fiction and fantasy magazines of the twentieth century, of which Amazing Stories was chief, employed artists for their interior illustrations who could produce images of great variety using only ink applied to paper.
Not the Hugos: The Chesley Awards
The Hugos are not the only awards given out at Worldcon. Celebrate the winners of the Chesley Awards.
The Visionary World of Paul Lehr
Lehr “dominated science fiction covers in the mid-1960s into the 1970s”
Asni’s Art Blog: Robot
So what’s the difference between a robot, an android (or droid), and a cyborg?
Vampirella: Character or Commodity?
Do we need an excuse to look at images of Vampirella?
Marvel vs DC at the Movies
Suyperhero films: Marvel succeeds, DC fails. Could the difference be one of character?
Buck Rogers: The Way the Future Used to Be
For more than a century the name Buck Rogers has been synonymous with science fiction.
Surrealism: Giant Crabs Ate my Pontiac!
Allowing the unconscious to express itself, surrealism resolves the contradictory realms of dream and reality
Asni’s Art Blog: Space Station
Space stations are a technological reality, but also a quintessential locus for projecting dreams about a bright technological future which might take humans to the stars.
Surrealism Revisited
Surrealism strays into all other areas of art from modern culture to food to sex to death.
Wonder Woman: Relevant or Ridiculous?
Greek Goddess… Miss America… Xena… which role does she play in order to make others happy. Isn’t that the dilemma of a woman today?
Earl Norem: 1924 – 2015
Earl Norem was a gigantic talent and regularly and consistently produced work of the highest caliber
Interview: Graphic Designer Pedro Marques
An interview with editor and graphic designer Pedro Marques, and a note from Lavie Tidhar.
Pictures of the Moon
Visit the Moon, then go out and play in the sunshine
Asni’s Art Blog: Cosmic Peacock
Did you know there is a whole religion involving the worship of a cosmic peacock? You’d never know where poultry keeping could lead you!
The Promise of Unrealized Dreams
Dreams never die. They might not live either.
Alex Ross
Ross’ style has been compared to that of Norman-Rockwell and he has been praised for his realistic, human depictions of classic comic book characters.
Asni’s Art Blog: Chickens in Armour
Turns out there is a veritable sub-culture of Chickens in Armour.
Review: KROMA by James Dee
Kroma is an independent online graphic novel written by James Dee with art by John Chester, Sebastien Sanches and James Dee. It tells the story of the kingdom of Kroma, whose people have been divided based on colours
Welcome to the Creative Thrive!
Angi Shearstone, creator of BloodDreams comics, discusses the creative process in her debut post.
Illustrating Barsoom
Barsoom. Sooner or later, every artist has to try their hand illustrating Burrough’s tales
Asni’s Art Blog: Space Rabbit
I’ve been a bit stuck for a topic, so I punched “space rabbit” into DeviantArt’s search field. This is the result: Enjoy!
Glen Orbik – 1963-2015
The world of illustration lost a real treasure this past week when artist Glen Orbik lost his long battle with cancer on May 11th.
Fantasy and Science Fiction Art on the Web
Unlike in the olden days when we had to walk barefoot in the snow, uphill, both ways, to find fantasy art, today there are hundreds, if not thousands of online resources to slake your need.
Asni’s Art Blog: Legends of New Zealand
New Zealand is an island of birds. So it is not surprising that birds feature in many Maori legends.
Art Goes Hollywood: SF and Fantasy Concept Art
It seems that all good fantasy artists head for Hollywood
The Art of the Role Playing Game
Fantasy art is flourishing in the world of gaming
Asni’s Art Blog: Feng Huang
The Feng Huang is often referred to as the “Chinese Phoenix”, but similarities between the two mythological birds are superficial: rather than death and resurrection, Feng Huang symbolises balance between yin and yang.