Tag Archives: Art

Digeridoo the whippo

Posted on October 18, 2021 by dan

Digeridoo, the monument-building “whippomorph” who gives our heroes some problems to solve in the very first scene I wrote for Fellow Tetrapod. Digeridoo’s version of India never collided with Asia, and the muddy mangrove swamps of the north Indian coast … Continue reading →

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Orbital Aliens

Posted on July 5, 2019 by dan

Here’s a bad photo of some aliens I made. I’m thinking a lot right now about aliens that live in orbit around an Earthlike planet. Their distant ancestors evolved in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized gas giant in the same … Continue reading →

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I’m on GanBreeder

Posted on January 28, 2019 by dan

You want to see more of this nonsense? Follow me on GanBreeder and keep an eye out for this stuff to show up in my books 😉

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Wheeler!

Posted on January 27, 2019 by dan

Look at this lovely glasslands wheeler Joschua Knüppe drew on an alien art stream! I’m glad he’s enjoying Junction.

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Leviathan

Posted on October 6, 2017 by dan

This picture is dedicated to Emil Minchev, who beta-read The Goose’s Wing and told me the end was better than the beginning. Phew! He asked for the leviathan cross , which is the alchemical symbol for sulfur, apparently? I don’t see how … Continue reading →

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A Distinct Extinction

Posted on September 29, 2017 by dan

If extinctions are random in their effect, then replaying them will yield very different results. In this case, the dice (actually it was a random number generator) spelled oblivion for the crocodiles and pterosaurs, and obscurity for turtles and lizards, … Continue reading →

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Two sketches

Posted on August 24, 2017 by dan

Two sketches for two beta-readers of The Goose’s Wing, Eric Scott Fischl and Victor Dimitrov. Thanks, guys! The first (for Victor) is a Petrolean dragon, looking a bit more majestic and less moist than I depict them in the novella. The second (for Eric) is … Continue reading →

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Draw the Rabbit Skull, Daddy

Posted on April 5, 2017 by dan

“Draw the rabbit skull, daddy,” she said. “We’ll be conservationists together,” she said. So I drew the rabbit skull. And so did she. “I can’t draw rabbit skulls, daddy. This is a dolly pretending to be a princess. She has blue … Continue reading →

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The Biomes of Junction

Posted on January 13, 2017 by dan

  An overview of the alien biomes traversed by the Houlihan-Matsumori Expedition From top left to bottom right: The Glasslands (no Nun name) Silicates dissolved in mild sulfuric acid, warmed by geothermal heat. Think living fishbowls–giant diatoms. The Wormwood (Sokok … Continue reading →

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Junction Fan Art!

Posted on January 8, 2017 by dan

Something good’s coming out of Junction aside from my sweet caffeine-flavored tears: FAN ART!   The first is a Lizard-bug by artist and cover-designer Viergacht. Love the eyes and those vestigial wings. Mm. Delicious. Next is a glasslands wheeler by Joschua … Continue reading →

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