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Giftart for Gini Koch – Home is where the hive is

Dec 252010

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Gini Koch during a #scifichat Twitter conversation.

It seems I’m not the only one who writes about aliens getting it on with humans – unfortunately, her visions of aliens are all handsome hunks of human looking beings, whereas I, as you all have come to know, much rather prefer to focus on the beautiful sensuality of the alien forms first designed by HR Giger. Indeed, as discussion grew during the lead-up to the release of her latest novel, “Alien Tango” (DAW, 2010), she described these kind, wonderful creatures as “fugly”!

This is a preview of Giftart for Gini Koch – Home is where the hive is. Read the full post (187 words, 1 image, estimated 45 secs reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on December 25, 2010 3D Artwork, Image Gallery alien, Giftart 6 Responses »

Pentagon to veterans with TBI: Merry Xmas. Ho. Ho. No.

Dec 242010

I am not very happy right now. Watch these to find out why:

So basically the government commissioned a study and told the people they hired to conduct it to reach the result they wanted? It wouldn’t be the first time.

Most casualties returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are the result of concussive attacks – bombs. There may be more TBIs than there are physical injuries as a result.

Tricare is pandering seriously to “lowest bidder” by denying coverage to what is going to be at least the second most common injury.

This is a preview of Pentagon to veterans with TBI: Merry Xmas. Ho. Ho. No.. Read the full post (254 words, 1 image, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on December 24, 2010 Veterans Afghanistan, Injury, Iraq, Traumatic brain injury 1 Response »

Tron: A sad legacy

Dec 202010

Let me start off by explaining a few things.

I was a kid when Tron, the original movie, was released – and it blew my young mind. In some ways, the movie helped me to get into computing because it showed from a technical standpoint how computers could be used to create. Ever since then, the look and feel of the movie has been an influence on both my cyberpunk/future related artwork, as well as my visualization of the neural Interfaces of the Legion Universe novels and stories.

This is a preview of Tron: A sad legacy. Read the full post (613 words, 1 image, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on December 20, 2010 General Avatar, Tron, tron legacy, Visual effects No Responses »

Legion Universe Concept Art – Alien Starwolf

Jun 262010

I was taking a break from editing the manuscript for Chrysalis Emergent, and decided to create a concept rendering of one of the alien races that feature in the Legion Universe, this one also a Starwolf.

It’s not entirely how I visualize both this alien’s species, and the implants of Starwolves, in my head, but it gives you a good idea.

starwolf 2 a 300x187 Legion Universe Concept Art Alien Starwolf

Alien Starwolf Concept Art

This is a preview of Legion Universe Concept Art – Alien Starwolf. Read the full post (139 words, 2 images, estimated 33 secs reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on June 26, 2010 3D Artwork, Writing Legion Universe, Starwolf 1 Response »

Chrysalis Emergent – Sneak peek, and site changes

Jun 102010

After a little bit of CSS hacking, and some new versions of a couple of the images used for the site, I’ve finally managed to create a single column page layout, and can now post more of the writing material up without it looking all squished.

To celebrate this minor piece of design tweaking, it’s maiden outing is a sneak peek at “Chrysalis Emergent“, a K’Arian Legion novel I’m re-working at the moment.

I hope you enjoy the site changes, and especially the fragment of Chrysalis Emergent!

Shortlink for this post: http://wp.me/p2cbiZ-ic

Posted by Moonwolf on June 10, 2010 Musings, Writing Chrysalis Emergent, K'Arian Legions No Responses »

Chrysalis Emergent Cover Art

Jun 012010

With prompting from a few people, I’ve started working on re-tweaking a Legion Universe novel, with the intent of actually risking the dreaded rejection letters again.

But, me being me, I decided to do some cover art as well given the recent release of some new meshes.

Oddly, working on the character from this cover idea helped me to get a better understanding of some of the concepts the Legion Universe explores.

So, as I doubt will come as a surprise to anyone, I present to you a cover for Chrysalis Emergent, long before the words are even close to decent.

This is a preview of Chrysalis Emergent Cover Art. Read the full post (116 words, 1 image, estimated 28 secs reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on June 1, 2010 3D Artwork, Writing K'Arian Legions 2 Responses »

Steel Voices

May 252010

Poetry is not my strong suit, but on the way home from Rolling Thunder in 2006, I kept having words turning and in the end let them have free reign to come out.

When I originally wrote this, a friend who wrote for a biker magazine on the West Coast suggested it be submitted, and it was accepted and published that same year.

I apologize the poetic style isn’t what you’d consider very good – but not for the words and what they mean.

This is a preview of Steel Voices. Read the full post (437 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on May 25, 2010 Musings, Patriot Guard Riders, Veterans Rolling Thunder 4 Responses »

Giftart Render for DianeT

Apr 232010

I was hanging out in The Knight Agency‘s chat room after the Rhyannon Byrd chat with a few others and the discussion got around to aliens and predators. One of the chat regulars, DianeT, mentioned she’s prefer to go down to predators rather than aliens because she’d rather a quick death than the icky slimy death aliens result in.

Having just finished doing one of the illustration renders for Outsider: Epiphany, I was twiddling my thumbs, so I put together an image fast, and squirted it off to the farm while we were chatting.

This is a preview of Giftart Render for DianeT. Read the full post (124 words, 1 image, estimated 30 secs reading time)

Posted by Moonwolf on April 23, 2010 3D Artwork, Image Gallery DianeT, Giftart 2 Responses »

Giftart Render: “I can’t take you anywhere …”

Apr 172010

I finally got around to finishing off this giftart for Mike Hawthorne over on Twitter – I get the feeling this is a scene that would be the end panel of his idea for a strip featuring his 4 year old.

No, seriously! Check out 4YO’s antics!

I’ll admit, this is more of an artistic impression, but I’m trying to cut down on images with more blood in a frame than the entire Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

All yours Mike, enjoy

I Can't take you anywhere

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Posted by Moonwolf on April 17, 2010 3D Artwork, Image Gallery Giftart, Mike Hawthorne 4 Responses »

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

Feb 212010

I can't believe I'm still awake … #
#Google backpedals (again) on #Buzz privacy http://bit.ly/bbP1tp – Padlock that barn door boys! #
Just cleared compositing directory of render passes not needed any more – *44GB*!!! I *really* need to update my site with finished renders! #
#DeviantArt #Artist mention: Bloodredsangre http://bit.ly/dgbjNA Cute fae and vamps amongst others #
Just fed ferals, count's back to 5 so we didn't lose one as we feared! Looks like he found a new feeding/sleeping spot #
Taking a break from rendering today, defragging the boxen in the farm. Wondering if I should write instead. #