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Two months ago when I posted the previous entry in my concept art series, there were actually two planned scenes. The second one was meant for the cover of volume six (which is finally out) but as you can see plans have changed, and I'm now free to use it here:

Photorealistic render of three spaceships in a dieselpunk style, ominously coming towards the viewer, under a strange moon. One resembles a submarine, another an airship, and the largest one is reminiscent of a streamlined locomotive.

It's a space opera story of grand-scale conflict that ties together previous installments, and moves the setting to a new stage by the end. There are more stories coming, too, so hopefully that means more art to go with it. But not just yet.

Current Mood: creative

It's been a busy spring, with all the work on the next two Dream books. (Volume five is out now!) Now that we're done with that, I was finally able to work more on my concept art series. This time with a piece that sends back to the tense encounter early on in

kantuck's novel Shadowing the Dream:

3D render of two spaceships that resemble dieselpunk submarines. One is chasing the other, firing torpedoes. In the background, planets hang in a dark sky.

3D render of two spaceships that resemble dieselpunk submarines. One is chasing the other, firing torpedoes. In the background, planets hang in a dark sky.

There's a new model and a refurbished model. You'll see the former again on the cover of upcoming volumes, too. But first to rest a bit and make another poster like these, because it's so satisfying.

Current Mood: creative

Dreamed I was at some sort of oceanic research facility where they were trying to make humans partially aquatic and/or give aquatic mammals human intelligence, all so we could communicate with some water-dwelling aliens. There was a huge pool, of course, but also an underground train station that could double as a bicycle track. Guess they didn't want humans forgetting how to live on land. The on-site living quarters were interesting too. They had 1960s-style wood paneling but came with automatic doors and lights.

It's been over a year since I last posted any concept art for the Dream. Things have been moving since: we have four books out, and two more novels are in the works. So it was time for more cover art concepts:

3D render of a golden spaceship chasing a swarm of dark spiky vessels towards the viewer and a cluster of silver spires in the foreground.

3D render of a golden spaceship chasing a swarm of dark spiky vessels towards the viewer and a cluster of silver spires in the foreground.

I made the 3D models in spring, then ran out of steam (ha ha) and took until now to do a POV-Ray conversion then put it all together. Ought to practice a lot more: I'm nowhere near as happy with this one. Good thing it's not intended as a finished work. Enjoy anyway, and thank you for reading.

I just spent half a morning to watch Galax, a Romanian sci-fi movie from 1984 that basically tells the viewer from the start how it's not about robots in the least but rather about the masks we wear. Here we are in the distant future of 2024. We take young people, pump their brains full of knowledge, then treat them like machines, and wonder why they want to die.

"Study hard! Being smart is the most important thing in life!"

"LOL, not like that, nerd!"

Ultimately, we're all amazing beings. It's amazing that we exist at all, and can accomplish as much as we do. But instead of being happy with that, we keep demanding more and more of ourselves and others alike. Yet we're not even allowed to express ourselves except from behind a mask.

Speaking of distant futures, can we agree now that engineers need poetry more than anyone?

P.S. Bonus points for a wooden puppet animated in stop motion that somehow looks better than Sonny from the I, Robot movie. Hint: it's the artist.

Current Mood: pensive

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