Happy Birthday Katsuhiro Otomo!

This is crazy! My little girl Simone turns 2 today. Just out of curiosity, I GOOGLED to see who else was born on this day and could not believe when I saw that Katsuhiro Otomo turns 58 today! YAY... My all-time favorite artist's birthday coincides with my little girl's. Here is a little animated poster I've made in his honor. Happy Birthday!!! Check out this old header post from back in the day. As it turns out, the post was important in the progression of this blog as I started to utilize animated loops more. Enjoy your weekend!


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Alex Kim concept spaceships

Some more of Alex's work on CGHub.


















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Concept ship design by Bryant Koshu

Bryant's portfolio on CGHub. Check out ROBOTS.


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JOHN CARTER OF MARS concept spaceship art by Ryan Church

Fantastic new stuff from Ryan Church for the John Carter of Mars film.














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Ice Racers by Remko Troost

A new illustration by Remko Troost.


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Selected works by Moebius

It is super hard for me to believe that Mobeius is gone. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud passed away at the age of 73 on March 10, 2012. I remember reading The Incal graphic novels by EPIC and thinking that he had some of the best compositional flow of any artist that I've ever read. I also remember that a lot of his technical stuff was so amazingly simple and complex at the same time. Just searching for his art on the web made me realize what an incredible amount of work he has produced in his lifetime. I know there was a time when Katsuhiro Otomo and him were discussing making an animated version of The Airtight Garage, which I was so freakishly stoked on. Unfortunately, that never happened but I am thrilled he left so many works behind for us to enjoy and I can't wait to discover them all. Thank you so much! Your work will live on to inspire generations of artists forever. Pour Moebius... Merci beaucoup pour le voyage.
























































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Blast book and Remora model kit

Some nice goodies showed up recently that I thought I would share with you. Scott Robertson sent me an advance copy of BLAST by Design Studio Press which will be available in two weeks from Amazon. The book is beautiful, jam packed with incredible spaceship art. Right up our alley! Annis Naeem and Danny Gardner blast out some jaw dropping design work with Scott Robertson finishing it out with his incredible rendering techniques. You will love this book, especially if you own Drive as it's in the exact same size and format.

Another amazing project I've received is Industria Mechanika'a Ramora 1/35 scale model kit based off of Ian McQue's amazing art. I'd love to paint this but I'm afraid I won't do it any justice...Especially after seeing Michael Fichtenmayer's versions. If you'd like to paint it, hit me up via the submit button with some model work you've done and I will send it to you. I will need it back but will feature it as a Header animation with full credit to you, the painter.

My wife and I are off to Cabo San Lucas on Tuesday. Truth be told, I can hardly afford it but the In-Laws are flipping a lot of the bill so it is a MUST GO. Can't wait to do a little photography. Look for posts on all of the concept blogs and a new header for May. I'ts been crazy around here so Matt's header stays for another month. Thanks for all of your support and submissions... I've got some big news in the next month or two that might change the way we do things around here.
P.S. Help support an amazing artist by contributing to his book project... I have. Later!


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Concept spaceships by Liviu Tudoran

See more of Liviu's design work on coroflot.
























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