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Snaiad - Brontophis - old and new

Here are old and new renditions of Brontophis - a giant, herbivorous snake-like form, from the ongoing Snaiad project. The B&W renditions appeal to me so much that I may not c...

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Snaiad - new hypersaltatorial magnopsid predator

Here is a new illustration from the upcoming Snaiad book. It is one of the many relatives of the 2021-12-14 14:58:17 +0000 UTC View Post

All Tomorrows redux: Varieties of Quhanim

Happy holidays everyone!
Among many other things, I'm also busy on the updated All Tomorrows book. Here is a sneak preview sketch - showing some of the many varieties of the Qu...

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New, previously unseen surreal study

Here is a whimsical painting of a bird-like spirit.
Surreal artworks are a great way to blow off steam after working all day on rigorous, anatomical designs...

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Snaiad secret sketch dump

Here are a variety of recent sketches from Snaiad.
Some of these forms have already been illustrated.
Which ones do you like the best?

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Snaiad sneak preview - name this creature!

Welcome, new patrons!
Here is the work sketch of an abyssal, "vertebrate" macropredator from Snaiad.
Although it looks like a jetocete, this animal is from a different clade that only uses mu...

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Snaiad sneak preview

Here are watercolour sketches for Ahteropsis 'star-eyes', a running predator of small animals.

Thanks to your support from Patreon, I have purchased a set of Japanese water...

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Snaiad: Book page with novel group of animals

Here is a new page from the upcoming Snaiad book, introducing a new clade, Leptodregiformes. This is how fully-colourised images will look like in the book. Thank you all for making this project po...

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Snaiad: Full process from original drawing to finished artwork

Exciting news from Snaiad!
We have now finalised the entire production process from initial drawing to the cleaned digital file; followed by screen-toning and colourisation. Hundreds of animals ...

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Snaiad: New illustrations

Refined illustrations of "Psittacocephalus precursor" and a larger relative; part of the upcoming Snaiad book. All creatures are being re-drawn, and many more clades are being added for this projec...

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A glossary of scientific names for Snaiad

Hi all! I'm  compiling a massive list of root-words for scientific names on Snaiad -  my upcoming book for life on an alien planet. (SEE ATTACHMENT) Alongside the usual  Gre...

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Full Snaiad book page with text

Here is a preview from the new Snaiad book. Compare the old page for "Cryptodactylus ammophis" with its new incarnation here: View Post

Secret All Tomorrows artwork from 2003

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your generous support, and a great big welcome to everyone coming in through the Alt-Shift-X All Tomorrows video. As a gift, I am releasing two unused pa...

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Previously unseen All Tomorrows concepts from 2002

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your generous support, and a great big welcome to everyone coming in through the Alt-Shift-X All Tomorrows video. As a gift, I am releasing concept art f...

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"Beneath a Thousand Suns" - my discontinued giant fantasy novel

Patrons can now read the entirety of my draft of "Beneath a Thousand Suns" - an aborted fantasy novel project.

This was going to be a Jack Vance-style 1000+page saga about an immortal wander...

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Two new surreal paintings for my Patreon supporters only

Here are two new paintings from last month.
Thanks to your support, you Patreonites are the first to see them! :)

Hope all is well!

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Snaiad: Colour study and sketches for a new clade

Here is a detailed colour study and a few initial sketches for Muppajiiformes - a group of swamp-dwelling omnivores with low-metabolisms... These animals make up for their slow mobility with long, ...

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Snaiad: Asking your input for colouring/shading styles

Dear patrons,
I'm in a bit of a pickle over rendering finalised images for the upcoming Snaiad book.

Long story short: I can do images in full-colour, but that would mean re-colouring nea...

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Snaiad: New technique unlocked!

Over the past month, I switched from ink pens to traditional ink-nib pens for rendering the long list of Snaiad creatures to be included in the upcoming book. Once again, thanks to you all for your...

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Snaiad: Revisiting old concepts

Thanks to your support, work on the Snaiad book is proceeding non-stop.

Here is a revised drawing and digital paint study (right) and the original 2007 artwork (left), of Bradypython ins...

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Spirit Forest III (Patrons-only preview)

You get to see this painting before anyone else! Enjoy!

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Happy holidays and happy new year!

I want to wish you all happy holidays, merry Christmas and a happy 2021. Throughout the year, your support on Patreon has been vital to my creative endeavors.

As a gift, I am sharing details...

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A sheaf of "reptiles" from the planet Snaiad

Hi everyone!

Thanks to your contributions, I have been able to completely redraw and overhaul the various "reptile" clades from the Snaiad world-building project. Here is a glimpse of a few,...

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Treasure trove of screentone textures

I am offering you a big collection of copyright-free, handmade screentone textures. Download and use them to your heart's content!

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Surreal art with Dazzledraw - a 1980s art program emulator

In my free time, I am using a Mac emulator running a 1983 art programme named Dazzledraw to produce a gallery of colourful, retro surreal art. You at Patreon are the first to see all images produce...

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SNAIAD - Screentone applications

Hi everyone!
Thanks to your support on Patreon, I was able to manufacture and apply custom texture screentones to the images that will be used in the book. Check out the two examples in the imag...

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NEW VIDEO EXPEDITION - made possible thanks to you!

I just shared a special video expedition with a vintage MiniDV camera to the old, derelict, strange and beautiful Tokatlıyan Business Centre in Taksim, Istanbul Turkey.

Thanks to your suppo...

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Snaiad sneak preview

Dear patrons,
Thank you for your kind and unwavering support.
Behind the scenes, work on Snaiad is proceeding rapidly.
I completed the rendition of more than 130 animals during the past 3 ...

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NEW VIDEO UP thanks to my patrons

I made a new "Turkish dead mall expedition" video and filmed it with a vintage 2005 mini DV camcorder which I repaired thanks to the contributions made by you, my dear patrons... Enjoy! 

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New Youtube video complete!

Thanks to your support, I've completed a new, fully-illustrated, 1.5 hour video: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF NEON  GENESIS EVANGELION! You are gonna love this if you like the series! 

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