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Transcendence by Chuck Melville

Fri, 08 May 2009 01:44:42 -0000

I was doodling, with just a vague idea of a unicorn in meditation seeking transcendence, but I wasn't satisfied with it; the composition wasn't working for me, so I put it away. I might try the concept again, though...

Medium: Colored Pencils
Tags: unicorn light meditation

The Sorceress Of Katara by Chuck Melville

Fri, 08 May 2009 01:41:29 -0000

Another figure from the Katara histories, known by many names: the Artisan, the Seeker, the Wisar, and at the end, simply as the Sorceress. Figures in a lot of the stories. Her younger self is featured in the SEEKER'S QUEST webcomic. This was one of the early concept drawings.

Medium: Colored Pencils
Tags: cat dawn sorceress Tower sunrise Seeker wisar

Felicia - The Vixen Sorceress by Chuck Melville

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:01:54 -0000

The image I chose for the new book, VIXEN SORCERESS (https://www.createspace.com/3360703 or through Amazon.com)... It's a tweaking of the image I originally used for ZU #13 several years ago, a collage done in Photoshop. The candle and flame were drawn digitally, Felicia and the butterfly were taken from photos, the walls in the background are taken from clip-art that was run through a filter, and the vapors were added with a rendering filter. Originally there had been a dancing fox attached to the butterfly wings (she had been drawn in pencil and colored in Photoshop), but since she was someone else's character and had no bearing on the Felicia stories being collected, I was obligated to remove her for the book's cover. This had been a fun piece to do.

Medium: Photoshop
Tags: fox Butterfly magic book felicia vixen.

Sapphire by Chuck Melville

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:08:44 -0000

Another old stab at doing pin-ups. I thought this came out rather well, all things considered, but I pretty much gave up doing pin-up stuff (for the most part) soon after this. My work was started to look too much like a Terrie Smith wannabe, and was getting really hit -and-miss at that; Terrie does a much better job of doing Terrie-style pin-ups than I -- I'm more of a story person than a pin-up artist -- so I needed to step away and rethink my approach to that sort of art. But I still rather liked this one.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, colored with Prismacolor markers
Tags: gazelle pin-up

Cerberus At The Gate by Chuck Melville

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:59:58 -0000

"Abandon All Hope..." From a few years ago, I was toying with pin-up ideas, and came up with a sexier version of the watchdog of the nether regions.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, colored with Prismacolor markers
Tags: wolf hell pin-up she-wolf damned

The Cheetahs Of Chance by Chuck Melville

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:10:19 -0000

And old pic I found hiding in one of my computer folders. I sold the original at one of the Conifurs some years back. Just an image I got in my head one day.

Medium: Prismacolor pencils
Tags: space dice chance cheetahs gambling

The Border Collie Patrol by Chuck Melville

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:16:47 -0000

The cover art for the most recent Felicia novelette.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, digitally colored in Photoshop
Tags: fox wolf dog collie mice toads

Empirical Evidence (4) by Chuck Melville

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:14:45 -0000

Man down! From the story, "Empirical Evidence", by Gene Breshears. Some of the research ship's university students decide to enjoy a summer day on the world they're exploring, only to be struck down by an unknown biological agent. An emergency rescue team is sent in. A black and white version of this was used in the Tai-Pan fanzine.

Medium: Acryllic paint and Prismacolor pencils
Tags: Tiger space elephant SF

Felicia And The Cult Of The Rubber Nose by Chuck Melville

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:57:08 -0000

Cover art from one of my book projects. Felicia the sorceress has to protect valuable art treasures and the artists who created them from a secretive cult of clown assassins.

Medium: Prismacolor pencils
Tags: fox bear vixen fantasy assassin museum clowns ninjas mimes

Empirical Evidence (3) by Chuck Melville

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:43:56 -0000

Another of the Empirical Evidence illustrations from TALES OF THE TAI-PAN UNIVERSE. Researchers study specimens caught during the exploration of a newly discovered planet.

Medium: Acryllic paint and Prismacolor pencils
Tags: cat feline monkey space alien rhino Science ape

Empirical Evidence (2) by Chuck Melville

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:06:47 -0000

Another of the 'Empirical Evidence' illustrations; a survey team from a research ship is startled when alien ships appear in the skies of an uninhabited world.

Medium: Acryllic paint and Prismacolor pencils
Tags: bear aliens spaceships

Empirical Evidence - 3D by Chuck Melville

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:09:44 -0000

The last of my Tai-Pan 3D images. This one was a little trickier. The illustration is from Gene Breshear's story, "Empirical Evidence", and was originally painted in acryllics. Then I scanned the image and transformed it into a useable black & white image for the fanzine. I further tweaked it into a 3D. Probably the least successful of the batch, but everything's a learning experience.

Medium: Acryllic paint, tweaked in Photoshop.
Tags: Tiger SF

Angel Of The Pathways -- 3D by Chuck Melville

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:05:20 -0000

Another 3D illustration from the Tai-Pan fanzine; this one was from the story, "Angel Of The Pathways", written by Mark Allen Davis. Incidentally, I might not have made it clear, but these were not published in 3D; I tweaked them after the fact, for my own amusement.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, digitally tweaked in Photoshop
Tags: lizard space SF

Tai-Pan Bad Grrrls in 3D by Chuck Melville

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:00:56 -0000

Another 3D image taken from my Tai-Pan illustrations. This was a drawing of the some of the bad girls/villainesses that appeared over the years.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, digitally tweaked in Photoshop
Tags: canine dog ringtail cacomistle 3D wolverine pinup poodle grrls

The Tai-Pan -- in 3D by Chuck Melville

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:56:18 -0000

I was always a fan of the old 3D comics, way back before the advent of CGI. So just for the heck of it, I took a black & white illustration I did for the Tai-Pan fanzine and transformed it into a traditional 3D pic. The illustration is from the serialized story, "Anniversary Bash". Yes, I'm afraid you WILL need a pair of 3D glasses to get the proper effect.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, digitally tweaked in Photoshop
Tags: 3D Spaceship SF

Wrath Of The Elder Glops by Chuck Melville

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:08:24 -0000

Cover art for self-published book, FELICIA AND THE WRATH OF THE ELDER GLOPS, a comic-horror-adventure.

Medium: Penstix and markers line art, digitally colored in Photoshop
Tags: raccoon fox monster horror gothic blob

Empirical Evidence (6) by Chuck Melville

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:02:12 -0000

The original version of an illustration I did for a story by Gene Breshears for the Tai-Pan fanzine. I scanned the colored art and transformed it into a black and white image for the 'zine.

Medium: Acryllic paint and Prismacolor pencils
Tags: bear space spiders

Gothic Fox by Chuck Melville

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:57:50 -0000

I did this some years ago as a cover for MU Press' WILD KINGDOM (#13); it was nominated for an Ursa Major (for best illustration), but, alas, did not win.

Medium: Prismacolor pencils
Tags: fox gothic hounds