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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> Being on the brink of moving houses this week, this seems appropriate:-)
>
> When I started reading SF, back in the late 1960's, I came across many short
> stories and novelettes in the magazine Analog which became classics
> afterwards. Also in Analog, I discovered the work of such artists as Ed
> Emshwiller and Frank Kelly Freas, or John Schoenherr. Look for them and
> others here: http://www.noreascon.org/retroart/CatalogByArtist.html.
>
> When looking at an old book cover, a couple of months ago, I thought I would
> make a kind of tribute to those artists by creating a scene - if not in the
> style - then in the mood of the 60's - 70's illustrators of SF. This is the
> result (WIP-01). There is still a lot to do of course. Here, no radiosity (a
> small, feeble fillin light is used), rendered in version 3.7, beta 23 in
> about 10 minutes. Another version, with the sun behind the camera, took
> about 30 minutes but seems more dull in terms of overall composition.
>
> The title "Why don't you go home?" is, I think, emblematic for a whole
> section of SF concerned with the contact between humans and aliens, but it
> may also serve as a metaphore for our own multicultural world.
>
> As always, comments and criticisms are welcomed.
>
> Thomas
I love the old guy with the skinny legs. :) I like his clothes a lot too. The
short cape thing is great. I do wonder, though, what is behind that sheet??
Janet
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