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Volume 2 Issue 3 Artists

Nathan Carlisle

Paul Davies

I'm a UK based artist currently working freelance as a digital illustrator. I first started my foray into digital illustration in late 2004 when a friend of mine from university showed me some concept art by Ryan Chruch and Craig Mullins. I'd been working with traditional media for years and I was excited by all of the new possibilities offered by software. I now work entirely using Photoshop for a range of UK and overseas clients and I'm looking to move into the computer games industry as a concept artist.

Contact details:

Email: Paul@pdportraits.co.uk

Web: www.pdportraits.co.uk

Joe Slucher

Joe Slucher is a full-time freelance artist living in the Cincinnati area with his wife. He went to the Art Academy of Cincinnati for his degree in communication arts and attends whatever workshops he can. After college he began to teach himself Photoshop and it became his primary tool although the process usually begins with traditional media. He’s worked with a number of gaming companies including Mongoose Publishing, Great White Games, and White Wolf Publishing. To see more of his work visit www.joeslucher.com .

Alexander Gabriel

Alexander Gabriel is a New York City based artist and writer producing Science Fiction and Fantasy oriented art including the cover for the reprint of Avram Davidson's 'Mutiny in Space.' He has also done magazine covers, CCG illustrations and RPG artwork and recently participated in Harrow Press' Bone Cancer charity Anthology 'Fear of the Unknown'. His art can be seen at artwanted.com/agabriel

John Ward

John Ward's early childhood was filled with what many people describe as 'horrible B-movies'. Every Saturday afternoon, John and his father would huddle on the couch to watch Godzilla battle his latest foe or to see how Flash Gordon (the '30s version) would escape Ming that week.

As John grew older, his interests expanded beyond the silver screen to the world of books. He found Sinbad in the yellowed pages of a beat-up paperback; later on, he discovered Tolkien, Heinlein, Asimov, and many others. These authors introduced John to the fantastic. They opened his mind to the great things that man can achieve and to worlds that can only be shared through imagination. As an artist, John seeks to share those same visions and ideals that first attracted him to the genre and continue to bring him back.

John has created covers and interior art for various fanzines, and a cover for Five Star Publishing.

John spends his days with his lovely wife at their home in Tennessee. He continues to refine his painting techniques and to build his portfolio all the while hoping for a big budget remake of the Sinbad movies.

More of John's work can be seen at www.jlwardart.com

R. Stephen Adams

Stephen is a full time artist, living in Puyallup, Washington (well south of Seattle) with Wife, children and cats. He has done Comic books, Magazine illustration, Game art and a whole lot more. He has won many awards from SF/Fantasy conventions from all over, including WesterCon's, WorldCons, etc. and has the 'Wall of Ribbons' to prove it. He was also Art GOH at RustyCon here in the Northwest and a member of ASFA. A self trained artist in multiple mediums, acrylic, gouache, airbrush, watercolor and colored pencil, he now does most of his work on a computer.( Steve graduated top of his class after going back to school in the 90's for a degree in Computer Graphics and Animation) Using Photoshop as his primary paint program, he has transfered his skills from wet to digital. The techniques are basically the same, however. He starts with a blank white 'canvas' and builds up from there. He uses NO 3-D programs or scanned photos, but paints in the traditional ways- just way cleaner ( a Wacom Graphics Tablet helps also!).

For more of Stephen's art visit his web page- rstephenadams.com

Laura Givens

Born last century, she will probably croak this century. Originally from Holland, Michigan, she escaped to San Francisco for a decade where she sold funnybooks to the stars. She is currently hiding out in Denver under the assumed name, Twinkles La Tour. (Just wanted to see if anyone's reading this thing.) Laura has been a cartoonist; a writer; a storyboard artist; an improv actor; a movie producer and director; a silk-screener; a factory worker; an office drone; a comics store manager; a pop culture expert; a billboard, tee-shirt, web page and advertising designer. She is currently employed as art director for Tales of the Talisman magazine and (oh yeah) she paints. She loves her troll and has taken Superman as her ultimate role model. My portfolio can be found at the following website. www.storesonline.com/site/581321/ My storefront for merchandise with my art on it is. www.cafepress.com/lauragivensart/

Barb Jernigan

"Multi-faceted" is a nicer word than "dilletante," but Barb's 'gem-cutter' didn't know when to stop.

Her long-long-ago BFA in Studio Art (UCDavis '81) with an English Minor has gotten use -- most directly in her current incarnation as a Freelance Writer (mostly ghostwriting non-fiction articles) and Artist (graphic arts, illustration, set design....). She has also done stints in the PC QA world, including 'tours' at Olivetti, Ashton-Tate ("Anyone here remember Framework®?"), and Microsoft's Graphic Business Unit ("Do I need to take a bow or apologize for PowerPoint®?"). In her Boulder, Colorado years, Barb was the Art Director and Chief Copywriter and Coffee Carafe Washer for The Edutainment Catalog.

"Every few years you have to reinvent yourself, or get stale," Barb says, adding: "That's my story, and I'm sticking to it."

Barb's short story, The Rocking Horse Christmas, appeared in DAW's A Christmas Bestiary (ed. Rosalind and Martin Greenberg, 1992), and current illustrations can be seen here in Jim Baen's Universe, as well as in the small press magazine Grasslimb, the "art-run" cover of In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief (FootHills Publishing, 2005), and on the set of the current show at The Georgetown Palace theater.

Barb currently resides in Texas -- where she's tuning her ear for the Southern Gothic turn of phrase and her eyes for the next geocache -- with her husband Russ and budding thespian son, Reid.

Lee Kuruganti

LEE KURUGANTI is a 3d digital artist. Her specialty is Poser, Bryce, and Photoshop. She also paints and is an accomplished lithographer. Her artwork is colorful and often depicts strong women in heroic situations. She graduates from college in Fall 2006 with a B.A. degree in Creative Writing and Studio Art minor. Her goal in life is to be a full-time working creative professional. Her recent accomplishments include, designing the theatrical poster for the indie film, "Extinction" and book cover art for "Digital Daydreams." She illustrates for many ezines including: Static Movement, Astounding Tales, Withersin, The Lorelei Signal, Writer’s Nook and Reader’s Corner, The Opinion Guy, and Spacesuits and Six Guns. Born in Houston, Texas, she currently resides in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Littleton, Colorado with her husband. Her works can be seen at: http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/leekuruganti/index/

Jennifer Miller

Jennifer Miller's artistic history started around the age of five, a crayon in one hand and her eye's glued on the children's movie "Flight of Dragons". Since then she has gotten a good bit taller, and has acquired a great deal more crayons. Raised in the foothills of western NY State, she spent most of her childhood roaming around the woods, playing with birds and lizards, and doing her best to draw them. She is immensely interested in the natural world around her and draws great inspiration from it. Currently, she lives on the east coast with her fiancé, three parrots, and a myriad of tropical fish. She still takes time to roam the woods whenever possible. The tools of the trade can be practically anything… from watercolors to oils, inks, graphite, acrylic; she even paints on bird feathers. She also enjoys working in a digital format and approaches the digital canvas as she would a real one, with simple painting fundamentals and minimal to no computer rendering. Lighting and atmosphere are her favorite parts of painting, with a particular emphasis on lighting. She has a particular fascination with flight and flighted creatures, and they are a reoccurring theme in her pieces. More of Jennifer's work can be seen at: http://featherdust.critter.net

Karl Nordman

At the tender age of 2, Karl had begun displaying his talent for recreating the world around him in Crayola, chalk, pencils, dirt, stones... anything he could paint with or draw on... he did. Much to he chagrin of his father and mother, his closet became a giant cave painting of the assorted animals around his family's home. His love for art has sculpted his future, and by entering competitions and winning art contests at school, local variety shows, county and eventually state fairs only added fuel to his creative fire. By the third grade he had a giant step forward by winning State Grand Champion for a life-like pencil rendering of his tattered old tennis shoe. Since then he had a thirst for art that has never been quenched. All through High School and earning his AA in Advertising and Graphic design, Karl excelled academically and creatively. At the Phoenix Institute of Technology in Phienix AZ. Karl earned the School's Student of the Month award, and upon graduation he was awarded the coveted "Art Directors Award" for outstanding achievement. With his skills in art and desire to create, Karl has had the honor of creating art for countless programs, for countless national & international organizations in countless institutions around the world. Currently he Freelances from his home doing art for many different areas of the Creative Art business such as: RPG character portraits, magazine advertisements, web graphics, fine art, fantasy tattoos to name a few. He also works part time creating dynamic T-shirt graphics for a local Silk screening company near his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Wanna see more of his range and artistic talent? You are invited to see at, www.xenoform.deviantart.com

Dean Spencer

Born in 1974 in Beckenham, England, Dean Spencer is a self-taught UK based artist, with a keen interest fantasy and science fiction. He started drawing and painting with traditional mediums such as pencil and acrylic, but has recently discovered the joys of painter and photoshop (no more messy paint, and the pleasure of ‘undo'). He is also a great fan of RPG's such as Neverwinter Nights and World of Warcraft and many an hour has been lost to them, but this does not mean that he is not active, as he regularly trains in martial arts and is an advanced open water diver. So far in his professional career he has work for Fantasy Flight Games and Jim Baen's Universe. Other samples can be viewed at: http://deanportfolio.50webs.com/

Mike Rooth

Canadian illustrator Mike Rooth is a graduate of Sheridan College'srenowned Interpretive Illustration program, the last class of lost and a bygone age. Over the past decade, his works have appeared in a variety of publications, large and small, local and international. His favorite genre to explore is Fantasy, and so he would like to send out a big 'Huzzah!' in thanks to Jim Baen's Universe for this opportunity. When not working in his studio (or kitchen, as some people call it), Mike can usually be found watching vintage Japanese Pro-wrestling tapes or reading comics. Set to be married in the Spring, Mike and his beautiful fiance Erika live with their two beloved (and gigantic) tomcats named Boss and Nova.

Volume 2 Issue 2 Artists

R. Stephen Adams

For more of Stephen's art visit his web page- rstephenadams.com

Ural Akyuz

I was born in 1969. I was 6 years old when I opened my imagination and tried to write a fairy tale. It was 60 pages and read by all my family members. My first professional illustration has published in 1984 -when I was 14 years old- as a full page Shakin' Stevens poster at the music magazine Hey. Then I started to draw comics, cartoons,portraits andillustrations at some local newspapers in 1985 - 86 and I started to write some articles about comic art for Swedish Magazines. Of course they weren't the top quality of my art. But they were first and they were beginning as a professional artist at the just 14-15 years old. Also, I won some awards from national competitions with my paintings. The TPAO Special Award and the KSO Jury Special Honor Prize. At 17 I was already a professional artist and enrolled at the Fine Art Academy. Then I graduated from Marmara University, Fine Art Faculty, Graphic Department. I prepared freelance illustration works for various publishers, like Altin Publishing, Engin Publishing, Alfa Publishing, Tex, Basak Cards (Greeting Cards), Erkekce, Gun Newspaper, Kocaeli Newspaper, ZRA Advertisement, Statu Advertisement, PC Magazine, Ultra Magazine, Final Publishing, Sorkun Publishing, Bogazici (music recording) and more ... I have created hundreds book covers, illustrations, interior illustrations, greeting cards, posters, children books illustrations, cover designs, cd cover illustrations, advertising illustrations and designs for this clients. Also I have prepared graphic designs maybe thousands printed materials like magazines, advertisements, interactive CD-Roms, web sites during period of time more than 20 years. And I have worked as an Art Director, Creative Director, Graphic Designer, 3D Designer, calligraphy artist, multimedia designer, web designer, computer game designer… I immigrated to USA in 2003 and I started working for the US related military company as a 3D Graphics and Simulation Designer. See http://uralakyuz.com for more.

Barb Jernigan

"Multi-faceted" is a nicer word than "dilletante," but Barb's 'gem-cutter' didn't know when to stop.

"Every few years you have to reinvent yourself, or get stale," Barb says, adding: "That's my story, and I'm sticking to it."

Barb currently resides in Texas -- where she's tuning her ear for the Southern Gothic turn of phrase and her eyes for the next geocache -- with her husband Russ and budding thespian son, Reid.

Andrew Probert

Andrew Probert’s artistic career spans over thirty years, ten of which were spent working on some of science-fiction fans’ favorite Hollywood productions.

He began on the small screen, designing the robotic Cylons for the original "Battlestar: Galactica", moving on to the big screen as a major design contributor for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", working to update the overall look of Starfleet ships & hardware.

This led to a number of television and feature-film projects, including "Airwolf", "Streethawk", and "Back to the Future". In 1987, Probert’s last Hollywood project proved to be the one for which he is most well known: "Star Trek: The Next Generation". As the show’s Senior Illustrator, he designed the Enterprise bridge, battle-bridge, and provided concepts for the remaining sets & other hardware, while designing the exteriors of the Ferengi Marauder, Romulan Warbird, and Enterprise-D spaceships.

In 1989, Probert joined Walt Disney Imagineering, designing various themepark rides & attractions. Years later, he entered the video game industry working with Spectrum Holobyte, Sega, and recently, Perpetual Entertainment.

Andrew is currently involved in producing paintings and an occasional book cover.

Lee Kuruganti

Jennifer Miller

Mike Rooth

Daniel Skinner

Beginning as a fitness photographer promoting his models, Dan Skinner fell into full-time vocation as a cover artist by accident. At the request of his models to promote them to book companies he began tinkering with their portraits digitally to fashion them into replicas of book covers and soon found himself being hired to do the covers themselves for over two dozen publishers. In 2005, he, and model/actor, Nick Fichter, after years of working together,formed, Cerberus Inc. their artistic company which has become one of the leading companies for providing cover art images to electronic and print publishing companies. By working with a number of his own models, Dan Skinner's unique blend of photography, vibrant colors, and photo manipulation skills, has made Cerberus Inc. one of the most sought after cover art providers among authors and publishers of all genres. Nick's versatility as a model also makes him one of the most recognizable faces in electronic publishing. This talented powerhouse duo have worked with more than a dozen electronic and print publishers and continue to grow in popularity. http://cerberusinc.deviantart.com/

Laura Givens

Karl Nordman

LUIS FILIPE DOS REIS PERES

Luis has been alive for 37 years, is a graphic designer by trade, illustrator and comics author from Portugal. Loves to create imaginary geographies and dislikes drawing traditional human characters a lot. He prefers to create cartoon style, cute characters and use them in his images and comics. His speciality are Fantasy landscapes, sci-fi worlds, magic castles, space-ships and all sorts of imaginary things, but his style fits perfectely in the children-book illustration genre, wich he also has illustrated from time to time, when the right story asks for his worlds of fantasy. Luis career in illustration started more than 13 years ago when he was hired by a portuguese software-house and Worked for three years, in the concept design of the first Portuguese Pc Videogame wich was released back in 1995. The game was called "Gambys" and was released in Portugal and Spain. He created dozens of character, and background illustrations for the "Gambys" project. Since then Luis has been involved in graphic design (in the software design area) for the last 14 years, until last year. Over the years has been illustrating in part-time creating images for school-manuals, magazines and book covers for the small Portuguese market. Since October 2005 Luis has been creating and drawing his first full lenght graphic novel, - "The Adventures of Prince Ziph " (www.ziphcomics.com) - of wich the first volume is already available in print, with the second one coming out, April 2007. This is the first time he has worked in illustrations for the Jim Baens Universe magazine, but he hopes to do some more in the future. ;) Luis hobbies: He likes to get lost in nature while taking long walks, enjoys climbing cliffs in search of a good spot to draw (and sometimes falls from them also). Luis reads a lot (at the beach, and swims to get out of places when tide comes up, a lot too). He loves listening to audiobooks when he´s drawing at home and he´s a big Talk-Radio listener. Also likes mountain bikes, photography, and music of all sorts (he´s a big Tom Waits fan). Most of Luis´s illustrations and comics are created at the beach.

Emily Tolson

South African-based illustrator Emily Tolson has had illustrations published in Strange Horizons, Cabinet dés Fees and The Mythic Circle, and illustrated books for Nasou via Afrika and Maskew Miller Longman. She is a recent MA graduate of the University of Stellenbosch and her influences are the Pre-Raphaelites and Symbolists, as well as contemporary artists such as Alan Lee and John Howe. She can be contacted at satolly@iafrica.com

Volume 1 Issue 6 Artists

Ural Akyuz

Gulcim Akyuz

Alexandra Dawe

Alexandra Dawe lives in Hampshire, in the south of the UK. Originally from Liverpool, she did an Animation degree at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, and graduated in 2000. Alexandra then spent 5 years working as a model & props maker on films & tv programs, such as Thomas the Tank Engine, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy & Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton), and many others. She now draws and paints, predominantly faeries, and her work can be seen on www.alexandradawe.co.nr.

Jessica Douglas

Jessica Douglas is a full time artist who’s work is shown primarily in science fiction and fantasy conventions. After attending the visual arts institute in Utah, she continued her education through various mentors who share her love of fantasy art. She currently resides in Utah with her spouse, three children and an assortment of dogs and cats.

Barb Jernigan

"Multi-faceted" is a nicer word than "dilletante," but Barb's 'gem-cutter' didn't know when to stop. Her long-long-ago BFA in Studio Art (UCDavis '81) with an English Minor has gotten use -- most directly in her current incarnation as a Freelance Writer (mostly ghostwriting non-fiction articles) and Artist (graphic arts, illustration, set design....). She has also done stints in the PC QA world, including 'tours' at Olivetti, Ashton-Tate ("Anyone here remember Framework®?"), and Microsoft's Graphic Business Unit ("Do I need to take a bow or apologize for PowerPoint®?"). In her Boulder, Colorado years, Barb was the Art Director and Chief Copywriter and Coffee Carafe Washer for The Edutainment Catalog.

"Every few years you have to reinvent yourself, or get stale," Barb says, adding: "That's my story, and I'm sticking to it."

Barb currently resides in Texas -- where she's tuning her ear for the Southern Gothic turn of phrase and her eyes for the next geocache -- with her husband Russ and budding thespian son, Reid.

Lee Kuruganti

LEE KURUGANTI is a 3d digital artist. Her specialty is Poser, Bryce, and Photoshop. She also paints and is an accomplished lithographer. Her artwork is colorful and often depicts strong women in heroic situations. She graduates from college in Fall 2006 with a B.A. degree in Creative Writing and Studio Art minor. Her goal in life is to be a full-time working creative professional. Her recent accomplishments include, designing the theatrical poster for the indie film, “Extinction” and book cover art for “Digital Daydreams.” She illustrates for many ezines including: Static Movement, Astounding Tales, Withersin, The Lorelei Signal, Writer’s Nook and Reader’s Corner, The Opinion Guy, and Spacesuits and Six Guns. Born in Houston, Texas, she currently resides in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Littleton, Colorado with her husband. Her works can be seen at: http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/leekuruganti/index/

David Maier

David lives in Sandy Hook, CT, with his lovely wife and a son, a dog called Indiana and Braveheart the turtle. Drawing and painting are to David what breathing is to rest of us: necessary and natural, and something he’s always done. David has had a varied career: a submariner, a submarine shipbuilder, a chef at a French restaurant, a professional actor in an itinerant theatre company. David is a long-time fan of Frank Frazetta’s work, and learned much of his craft imitating Frazetta’s work. He paints everything - from motorcycles to toolboxes, t-shirts to leather jackets. He also thinks Terry Pratchett is totally underappreciated, and if given a choice between sex and dark chocolate might lose his mind trying to decide.

Jennifer Miller

Lukasz Mrozek

Mike Rooth

Chantelle Thorne

Chantelle Thorne was born and raised in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. She studied graphic design and went on to become a Creative Director in a local ad agency – an extemely varied and exciting part of her career. She worked with a very dymnamic team creating marketing strategies and designs for many big brands. In 1999 she left the ad-world and started illustrating. Her first commission was a book of 200 black & white illustrations - a task both daunting and encouraging as a starter! Since then she has illustrated over 300 books for both local and international publishers (UK & USA) ranging from educational textbooks to children’s books. In 2005, she became a published author, having two books both written & illustrated by her published in South Africa. She now works from a home-based office in the beautiful KZN Midlands, surrounded by a motley menagerie of animals. Stories are her passion and she feels that illustrating them is better than eating chocolates (and far less fattening!). She thinks that getting paid to do something she loves to do is a very cool way to make a living. You can contact Chantelle Thorne at furballs@vodamail.co.za

Daniel Skinner

Alex Uphoff

Alex was born and raised in Texas. He attended the University of Texas pursuing an Aerospace engineering degree and is still finishing his degree. He has enjoyed a lifelong love of art. Most of the work he do for himself is anime/manga style, and he has been writing a comic off and on. For the most part, he has been refining his style by drawing individual pictures of his characters but has drawn some twenty-odd pages of the comic itself. The pages of the comic he's been drawing were spaced over such a long time that early pages are scarcely identifiable as being by the same artist as later pages. Recently, he's started storyboarding what could be called a complete "issue" but hasn't been able to devote a significant amount of time to it yet. He has really enjoyed stretching his capabilities with the illustration he did for the Universe. Soon, he intends to complete his aerospace degree and enter into his professional career, but recent commissions have dared him to hope that he may be able to make it as an artist. Regardless of what he ends up doing for a living, art will always be a significant part of his life.

DT Yang

Dana T. Yang graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006 with a focus in concept art and illustrations. She is armed with a Wacom tablet to create digital artwork with Adobe Photoshop, Painter, and Zbrush. Influenced mostly from Japanese animation and video games, she continues to create freelance illustrations, experimenting and exploring all the possibilities of creating dream worlds. Her website is located at http://www.clairbible.com