In CG- or cel-animated films, every shot is planned in small sketches. Most effects-heavy live action films are also extensively boarded. Th...

Here is a watercolor painting of some small fishing boats in the harbor of Sousse, Tunisia. What attracted me was the bright light coming fr...

The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists ( ASFA ) recently announced their 2007 awards, based on the vote of working artist me...

Malta is full of beautiful old churches and museums, but I was smitten by the buses. You can ride all around the island for 3.49 Euros per d...

The island country of Malta has a fleet of about 500 buses, most of them owner-operated. The British Leyland buses date mainly from the 1950...

When I first designed Waterfall City (detail, above) I hadn’t dreamed up the idea of Dinotopia yet, with its partnership of humans and sauri...

Over the next few days, while I'm assembling some of my trip sketches, I thought I’d show you some of the early concept sketches for Wat...

Two days ago I climbed to the top of the rock of Gibraltar to observe the wild Barbary apes in their natural habitat. They're really tai...

I'm back from Malta, Tunisia, Morocco, and Gibraltar. Here's the reaction of my Yorkshire airline seatmates to my three-week old unw...

Fountain pen and marker is a good combination for doing concept art sketches. The pen is an inexpensive Waterman pen from an office supply s...