A small sampling of my science fiction illustrations.
In his writings, Tolkien depicted Hobbits as fond of an unadventurous bucolic life of farming, eating, and socializing, although capable of defending their homes courageously if the need arises. They would enjoy at least seven meals a day, when they can get them … Read more... They were often described as enjoying simple food – such as bread, meat,...
Competing with such Tolkien master artists as Alan Lee, John Howe and Ted Nasmith is no easy task. These men have defined the line between the mediocre and the masterful, turning their inner visions conjured up by the works of JRR Tolkien – author of the 20th century – into brilliant works of art… ...
I really don’t know where the character of Crystal Steele came from. Her name is a dichotomy, pretty and feminine, yet hard and aggressive at the same time. She was great fun to create. I had done a sketch in 1982, based loosely on the character of Rachel, played by Sean Young in the movie “Blade Runner”, and from one of the scenes in the movie when Rachel is introduced this “retro” cybercop...
“The Sun is going nova and in the boughs of the huge banyan tree which covers one face of the globe, millions of years hence, the last remnants of humanity battle for survival with the carniverous plants and the grotesque insect life.” ...
...There's nothing more suggestive than a blank sheet of paper. Anything can happen there. This then is my task, and I feel it always has been; to transform the everyday into magic, the real into fantasy, the vulgar into beauty.
Estaban Maroto, Fantasy illustratorProducing artwork, while keeping a website (actually several websites) up to date and current is terribly time-consuming especially if it isn’t your bread-and-butter – and you are doing it part-time. For a couple of years I have been struggling to keep the old “Worlds in the Making” site up to date and fresh, and no doubt my failure has been noticed. Every now and again I see a spelling mistake and some glitch that I have missed on some or other page and even worse I stray across pages that are “under construction” – and have remained that way since I redesigned the site in May 2008…
Learn MoreFor me, “Worlds in the making” describes the constant process of creation that goes on inside the mind of an artist. Every single day, every single minute a entire universe grows, takes form, is destroyed and rebuilt inside each one of us, though often we are unaware of the process.
Philosophising aside, this website contains my personal on-line gallery. It covers most of my work as an artist from the late seventies to the present day. Not a great hoard of work, (I have always been slothful and slow in production) but enough to show you my repertoire, and a small glimpse into the twisted imaginings of David Wiles , aka Hamfast…
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