Revisiting Illustrations

The moon Daphnis in the Keeler gap.

Last month I created daily drawings for Planet Inktober. I created a digital version of a couple of those drawings. The above of Saturn’s moon Daphnis in the Keeler Gap of the rings. This version created on the iPad using the Procreate App and the Apple Pencil. Below is both the digital version and the painting of the Venus balloon mission. The original is India Ink on paper and the digital version is a 3D scene rendered in Adobe Dimensions.

Vensu Balloon Mission- Digital version

PlanetInktober – A Month of Drawings

2020 Planet Inktober Drawings

This year marks my third Inktober daily drawing challenge. This year I used the prompts from Planet Inktober. Prompts that focused on planetary science. This year to keep in the spirit of Inktober, each drawing started as a pen and ink drawing with less digital enhancements then the previous year. I am really pleased with my interpretation of the prompts and the execution of the art.

Below are some of my favorites.

Day 8, Moon moon, Enceladus, Mimas and Tethys

Day ten Rings, Saturn’s moon Daphnis in the Keeler Gap of the rings.

Day 11, Astronaut Nichole Scott

Day 16, the Crescent of asteroid Bennu

Day 19, Four views of a crater on the North pole of Ceres.

Day 9, A chain of impact craters

Day 14, Perseverance

Day 16, Psyche and the spacecraft exploring it.

Day 24 the surface of Titan

Day 19, Jupiter

You can view my 2019 Space Inktober challenge here.
2018 Inktober Challenge can be viewed here.

Star Wars Fan Art

The Cantina

I don’t usually create fan art. I enjoyed watching the Star Wars series the Mandalorian. And decided to create some artwork based on the series. This was an opportunity to create some story keyframes and continue honing my skills. These images were drawn in Procreate for iPad using the Apple Pencil.

Speeder Bike

Shoot Out

StarWars Wyeth Mashup

I couldn’t resisting turning a sketch of Tatooine into a work inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World.

MayWeCreate Challenge-Illustrations on Black

This May I challenged myself to create drawings using a different technique. Metallic inks on black paper. I started with metallic Sharpie Markers. Adding a few different brands of pens and white gel pens. I really like this technique. Especially for technical or more mechanical subjects. I plan to use this technique more often.

Goldfish and Moon Goldfish and Moon

White Horse on Black Paper White Horse on Black Paper

Raven and Peacock Raven and Peacock

Bridge Bridge

Lunar Module Lunar Module

May the Fourth C3PO May the Fourth C3PO

May the Fourth Vader May the Fourth Darth Vader

1938 Fiat 1938 Fiat

Flower Moon Flower Moon

Self Portrait Self Portrait

Magpie in the Grass Magpie in the Grass

Apollo 10 Apollo 10

Pandemic Inspired Illustrations

Like a switch, “Click” the world is not the same. I’m trying to cope with the situation. I created a couple illustrations specific to the Pandemic. The above illustration is titled “Vaccine” and below is entitled “Sisyphus 2020”.

Space Inktober – A month of illustration


Inktober was started in 2009 as an artist challenge to create 31 drawings (the full marathon) or 16 drawings (the half marathon) in October. Since 2009 smaller communities of Inktober have formed. I did my first Inktober last year, I didn’t follow any prompts or theme. I kept it random to ensure I would draw something each day. This year I did SpaceInktober with a prompt list developed by science author Emily Lakdawalla and Lunar Geologist Sarah Noble. Above are the 24 illustrations I created. Below are are my favorite works.

Day-2-Astronaut

Day-10-Moon, Phobos the largest moon of Mars

Day-11-Eclipse, The shadow of IO over Jupiter

Day-13-Landscape, The ice spires of Euorpa



Day-28-Artemis, The new space suite designed to return to the moon.

Day-21-Saturn, Saturn peeking behind it’s moon Titan

My most popular work based on shares and views.

Day-26-Night Sky, The night sky from Saturn’s moon Pan