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During Wintersession at RISD, I had the great pleasure of taking the 'Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustration' class, taught by Nick Jainshigg - www.nickjainschigg.org/ . the class consisted of five weeks during which we learned about a number of golden age illustrators, poured over books of many contemporary artists, watched as nick demonstrated some painting techniques, and read and made mock illustrations for some really awesome science fiction and fantasy short stories.

this piece was painted by me during the third week of the course, and is meant to illustrate the story 'Bloodchild' by Octavia E. Butler. it does not illustrate any particular scene, but rather incorporates aspects of a few, and is in itself rather far removed from the story. it is painted with acrylics on illustration board. This image is somewhat different from the original painting, which has undergone some minor changes to the boy's hand, and the texture of the stone slab. Unfortunately, I have no photographs recording these changes.
Image size
4920x6598px 3.38 MB
Make
CAMERA
Model
5MP-9Q3
Shutter Speed
1/35 second
Aperture
F/3.0
Focal Length
7 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Sep 2, 2005, 4:45:49 AM
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great, one of the few crustaceanoid aliens currently here in your recently small gallery.