Author: tmitchell

Fantasy

Geek Chic Shades


It’s not very often that you come across modern sci-fi blended with centuries old art techniques, but using Tiffany style stained glass work to create Star Wars and Halo helmets – well that’s TOTALLY off the hook! Michael McLane is a true master and I hope one day I can commission him to make an

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Fantasy

I just found a 3D version of the Hades Nebula!


If you know your nebulas, you know there’s no ‘Hades Nebula’, but this one is pretty darn close to the one I imagined in Fate’s Fables. Here’s the excerpt: Where the sky had deepened to indigo, she could just make out the sickly green and clotted red of the Hades Nebula and the smoldering, molten

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Fantasy

Glimpse inside the mind of a master monster maker


Anyone who’s a del Toro fan knows about his famous sketchbooks filled with notes and drawings for his fantasy films. Guillermo’s imagination never ceases to surprise me, which is why he’s been one of my strongest influences on thinking outside the box when I’m creating unusual creatures. When I was imagining my monsters for Fate’s Fables, I asked

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