I'm a concept artist and sci-fi novelist. My first book, "Son of Sedonia" has been described as "Black Hawk Down in the world of Blade Runner" by the Midwest Book Review. Here's some of the art I've finished lately.

Too professionally, too often. I do freelance graphic design and illustration which gets pretty stressful month-to-month. Making stuff like this just for fun is super therapeutic.

Am I too late?

There's a great example of what you're talking about in the fight against the Water Hyacinth invasion of African wetlands and waterways.

I love that the museum plans on emphasizing not only the pop-culture aspects of sci-fi, but also the deeper meanings within the genre. When I have kids, I hope to one day see the look on my son or daughter's face when they have a chat with an interstellar probe.

When I was 3 years old, my dad taught me how to make the number "5" look like a monster. He drew an eye in the top and teeth in the bottom. From then on, whenever he was home from his insanely demanding job, I would demand that we sit down and draw together. This continued for several years until it finally tapered…

I think citing 1984 and its perceived lack of true impact is both logical and at the same time narrow. Picking such an example from the nascent stages of Sci-Fi takes it out of its time and context and assumes that the genre is relatively static (not evolving). Granted, you said "skeptical," and not "this is…

Thanks for posting these! They pretty much represent my main source of enjoyment in the movie: Semi-believable sci-fi tech brought to gigantic scale and level of detail. An instant immerser as far as I'm concerned...it's really a shame that the plot and the characters couldn't take full advantage of it.

To me, this is more evidence that there really is no predictable path to success anymore (particularly when one considers the myriad definitions of "success"). After trying to pimp out my published work since December, I can attest that a lot of it really is right place/right time. That said, Mr Sweterlitsch must be a…

Out-nerded! I stand corrected.

No one here nerdy enough to mention Semuta music from Dune? It's a kind of atonal music played to ellicit the effects of a drug: http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Semuta

Yup. The obligatory, doe-eyed, attractive moral compass thing is boring as hell. Worse than that, actually, it's irritating.

No more chances for Revolution from me. Attempts to add complexity to established wooden characters can only be an afterthought. A shame given the potential, but there are way too many other great stories to investigate.

And thus a snapshot of a story from space renders all my Earthly concerns insignificant. Then again, my Earthly concerns and I were born from a process much like this.

Right? That was my first thought. Apparently this fish's mouth is kind of like a Rorschach test. Corn? Human mouth? Female underparts? What does your answer say about you?

This is what Sci-Fi is for. Inspiring Sci-Fact. What a lovely, encouraging bit of information about Mr. Musk.

Wow, so that's not just a clever GIF. That's actually how the encounter played out. Dear lord.

Oh, I wouldn't say that. It's perfectly understandable that creationists would push back so hard. Their ideologies have been hardened over thousands of years of human evolution. Evolutionary science hasn't enjoyed such tenure, having only been around for the past 150. Evolution itself teaches us that we're a species…

It's the age-old debate between Applied Science and Pure Science. Applied is quicker, focused, and results driven. Easier for the masses to digest and approve of as useful. Pure is more nebulous and all inclusive...but that's just a euphemism for a willingness to follow curiosity (and the data) wherever it takes you.…

Pretty happy he's not as gnarly as the book describes. Always had trouble picturing anything other than a crust-punk with especially heinous facial hair and exotic Tyroshi STDs. Not attractive to Dragon ladies.