Alan G. Brooks - Art and Illustration

Continuing  . . . . . . I showed some edited highlights from the Flying Saucer project Jay Brooks and I worked on back in 2006 / 2007. I have taken the color out of the pieces so that they ring more true to the 1950's B movie and Sci Fi tv fodder of the day back then. The likes of the Outer limits, Twilight Zone - and children shows shows such as Fireball XL5 and Space Patrol all had an impact. That show with its black and white imagery, robots and strange characters might just have been directed by David Lynch as far as I am concerned. Way ahead of it's time and equally as spooky! Page art from the project. Page art / panels. These pieces and the previous post have artwork that was allowing us to experiment with how my own stories might develop in a retro future way. The Doctor Clockheart story and artwork have a retro future look that echoes some of the experimentation that was tried out in some of the Flying Saucer project and art. Information downlo...

Versus the Earth . . . The Way We Were . . . Some notes and thoughts to go with artwork for an old project from around  2006 ish.  My son and I used to watch all the old sci fi movies and sword and sorcery epics while he was growing up in Birmingham in the eighties. We particularly liked Jason and the Argonauts, the animated tv shows of a Saturday morning - Star Fleet - Battle Star Galactica - Star Wars of course - and  . . well, I could go on and on. But we pretty much devoured it all. It was great fun. So when the opportunity came where we could work alongside some of those shows and people that inspired us - you'd better believe we took it! Overkill! I have posted the color versions of some of the artwork made for the Flying Saucer project shown here over at   the website Cover art I have posted the black and white versions of the work here. I believe these versions really are in keeping with the feel and atmosphere of the shows...