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...

 . . . almost forgot Onwards and Upwards - Alan G. Brooks - watercolors Above is another piece from the similar timeline as Watching and Waiting. It is painted in watercolour, gouache and inks on illustration board. Probably from the mid nineties - 1996 I should guess. I meant to put it up with the "Watching  / Mole" painting - and actually thought I had.  I see here [and with the opportunity of hindsight,] that once again I am depicting breaking from one "dimension" into another.  The whale here breaks the surface and catches a glimpse of another world temporarily.  The mole similarly strives to break through a different surface and moves from dark to light.   Onwards and Upwards.  Alan G.Brooks

. . . to my backgrounds, unfinished pieces, works in progress and so on. Workspace #1 - portrait of "Led Zeppelin '69" [started] and background to "Forest 1"  [started] Detail of "Forest 1" Woodland Work in Progress - "Untitled #1" Woodland Work in Progress - "Untitled #2" Detail of "Led Zeppelin '69" - [work in progress] Background setting, figures to be added - Work in Progress - "Untitled #3" Work in Progress - "Untitled #4" Detail from "Untitled #4" Work in Progress - Paws for Thought Lots of artworks to finish here. All acrylic paints on canvas and board. All at various stages of completion or development.  Alan Brooks Onward and Upward

or Pot Noodles - take your pick . . . Pink Floyd of 1968. Left to right Nick Mason, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright Acrylic and colored pencil I like doodling . . . Not having any restrictions and being free to just mess around and see what develops. The couple of pieces here are examples of what I'm talking about. More heroes of mine from 1968 - when I was an impressionable school kid - Pink Floyd and Cream. CREAM of 1968. Ginger Baker at top. Jack Bruce center. Eric Clapton bottom. Acrylic and colored pencil. Alan Brooks Onward and Upward

Originally posted Sunday, July 14, 2013 A repost of a piece about Jesus - therefore  this must be about the Return of Jesus! Man of Sorrows Above - Man of Sorrows after my original discovery on Google Earth. Original capture from Google Earth 14th July 2013 Within the capture I noticed a face in the center of the map of the USA. The face is to the right of the center and is slightly looking down - appearing sorrowful - mournful. Below - a close up of the profiled face. Face detail - prior to enhancement Area on map of finding Enhancement - and rough detailing of the discovery Man of Sorrows I think - quite rightly so - it was the right time to bring this piece out again. All shall be revealed. Onward and Upward Alan Brooks

Impressionism - or art that made an impression . . . on me study for painting Above is my "preparatory" study for the impressionist piece entitled "Cortez Woman with Peacock" The finished piece is below. Finished artwork In actual fact as you will see below it is something I saw in the landscape near Cortez. The original findings you will see from a screenshot of Google Earth below. Original finding from Google Earth Alan Brooks Onward and Upward