Alan G. Brooks - Art and Illustration

 For all those in Lockdown - caged - chained and despairing . . . . . Prayer 300 Way Out I did the picture above around 1999, 1998 even. It shows a man in a stone circle - in reverence - who at the same time has yet to understand that he is not only encircled by these stones but at the same time enslaved by them.  Just before he is to awaken to the fact that he is imprisoned by that which he is in awe of, his attention will be taken by the cross which is starting to appear before him. The cross is within a crystal encasement, but will be revealed fully to the man as soon as he gives his attention to it.  For the hard of hearing it is well worth remembering to harken unto the words of the book of Malachi [4:5] where it is explained in the last words of the Old Testament -  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: and [4:6] And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the ch...

Drawing of guitarist Steve Vai. 2015. This picture was made around 2015 - 2016 while working on the first tour artworks for Generation Axe. roughing in #1 roughing in #2 I found the above photo in my Steve Vai Generation Axe files. I did quite a few pieces for Steve at that period in time. Concert posters, promo art, Passes and Tee's. Check out Alan Brooks Design. Blues for Dust Art Alan G Brooks Design

Kings Heath and the Sixties.  Acrylic painting - Alan Brooks - "Sixties part one." - detail - 2010 I grew up in Kings Heath , Birmingham. Down the road from my house was York Road. In York Road was  a place called the Ritz Ballroom . Not long after The Beatles released their record "Please Please Me" in 1963 they were booked and played there. After that, heaven knows what happened, The Rolling Stones , The Kinks , Pink Floyd  Robert Plant and The Moody Blues all played there too! I heard that this piece of musical history burned down in 2013 - and was then demolished in 2015. I wasn't old enough to have seen any of those acts at the venue, but they had a lasting impact on me all the same. Alan G Brooks

 Pearl of the Cobra Pilot / Navigator #1 / Page art Flying Ship Operatives - storyboard / animation design Title Card Page art - a retro sci fi noir adventure -  More animation plotting / plus graphic novel double page Medieval / Medi evil Ship crash-land - page art Two Worlds / Fight scene / page art. Some bits and pieces from Pearl of the Cobra developed with Jay Brooks back in Illinois. These pieces / pages and designs were all done in a multitude of ways. Jay did computer modeling . We both did photography and I did the majority of digital drawing and hand painting. We handed pieces back and forth to one another, cleaning up as we went along. Details of the Pearl of the Cobra and it's legend, mystery and supernatural abilities are documented here . It is up to you to decide if such a thing does indeed exist or not. Alan Brooks

Ever Onward . . .  Guard - Cloud Base - UNTOPIA - Ret Romanne - Comic One Continuing on from Part One  -  At top we see an armed guard from the Cloud Base Industrial Complex. This slum like city has become a prison, basically.  This was written in 2006 / 2007 - and military men on the street that enforced restrictions and compliance to government rule at gunpoint was a little extreme back then.  A little extreme inasmuch as it was very possible - but in reality - we never really thought we would be staring that situation in the face 14 or 15 years later, in this so called real life . The story was meant as a warning as to what might happen if we were not remaining vigilant.  We were always close to that situation - but there was always the belief somewhere that with a bit of luck it would never get to that level. Peace would prevail etc. Love would [as it is supposed to] -  Conquer All It didn't happen. Or as I should have said - It hasn't happened...

 Ret Romanne - [Retroman] Ret Romanne is from the United Nations Off World base of Utopia - or as those who reside there call it - UNTOPIA. A world of surveillance cameras, monitoring and investigation under the eyes of "Destinies Designed Corp."  Pat Riot, Operations Manager at the Corporation may have something to do with a fateful crash and Ret's demise both as a successful test pilot and as the partner of actress Glenda Swansong.  Ret thinks so.  Glenda was once a starlet in the making, but now works in the Diner at the end of the road where Ret [unbeknownst to Glenda] now lives. The couple fell apart after the crash. Now the world is rapidly falling apart with them as it spirals into more and more disastrous ways on its own course to  . . . who knows where! Time Dignitary Ensignia Ret Romanne - Cover art #1 Closing the door on the Timecoast story featuring Time Dignitary Extraordinaire, Ret Romanne. Page #1 - Comic One - Introduction Page #3 - Comic One - C...

   My dog Brum moved on without us on the 20th January 2021.  I couldn't say R.I.P. - and I couldn't say "passed away" - Dogs like Brum don't pass away or rest in peace. Even if they appear to dissolve into another time - another space or place - they never pass away. Passing away implies that you slip away or go temporarily unnoticed for a while. Brum could never be likened to any of that. He was always strong, a leader. Always attentive, watchful, assertive, protective. A General. The pack Leader. Faithful to the end . And that end is a new beginning . He can now find his friends and family that " left " before him - Ruby, Romany, Belle, Carmel, Evie, Gracie, Sally - and be together once more. The picture below is one I made in 2012 as a part of a promotional illustration for the "Brum in Brooksville" series I was working on at the time.   Brum from the "Brum in Brooksville" series Brum , 2021 - a STAR - Forever Rainbow Bridge I p...