After Forever - San Francisco

After Forever Cover

Mick Stensil - The Reaper

Topps Star Wars Galaxy Card

After Forever - Crime Scene

Diner scene for After Forever

Tree House Demo

Value study - The quick study is useful to set the composition and create atmospheric perspective (depth). This part of the painting only takes a few minutes. If it doesn't work, I haven't wasted a lot of time.

The color pass and some detail - During this stage I paint with a lot of texture. I also develop temperature of light, reenforcing warm sides and cool sides. This could use about another hour of detail if I was to take it to finish.

Quick Sketch

This was a very simple demo for my students to consider depth, value and atmospheric perspective. They were limited to 5 values to create a simple environment. Then they were encouraged to take it farther with the steps below.

Thinking about shape and value to create depth.

Considering the light side and dark side

Glazing color - temperature of light and shadow - warm side and cool side

Time for detail.

I didn't take this one any farther because it was just an exercise.

After Forever - opening scene

John Wayne Cover

Unfortunately this cover illustration was not chosen. I did this painting for Menagerie Creative for the Fox DVD boxed set. Fox went with something else. I'm kind of bummed that this one wasn't chosen because I really liked what Menagerie did with it.

The Great Race

The Party Boat of The Anubis Gates

From the book The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

Steampunk Beginnings: The Authors

K.W. Jeter, Tim Powers, James Blaylock.

They met while studying English Literature at Cal State Fullerton, They became close friends and occasional collaborators; the trio have half-seriously referred to themselves as "steampunks" in contrast to the prevailing cyberpunk genre of the 1980s. Jeter coined the term Steampunk in 1987.

More from Homunculus

Von Braun's talisman

Homunculus

Illustrations for Homunculs by James K. Blaylock

The Anubis Gates

Illustrations for The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers.

Infernal Devices

This is a series of illustrations based on the book Infernal Devices by J. K. Jeter.

Star Wars Fan Art #4 - Vader

Not part of the work I did on the Blu Ray package.

Original Paintings Christmas sale

Christmas 2011 Sales Gallery - Here's a chance to own a Cliff Cramp original landscape painting at a discounted price. Oil on panel, unframed. The sale ends at midnight on Dec 16th. Tax and shipping is included in the price within the US.

Check out the work here

The Chestertonians

Lee Van Cleef

Rough sketch of Lee Van Cleef from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I may finish this painting at a later date.

Victorious

The Cramp Boys rid the town of the menacing Robot Zero. Luckily they evacuated the people before the villain arrived :-)

Star Wars Fan Art #3

Star Wars Fan Art #2

Von Braun's Island Workshop

An illustration for The Queen's Man.

Star Wars Fan Art #1 - Yoda

Illustration #1 in a series of upcoming Star Wars fan art. This was not part of the Blu Ray contract.

Two new images from "The Queens Man"

Serenity - Firefly Tribute

Blu-ray sales for 'Star Wars' top $84 million - Entertainment News, EXCLUSIVE, Media - Variety

Blu-ray sales for 'Star Wars' top $84 million - Entertainment News, EXCLUSIVE, Media - Variety

Press Photo

With Creative Director Cheryl Savala of Menagerie Creative

Comic Con Pics - Star Wars; The Complete Saga on Blu Ray

The 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment booth at Comic Con. This was before we could talk about it and the cause for the brief geek-out moment :-)

The covers behind plexi.

The limited edition print that Fox was giving out

Cheryl Savala, Creative Director of Menagerie Creative, and I mugging for the camera. :-)

Illustrating Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-Ray

I remember when I was a small child being loaded into the back of our Ford Fairlane Station Wagon with my brother and carted off to the Drive-in so that mom and dad could enjoy a night at the movies. They had enough cash to see the movie, but not enough for a babysitter, so we tagged along. Their enthusiasm for movies waned in the subsequent years because of their hectic schedules. The family nights at the theatre stopped. Then one day in late May 1977, my dad came into my room and asked if I wanted to see a movie with him. I said sure. We went to our small local theatre, took our seats, and settled in for the film that was all the rage. We were hoping that the hype would be a reality. We were hooked the moment the title splashed onto the screen, STAR WARS, then the opening crawl. The creative flame was fanned.

Thirty-four years later… It is with great pleasure that I can announce my involvement with Menagerie Creative, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm to create packaging for the long-anticipated Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray. The opportunity to illustrate the covers was a privilege. The illustrations include; The Complete Saga Box, The Original Trilogy Box, The Prequel Trilogy Box, and several illustrations inside the packaging. The project brought me back together with long time friend Cheryl Savala, Creative Director for Menagerie Creative. Cheryl and I studied illustration at California State University Fullerton and have worked on several projects together over the years. It was a treat to be teamed again with the talented crew at Menagerie Creative.

This summer I walked into the main convention hall at The San Diego Comic-Con International and experienced a brief geek-out moment. Seeing the illustrations at larger than life size can do that to you; and realizing, I’m linked, in a small way, to the Star Wars legacy forever. I think my dad would have gotten a kick out of that. The experience was made even better after meeting several of the nice people from Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm. I would like to thank Menagerie Creative, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm for this wonderful and memorable opportunity.

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Space Opera

A repaint of an old painting