I spent two years working on “The Black Hole” for Disney Studios I wrote an article on Substack about my experiences, complete with illustrations, here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/inside-the-black-hole-lessons-from

Inside The Black Hole: Lessons from My First Big Production

Proof that fun doesn’t equal a good movie

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I just wrote an article on Substack about nude paintings that I love. You can read about it here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-nudes-...

The Nudes I Love: A Personal List

From Titian to Assael

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I was a teacher at the School of Visual Arts for 21 years and at Pratt Institute for 15. I wrote an article on Substack about my approach to teaching. You can read the complete Substack article, complete with illustrations, here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/my-approac...

My Approach to Teaching

You never know

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I wrote a post on Substack showing our custom holiday cards through the years, including the fold out Animorphs card I did. You can read about it here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/a-life-in-...

I wrote a Substack about painting 9 covers for Alan Dean Foster’s Star Trek novelizations. You can read it here: substack.com/home/post/p-203289568

When the Ship Isn’t the Star: Solving the Star Trek Cover Problem

Alan Dean Foster’s novelizations

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You can read my post on Substack about working on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-movie-...

The Movie I Walked Away From

Recollections of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

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I wrote a post about my brush with the music business on Substack, complete with illustrations, here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/my-brush-w...

My Brush With the Music Business

Album covers

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I wrote a Substack post on the long history of covers for James Blish’s “Cities in Flight,” including my own. You can read the whole article, including illustrations, here: substack.com/home/post/p-202992514 You can buy signed prints here: www.davidmattingly.com

When Cities Took Flight: Covering James Blish

Painting "Cities in Flight" after "Dick Tracy"

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I wrote a Substack article about my first job working for an adult film producer, Howard Ziehm: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/flesh-flash-and-fortune-my-unlikely

Flesh, Flash, and Fortune: My Unlikely Start with Howard Ziehm

The Job That Launched My Career (And the Film I’m Glad I Wasn’t Credited For)

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I wrote a post on Substack about my memories of Tom Kinkaide. You can read it here, complete with illustrations: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/between-li...?

Between Light and Illusion: Remembering Tom Kinkade

On art, honesty, and illusion

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I wrote a post on Substack outlining my concerns with AI. You can read it here, complete with illustrations: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/my-thought...

My thoughts on AI

In ten years, "The Terminator" may look less like a thriller and more like a documentary.

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I wrote a post on Substack about the storytelling of one of my favorite artists, Joe Kubert: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/joe-kubert... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings, including "The Company Man", here: www.davidmattingly.com

Joe Kubert’s Influence on Visual Storytelling

He told stories

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I wrote a Substack about how I dislike art that requires an explanation for the viewer to appreciate it. You can read it here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-work-s...

The Work Should Speak First

If it needs an explanation, it didn’t work

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I wrote a Substack article how I came to do the cover for "The Voice of Cepheus" by Ken Appleby here myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-cover-... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings, including "The Voice of Cepheus", here: www.davidmattingly.com

The Cover That Took Me Back to Childhood

The Voice of Cepheus

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I wrote a post on Substack about one of my most popular paintings, “St. Joan snd the Computer.” You can read about it here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-martyr... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings, including St. Joan, here: www.davidmattingly.com

The Martyr of the Digital Age

Saint Joan and the Computer

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I wrote a post on Substack about my least favorite art director, Ace Books Charles Volpe.If you have fond memories of Charles, I would love to hear them. You can read it here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-jekyll...

The Jekyll and Hyde of Publishing: My Experience with Ace Books’ Charles Volpe

My Least Favorite Art Director

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I wrote a post on Substack about the “Choose Your Own Adventure” covers. You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here, including the “Choose Your Own Adventure” covers: www.davidmattingly.com

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Covers I Didn’t Know Would Matter

Why every cover matters

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I wrote a post on Substack about my father, John W. Mattingly, inventor of the Waterpik. You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here: www.davidmattingly.com

I wrote a post on Substack about the many Animorphs internet memes. You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here, including the humorous ones: www.davidmattingly.com

I Made the Animorphs Covers. I Did Not Expect This.

Animorphs memes

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I wrote a post on Substack about my humorous covers. You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent...? You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here, including the humorous ones: www.davidmattingly.com

My Humorous Covers

The funny stuff

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I wrote a post on Substack about my prep school experience at Principia. You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent...? You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here: www.davidmattingly.com

I wrote a post on Substack about my early years, and the friends who were key to my development . You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent...? You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here: www.davidmattingly.com

My Early Years

Childhood art

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I wrote a post on Substack about creating the Honor Harrington covers. You can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent...? You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here: www.davidmattingly.com

Honor Harrington

My work for David Weber

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I wrote a post on Substack about using myself as a model. You can read about it here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/using-myse... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings, even the ones I posed for, here: www.davidmattingly.com

Using Myself as a Model

I used myself as a model a lot

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I wrote a Substack article on my painting “The Subway Wizard.” Check it out, and feel free to leave a comment. myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/the-subway-wizard You can buy signed prints of “The Subway Wizard” here: davidmattingly.com/category.php?id=2517&n=Wizards

The Subway Wizard

The painting with the most "in" jokes

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I wrote a post on Substack about an ill fated video game I worked on called The Marexx. You can read about it here: substack.com/home/post/p-199411692 You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here: www.davidmattingly.com

Magicmaker

With Alan Dean Foster and Barclay Shaw

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I wrote a Substack article on illustrations I did for a men’s magazine “Velvet Talks”, and how I came to do them. Check it out, and feel free to leave a comment. myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/artists-ag... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings here: www.davidmattingly.com

Artist’s Agents

"Velvet Talks" magazine

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I taught at the School of Visual Arts for more than twenty years and at Pratt Institute for almost fifteen. You can read my Substack post about teaching, complete with illustrations, here: myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/teaching

I just wrote a Substack article on my worst covers, and why they turned out that way. Check it out, and feel free to leave a comment. open.substack.com/pub/myadvent... You can buy signed prints of any of my paintings (even the bad ones) here: www.davidmattingly.com

My Worst Covers

City of a Million Legends and Masters of Space: A Plague in Paradise

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I just wrote a Substack on my first book cover. You can read the whole article with illustrations here: open.substack.com/pub/myadvent...? Pease subscribe, and leave a comment if you like.

My First Cover

A Wizard in Bedlam by Christoper Stasheff.

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