Michael Whelan
@michaelwhelan.bsky.social
Fine artist of Imaginative Realism. Retired illustrator of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Winner of 15 Hugo Awards. Inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2009.
Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c
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THE END OF NATURE V (2000) Acrylic on Canvas - 36" x 24" The title is meant as a double-entendre of sorts, something I enjoy doing with my personal work. 1/2
In this week's newsletter, one of my fleeting brushes with Hollywood. The Hoka movie that almost was... open.substack.com/pub/theartof...
A BREATH OF STRANGE (2016) Acrylic on Canvas Board - 8” x 10” While I’m standing nose-to-artwork painting little details, I try to avoid having a big clumsy palette in my way. I’ll grab one of the little canvas or masonite panels I use for comps and mix paints on that. 1/4
As it turns out, using AI in your writing raises questions of ownership that make your work untouchable for the publishing and movie industries.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 5d agoI've written a longer piece on the book that's been pulled due to "AI" use allegations, what that means particularly for newer authors, and what, if anything writers can do in the "AI" era to prove their work is their own: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/31/a...
THE CLEARING (2004) Oil on Panel - 28” x 18” This interior illustration for The Dark Tower (Book 7) by @stephenking.bsky.social is a scene from a chapter entitled “In the Haze of Green and Gold,” which set the tone for the color scheme. 1/2 #art #booksky 🪐📚
Example of what artists deal with re: copyright. eBay wrote back to ask what intellectual property right this listing violates. I had already sent the gallery page on our website, the color illustration, the book page for publication record, and the registration with the US copyright office. 1/2
And moving on to deal with AI slop on Deviant Art, and we've now entered the porn and fetish prompts. 😮💨 ~ME
Increasingly, Soylent Green serves as one of the best metaphors for AI -- it's taking all that we are, as people, chumming it up, and feeding the slurry back to us. We're told that we need it, it's nutritious, it'll save the world, even as it damns it and us.
ISLAND (2007) Acrylic on Panel - 30" x 40" There is a long tradition of using the concept of “island” as a metaphor for the world as a whole, as in “This Island Earth.” This painting—the first in a series of works employing that metaphor—began as a meditation... 1/7 #art
Always a sign you’re on the right side of morality and history.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
PRUDENCE (1996) Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 11” The classical notion of Prudence is an important theme to me, as it was to the ancient Greeks. 1/2 #art
Yeah, I saw The Hurt Locker. It’s a good film, well directed and acted. I don’t know why someone would want to do that as a job, but people have all kinds of motivations. 1/4
🔞FriezaReturns00001👉🍑💯@mlgfreezypop.bsky.social · 4w agoTy for the amazing answers, MT. Whelan. More? 😅 1. Have you seen The Hurt Locker? Thoughts? 2. A part of your art process you like the most, one the least. Professionally + personally on a project. 3. Favorite candy? 4. Any artists of recent in say past 12 years you've watched/kept up with? 😃
Musk is calling for the assassination of a journalist. It's so difficult to comprehend why someone in his position would do such a thing that we naturally give him the benefit of every doubt, but it's crystal clear what he's saying.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.
In this week’s newsletter, Michael answers questions about Meat Loaf, his affection for the Myst video games, and covers he would like to have illustrated: theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/july-q-and...
SKIMMING THE RED ZONE (2021) Acrylic on Board - 9 ½” x 17 ¼” I often see pictures in my mind when I glance at accidental shapes created by brush marks or overspills in the studio. 1/2
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The UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. You just have to know where to look. I've decided to make a thread here of some of the best ones I've found on walks. 1. JRR Tolkien's Psychedelic Lime Kiln.
THE END OF NATURE (1998) Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28” x 22” The first in what became a series of paintings about our relationship with nature. 1/2 #art
There are 2 wallpaper sites hosted by OVH that are distributing high res images of Michael's art without permission. No response on contact with websites. The webhost hasn't responded to my follow up. 1/4
