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David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/1170002407

January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I will be selling a lot of paintings by other artists that I have collected over the years in the next couple of weeks on heritage.com. I wanted to tell some stories about how I came by having these paintings.You can view and bid on my entire consignment in auction : comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...

January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/899052539

January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I have been using an AI video generator to bring some of my paintings to life. Each sequence is my original painting with additional motion added. I have prints of all of my painting available on my web site here:
www.davidmattingly.com

January 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here, just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/812662435

January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

Here is a nice interview with me on the "Animorphs 55" podcast. I am sorry to say I made a major mistake right at the beginning of the interview. I mixed up Animorphs 3 and 4.
3 was the first cover I did, of Tobias turning into the hawk.
Link to the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/227k...

🎇S2E11: The David Mattingly Interview!

open.spotify.com

January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/884028382

January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/897954595

January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/805393401

January 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798779814

January 9, 2026 at 10:47 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628

January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/897951851

January 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

Animorphs 5 was the only cover that I was asked to redo. The original cover had Marco morphing into a gorilla. I redid it with him morphing into a lobster. This is the first time I have ever posted the full flipbook. You can buy a signed print here:
www.etsy.com/listing/888129842

January 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I am pleased to announce that I have been named Faculty Emeritus at School of Visual Arts. After teaching for almost 25 years at SVA, I am retiring. I will miss teaching, and am grateful for the many wonderful students I had over the years.

May 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I am the artist who did most of the Animorphs covers. I have five rare Animorphs items for sale, including 2 pieces of original Animorphs by me.
www.ebay.com/itm/33577843...
www.ebay.com/itm/23572441...
www.ebay.com/itm/23592326...
www.ebay.com/itm/23592327...
www.ebay.com/itm/33577842...
#animorphs

January 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM

David Mattingly

@davidmattingly.bsky.social

I have two more paintings on sale on Heritage, this time one for a book by Martin Caiden and the other from Douglas Hill’s “Exiles of Colsec” series.
comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...
#animorphs #art #artist #scifi #scifiartist