Paul Chadwick
@paulchadwick.bsky.social
Concrete's papa. The Matrix Online. Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Comics, storyboards, illustration. Paulchadwick.net
Reference photo for an illustration. It was a gun (in an antagonist's hand) in the painting. This is what I looked like in art school, anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reference photo for an illustration. It was a gun (in an antagonist's hand) in the painting. This is what I looked like in art school, anyway.
Red reflected light became a mannerism in Baroque painting. See Rubens.
Illustrator Barron Storey once told our class that in his art school days he thought it was cool, and was dotting red here & there in shadows -- and the instructor grabbed his wrist and stopped him. Said nothing.
Illustrator Barron Storey once told our class that in his art school days he thought it was cool, and was dotting red here & there in shadows -- and the instructor grabbed his wrist and stopped him. Said nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Red reflected light became a mannerism in Baroque painting. See Rubens.
Illustrator Barron Storey once told our class that in his art school days he thought it was cool, and was dotting red here & there in shadows -- and the instructor grabbed his wrist and stopped him. Said nothing.
Illustrator Barron Storey once told our class that in his art school days he thought it was cool, and was dotting red here & there in shadows -- and the instructor grabbed his wrist and stopped him. Said nothing.
Cover to the Italian edition of The Human Dilemma.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Cover to the Italian edition of The Human Dilemma.
Whenever a first draft just isn't working, I like to remember this photo.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Whenever a first draft just isn't working, I like to remember this photo.
Cover to Italian edition of Think Like a Mountain. That's a drift net above him. I gave this drawing to my lawyer.
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Cover to Italian edition of Think Like a Mountain. That's a drift net above him. I gave this drawing to my lawyer.
Paul Bacon's dust jacket for the Jaws hardcover, and Roger Kastel's art for the paperback, later used for the movie one-sheet. A strong design enhanced by great painting.
www.rogerkastel.com/biography.htm
www.rogerkastel.com/biography.htm
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Paul Bacon's dust jacket for the Jaws hardcover, and Roger Kastel's art for the paperback, later used for the movie one-sheet. A strong design enhanced by great painting.
www.rogerkastel.com/biography.htm
www.rogerkastel.com/biography.htm
I added Concrete to a painting of the town green of New Milford, Connecticut, which we once lived near. It has a traditional bandstand gazebo and a vintage tank. My mechanic there said he worked on the car of George Wunder, the Terry and the Pirates artist. 1/2
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November 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I added Concrete to a painting of the town green of New Milford, Connecticut, which we once lived near. It has a traditional bandstand gazebo and a vintage tank. My mechanic there said he worked on the car of George Wunder, the Terry and the Pirates artist. 1/2
tomkidd.myportfolio.com
tomkidd.myportfolio.com
For a Bruce Sterling story, “Spider Rose.” Reused on this George RR Martin collection.
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For a Bruce Sterling story, “Spider Rose.” Reused on this George RR Martin collection.
Along with Jim Davis, I'm a holdout.
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Along with Jim Davis, I'm a holdout.
Too bad Steranko never found himself in the right circumstances to do an actual strip about this character.
So many great design ideas lavished on the several drawings he did featuring Talon.
So many great design ideas lavished on the several drawings he did featuring Talon.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Too bad Steranko never found himself in the right circumstances to do an actual strip about this character.
So many great design ideas lavished on the several drawings he did featuring Talon.
So many great design ideas lavished on the several drawings he did featuring Talon.
Sketched in the ferry line, inked later
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Sketched in the ferry line, inked later
Boy Frank Bellamy wasn't a slave to his reference photos. He treated this one more as a suggestion.
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Boy Frank Bellamy wasn't a slave to his reference photos. He treated this one more as a suggestion.
I wonder if Caniff had already worked out this gorgeous lighting when he first drew and inked this.
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I wonder if Caniff had already worked out this gorgeous lighting when he first drew and inked this.
I was never much of a player of The Matrix Online -- my internet connection on this island was too unstable then. But I did like to hang out on this rooftop some nights.
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I was never much of a player of The Matrix Online -- my internet connection on this island was too unstable then. But I did like to hang out on this rooftop some nights.
Had to compost this year's first Jack-O-Lantern but here's a side-by-side in case you want to use it for a meme.
October 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Had to compost this year's first Jack-O-Lantern but here's a side-by-side in case you want to use it for a meme.
An alarming article about Iran's water depletion. From @jricole.bsky.social
Empires, civilizations disappear when something this significant happens.
I wonder how things will look in ten years.
www.juancole.com/2025/10/drou...
Empires, civilizations disappear when something this significant happens.
I wonder how things will look in ten years.
www.juancole.com/2025/10/drou...
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
An alarming article about Iran's water depletion. From @jricole.bsky.social
Empires, civilizations disappear when something this significant happens.
I wonder how things will look in ten years.
www.juancole.com/2025/10/drou...
Empires, civilizations disappear when something this significant happens.
I wonder how things will look in ten years.
www.juancole.com/2025/10/drou...
Casca series author Barry Sadler lived highs (9 million copies sold of his first songwriting effort!) and lows (feces-bungi-stick wound nearly killed him with infection, shot his girlfriend's ex between the eyes) but somehow wrote 22 novels before his murder, age 49.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Casca series author Barry Sadler lived highs (9 million copies sold of his first songwriting effort!) and lows (feces-bungi-stick wound nearly killed him with infection, shot his girlfriend's ex between the eyes) but somehow wrote 22 novels before his murder, age 49.
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The San Juan County Fair had this giant robot in its art show a couple of months ago, and it's lingering, so I had my friend Steve pose in front of it.
It's holding a dejected green alien, and its eyes are swing-out portholes.
#FridayHarbor
It's holding a dejected green alien, and its eyes are swing-out portholes.
#FridayHarbor
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The San Juan County Fair had this giant robot in its art show a couple of months ago, and it's lingering, so I had my friend Steve pose in front of it.
It's holding a dejected green alien, and its eyes are swing-out portholes.
#FridayHarbor
It's holding a dejected green alien, and its eyes are swing-out portholes.
#FridayHarbor
This Rauber painting has a perfect balance of rendering and lost focus on the greenery. Nice posing, too.
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This Rauber painting has a perfect balance of rendering and lost focus on the greenery. Nice posing, too.
Hilary Barta, @hilaryhack.bsky.social who inked this Power Pack page over John Bogdonove's pencils, shared that they snuck a nod to me in the TIME article in panel three. Thanks, guys.
What a clean, beautiful look this page has, and great caricatures of Walt and Louise Simonson.
What a clean, beautiful look this page has, and great caricatures of Walt and Louise Simonson.
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hilary Barta, @hilaryhack.bsky.social who inked this Power Pack page over John Bogdonove's pencils, shared that they snuck a nod to me in the TIME article in panel three. Thanks, guys.
What a clean, beautiful look this page has, and great caricatures of Walt and Louise Simonson.
What a clean, beautiful look this page has, and great caricatures of Walt and Louise Simonson.
Nice moonrise tonight
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Nice moonrise tonight
Parable of the Talents
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Parable of the Talents