Artist Depiction by Don Davis
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2020
- A conversation with space artist Don Davis about his life and work.
This film is a part of the Artist Depiction series available on Amazon Prime, Labocine, and Vimeo.
Series One features Don Davis, Charles Lindsay, and Rick Guidice.
Series Two features Pamela Lee, William K. Hartmann, and Pat Rawlings.
I used to look over the paintings of the massive space stations for so many hours as a kid in awe, and still today when I see them I get nostalgic. Wonderful documentary, thank you.
So happy you enjoyed! Definitely check out the Rick Guidice film if you want more massive space settlements!
I would LOVE to see all of this published in a book...along with the stages of developing the various representations, etc. I'd buy that in a HEARTBEAT!
I believe Don has tried publishing a book in years past, and it hasn’t panned out for one reason or another.
What a wonderful video. And Don Davis seems like such a nice person.
He truly is!
Saw these paintings in a book in my high school library in the late 1970s. The quality of the paintings really let my imagination run wild. Prior to this, all I remember seeing are fanciful but not wholey accurate drawings and concepts from Disney, Science fiction films and comics. This really brought to mind the immensity of the engineering problems and how far we were, as of 1978, from achieving any of the goals of the High Frontier Society. Today, while somewhat closer to the goal of such orbitals, it appears farther and farther away economically :(.
Any idea which book it was?
@@Clindar hi. I believe it was by the eponymous Gerard K. O'Neill himself. 'The High Frontier' I am not certain. There was quite a bit of technical detail. Sectional drawings, artist plates and deep descriptions of the various types of O'Neill Colonies. Many authors took these concepts and ran with them. From Allen Steel to G Harry Stein.
@@DelverRootnose certainly sounds like The High Frontier!
@@Clindar date matches. It would have been my first coffee table book had I been able to steal it. The thing is, I think this introduced me to all the 1980s and beyond, art books for science fiction covers.
our fine astro artist ! love his work for my books, too.
Loved your books. I often point to them as high concept, hard SF, in internet arguments.
Great video from a wonderful channel.
Art books have provided me a much-needed escape from real life. I have my easy chair set up with a desk, a lamp, a blanket and a cup of coffee. I spent many hours with dragons, unicorns, space battles, pixies, dark forests and now with my National Geographic books, the vast undersea world of the coral reefs.
My art books are the best investments I ever made.
My 3 favorite art books, all available from amazon, are:
- Fantasy Art Paintings by Mike Hoffman
- Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate
- Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson
Thanks so much for watching!
This is great! As I type this I have directly before me as my constant desktop inspiration Don's early painting "Saturn Seen From Titan", on the back of which he wrote "Today Apollo 11 landed on the moon!" Thanks so much for all the artistry, good-hearted enthusiasm and vision you have so generously and skillfully shared with us -- be well and prosper!
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A glorious future that perhaps we might never have.
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This is awesome
Wonderful videos, thank you a lot for the insights and inspiration!
More to come!
Great video, impressive how committed to realism and how detailed Don makes his paintings. not to mention he seems like a great guy too, thanks for sharing his work!
Happy to report he is an absolutely a wonderful guy! Thanks for watching!
So awesome
Thanks for watching!
I'm so impressed with the attention to detail like what stars would be in the background. Great work!
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Excellent film
Incredible
Great video! It would be cool if we could get the other episodes.
Series One is currently on Amazon Prime in the US & UK. Series One & Two are also available on Vimeo & Labocine
@@Clindar Looks like vimeo it is! Thanks!
Amazing what Don could draw before the use of computer simulations
This is really great stuff!! 🙂
Thank you!
@@Clindar Np! Keep up the superb content!! :)
I am 400!!!!
Thank you!