While perusing for artists on Elance.com, I came across an illustrator I want to work with by the name of Gary Hathaway. A lot of his artwork is published, thus can not be displayed on this site without approval from his publisher. His website (http://www.hathawaycreative.com/) is still under construction. Hopefully, it will be up soon but in the meantime, let me describe his work and what I like about it.

Mr. Hathaway produces high quality illustrations in the realm of science fiction. Some of his work is reminiscent of my favorite artist, the great pulp artist Virgil Finlay. Both artists are masters of black and white and stylistic use of negative space. I am a big fan of imagery that exceeds its frame and Mr. Hathaway accomplishes this expertly.

I have told him about the Robot in the Woods concept and he is interested in participating. I hope he will be the next Robot in the Woods commissioned artist. For this next piece I envision a round logo. In the foreground (lower left) is a man’s face/head looking off into the distance and watching a beautiful feminine robot etching a heart into a tree with her laser finger. Inside the heart, she’s etching her RoboCode, (which is a searchable code identifying the artist and their portfolio. Anyway, as she is etching she is bent over as if talking to a child. The man in the foreground watches innocently and fascinated. Oh, and she has a holstered ray-gun.

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My brother has been gracious enough to contribute his version of Robot in the Woods. In this case, it is a robot on a picnic. What could be more fun than going on a picnic with a robot. If there are any artists who want to render this in a more professional manner, please consider contributing your art. I am still raising money for art using the paypal chipin program. Please consider donating a $1.00 microgrant.

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Vanessa Raven portfolio site: http://www.vanessaravenid.com

AWESOME! Sounds like a fun project. I would love to work with you on this …

My background is in character development and I’ve mostly designed for TShirts and Giftware for Tourism across Canada. I’ve designed for all of the big Resorts like Whistler, Jasper, Banff… and Attractions like Marineland. Most recently I am designing for Georgia Music Hall of Fame, I work quickly, always plan everything with sketches first, to create better quality designs… and I do my research. If I’m designing a Robot in the Woods.. in a 50 ’s pulp culture style. I’ll gather tons of source material and offer a few layouts and styles. You’re obviously a fan of Virgil Finlay..so I could draw reference from that style. or is the Robot like The Iron Emperor from Blackhawk or something out of War of the Worlds.. or maybe it’s one of the Cybermen or Daleks from Dr. Who. In anyway case, I put real thought into everything i do. I work on a Mac in CS2 and can prepare whatever format you require. I can also prepare art colour separated for screenprint, if you needed to use on a tshirts. Thanks for your consideration

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Thank you for responding! I like that you seem enthusiastic about this idea. Can I ask you what your first thought of what Robot in the Woods looks like? Truth be told, thats what I want to see; your interpretation.

Let me briefly describe the concept. Robot in the Woods is actually an art promotion business and alternate model for distribution of art work. I am commissioning pieces now as “seeds” to attract other artists to contribute. My main drive artistically/experimentally is to see all possible renderings of Robots in the Woods and to develop a repository of images. Its a low cost way for mass exposure to the idea and to the individual artists.

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