Interviewed on Robot 54!

ROBOT #54 - Summer 2008 - € 9,90 (in Italian language). Cover artwork by Maurizio Manzieri

Inside interviews with:

• Steven Spielberg
• Greg Bear
• Maurizio Manzieri

Today it's available in Italy the issue#54 of the Robot magazine, edited by Vittorio Curtoni and published in Italy by Delos Books.

The ‘end of the world' on the front cover is the same illustration first appeared on The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (USA, April 2008) for the novelet Five Thrillers by the Hugo-awarded writer Robert Reed.

About the interviews... it seems I've got honorable company! :-)

A Glimpse behind the Curtains

Here's a photo album including a visual walkthrough of my illustration Underneath It All . Click on the picture - or upon the link just below -, switch off the lights, put on some good music of your choice... and let me guide you along one of my artistic paths...

The Making-of-Underneath-It-All

The brother of my Blog

All my Italians friends and fans will be pleased to know that I've just opened a twin Blog in Italian language on the major portal dedicated to fantastic literature, Fantascienza.com . Run to bookmark it write now e siate i benvenuti!

Link: http://www.fantascienza.com/blog/mauriziomanzieri/

Feed: http://www.fantascienza.com/blog/mauriziomanzieri/feed

Artist of the Year!

After the wonderful 2007 with the awesome artworks by my colleague John Picacio, the Wheel turned and the Italian Robot magazine picked up another artist for the year 2008. Here I am!...with a selection of illustrations originally appeared on The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This the first of three, the cover for the Spring issue...

Technorati Profile

F&SF Magazine - "Five Thrillers" by Robert Reed

Taaadaaa...!!! Here's my new cover coming out this month on the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for the original novelet Five Thrillers by Robert Reed (April 2008). Oh, I'm really satisfied how this one turned out...!

INSPIRATION TIPS:

While I was reading this captivating story, I came across a chapter titled The End of the World. Wow, I thought! What an occasion! When will I have another first-hand opportunity to paint the end of the world?

I attacked the blank canvas and the above illustration is very close to my sketch #1.

After a week I dropped to Gordon Van Gelder a series of sketches, all of them tempting, but maybe he was hit by the same feelings and replied: "I've gotten a few opinions and all five of your sketches are well-received, but I think sketch #1 is the one to use. As you say, how often do you get to depict the end of the world?".

I tried to converge a cinematic sense in this one, so you can see that all the borders are slightly motion blurred. To the guy asking from the last row: "Yes, this isn't the end of the world of some distant planet. We are talking about the End of the World of our own Earth". I cannot add much more before beginning to spoiler you. Run to buy the magazine and leave a comment after having read Five Thrillers...! You're welcome!

Last Man Standing 3

(click on the pics for a larger version)

The ' Big Unveiling' is going on at the ConceptArt.org website. I can finally share the artwork I've been realizing for the massive and awesome competition organized by Cody Tilson: Last Standing Man 3 (theme for the first Round: Underneath it All).

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The Chase by Clive Cussler (Putnam)!

Welcome to my **NEW** cover for the novel THE CHASE by Clive Cussler (hardcover edition, Putnam), coming out on November 6th everywhere in United States. The genre is pure adventure, but as you can see how I try to be always faithful to a diffuse sense of fantastic flavor...

To anyone wishing to know more details about this assignment, check out the dedicated Blog with updates and behind-the-scenes material concerning the artwork! About the Limited Edition Prints, a print run of 50 exemplars has been issued simultaneously with the publication (Cussler Store Link).

Audiobook Edition Link (Booksontape)

Large Print Book (Thorndike)