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David Mattingly

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I'm an illustrator & teacher, I did 54 Animorphs covers. I teach at Pratt Institute. I am Professor Emeritus at School of Visual Arts. You can get signed prints of my artwork at: https://davidmattingly.com

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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.

31.05.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

21.01.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€œExiles of Colsec” series.
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#animorphs #art #artist #scifi #scifiartist

18.01.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RICK JAMES ORIGINAL ALBUM COVER ART "BUSTIN OUT OF L7" by artist DAVID MATTINGLY | eBay OWN A PIECE OF ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY! It includes and unopened copy of the album. Original cover sketch for "Greenthieves" art by David Mattingly. Original cover sketch for "The Reality Matrix" art by...

Extremely rare original artwork for Rick James cover β€œBustin” Out of L7”. Check it out on ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/23511385...
#RickJames #PunkFunk #80s #Ateam #Ipitythefool #wednesdayvibesl #Onset #Episode

23.11.2024 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out David Mattingly

01.05.2023 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
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Kevin Stein, The Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld, Baen, 1994. Cover: David B. Mattingly.

14.09.2024 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concept art for Tron, by David Mattingly, 1982

20.03.2024 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wizard Wednesday πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ

David Mattingly

28.06.2023 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
sci-fi art of a POV shot of a person in a cockpit heading towards a space battle of multiple different kinds of spaceships

sci-fi art of a POV shot of a person in a cockpit heading towards a space battle of multiple different kinds of spaceships

art by David Mattingly

26.02.2024 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
David Mattingly painting of a nerdy looking guy with a techno suitcase under one arm against a backdrop of a spaceship blasting off from an alien world

David Mattingly painting of a nerdy looking guy with a techno suitcase under one arm against a backdrop of a spaceship blasting off from an alien world

Getting ready to deliver some content

22.07.2023 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am now fully in my Wizard Era. New art by David Mattingly on the wall, joining @grickle.bsky.social's Shitty Wizard Tertraptych

23.10.2023 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wizards by David Mattingly

03.01.2024 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A beautiful painting by David B. Mattingly which shows a Roman soldier eating a hamburger with one hand and holding a trophy in the other. Behind him are 2 more Roman soldiers and 2 native Americans and they’re all running from a T-Rex

A beautiful painting by David B. Mattingly which shows a Roman soldier eating a hamburger with one hand and holding a trophy in the other. Behind him are 2 more Roman soldiers and 2 native Americans and they’re all running from a T-Rex

This is how I’m trying to be

10.06.2024 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Mattingly

02.06.2024 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wizard Wednesday from David Mattingly

31.05.2023 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Art by David B. Mattingly for The Crystal Empire by L. Neil Smith (Tor, 1985)

31.05.2024 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wizard Wednesday πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ

David Mattingly

17.05.2023 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wizard Wednesday πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ

David Mattingly

20.03.2024 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Mattingly, 1982

02.04.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Painting by David Mattingly

Painting by David Mattingly

o no TREK'S GONE WOKE

29.05.2023 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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David Mattingly - Indistinguishable from Magic by Robert L. Forward (Barn, 1995)

06.09.2023 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Alternate Views, Alternate Universes: The Art of David B. Mattingly, Paper Tiger, 1996. Art portfolio.

20.08.2023 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
wrap-around cover art. a man is looking right at us. an adventurer. his white shirt is ripped open, and he's holding a M-16 gun. receding hair. he looks a bit like the actor Iain Glen (who loves near me and who a see quite a lot. he drives a Volvo, but not the really big "school run" one that Jeremy Clarkson obsesses over. a woman is next to him - sitting or kneeling down, arm wraped around his though, looking up at him in awe or fear. his face and ripped chest are lit by the golden glow of something he is holding in his hand. we can't see it, just a small painted lens flare between his fingers. they're on a ridge, and some mercenaries or baddies appear to be coming up it. behind them is a wide open desert vista of tree-topped rocky hills. the sky is a dramatic purple and gold, from a huge fireball. oh, I forgot to mention the THIRTEEN BLUE THUNDER HELICOPTERS in the air, directly facing us. each one with two crew members

wrap-around cover art. a man is looking right at us. an adventurer. his white shirt is ripped open, and he's holding a M-16 gun. receding hair. he looks a bit like the actor Iain Glen (who loves near me and who a see quite a lot. he drives a Volvo, but not the really big "school run" one that Jeremy Clarkson obsesses over. a woman is next to him - sitting or kneeling down, arm wraped around his though, looking up at him in awe or fear. his face and ripped chest are lit by the golden glow of something he is holding in his hand. we can't see it, just a small painted lens flare between his fingers. they're on a ridge, and some mercenaries or baddies appear to be coming up it. behind them is a wide open desert vista of tree-topped rocky hills. the sky is a dramatic purple and gold, from a huge fireball. oh, I forgot to mention the THIRTEEN BLUE THUNDER HELICOPTERS in the air, directly facing us. each one with two crew members

also by Mattingly, a cover for Martin Caidin - this time THE MESSIAH STONE (1986, again!)

("The last man to own it was Adolf Hitler. The next will rule the world")

I assume Mitch and Martin Caidin are the same. Martin's Wiki is worth a read - aviation author, restorer, pilot, psychic powers, etc..

14.11.2024 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A battle-worn Conan, broadsword in hand, stands in front of an attractive damsel in distress.

A battle-worn Conan, broadsword in hand, stands in front of an attractive damsel in distress.

About to read Savage Sword of Conan 62, with the Conan feature by Michael Fleischer, John Buscema, and Ernie Chan.

Cover by David Mattingly

12.08.2024 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
David Mattingly - The Burning Realm (Baen, 1987) Wizard posing against a backdrop of an exploding floating castle and weird flying demons

David Mattingly - The Burning Realm (Baen, 1987) Wizard posing against a backdrop of an exploding floating castle and weird flying demons

LOGGING ON

30.08.2023 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Black Hole matte painter team: Harrison Ellenshaw (supervisor), Deno Ganakes and David Mattingly.

#blackhole #behindthescenes🎬 #specialeffects

22.12.2023 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Mattingly, Space Vampire, 1987

22.03.2024 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10
front cover, stardeath by e.c. tubb

front cover, stardeath by e.c. tubb

close-up of same

close-up of same

another close-up

another close-up

another close-up

another close-up

e.c. tubb, stardeath, del rey, 1983.

cover art by david b. mattingly

18.02.2024 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wizard Wednesday πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ

David Mattingly

31.05.2023 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

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