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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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My brilliant brother Jim has created the new MAGA anthem!! Enjoy!! For you, Elon!!
www.facebook.com/reel/2651407...

27.02.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/899057887

23.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. This cover was featured on "Saturday Night Live." You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
etsy.com/listing/812665721

20.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers, but they appeared in black and white and small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. Stay all the way to the end for a surprise!! You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/790288384

06.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798783044

05.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m selling a painting by Richard Hescox that was the cover for β€œDray Prescot Book 31 Masks of Scorpio”. (Daw, 1984). Oil on 24" x 36" canvas wrapped board. Signed and dated 1983 in the lower right of the image area.
You can preview and bid on it here:
comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...

03.02.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m selling the full sized pencil preliminary drawing for β€œConan the Victorious” by Kirk Reinert . I have it up for auction on Heritage.com. You can preview and bid on it here:Β 
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31.01.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have one more set of paintings by other artists that I am selling through Heritage.com, including a wonderful unpublished finished piece by Bernie Wrightson. You can preview and bid on all of the paintings here:
comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...

30.01.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/1170002407

28.01.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I will be selling a lot of paintings by other artists that I have collected over the years in the next couple of weeks on heritage.com. I wanted to tell some stories about how I came by having these paintings.You can view and bid on my entire consignment in auction : comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...

25.01.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/899052539

22.01.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have been using an AI video generator to bring some of my paintings to life. Each sequence is my original painting with additional motion added. I have prints of all of my painting available on my web site here:
www.davidmattingly.com

18.01.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 2
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here, just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/812662435

17.01.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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πŸŽ‡S2E11: The David Mattingly Interview!

Here is a nice interview with me on the "Animorphs 55" podcast. I am sorry to say I made a major mistake right at the beginning of the interview. I mixed up Animorphs 3 and 4.
3 was the first cover I did, of Tobias turning into the hawk.
Link to the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/227k...

16.01.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/884028382

14.01.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/897954595

13.01.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/805393401

11.01.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798779814

09.01.2026 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628

09.01.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1558    πŸ” 457    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 30
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/897951851

08.01.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Animorphs 5 was the only cover that I was asked to redo. The original cover had Marco morphing into a gorilla. I redid it with him morphing into a lobster. This is the first time I have ever posted the full flipbook. You can buy a signed print here:
www.etsy.com/listing/888129842

06.01.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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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‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    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‘ 38    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    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.
comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?...
#animorphs #art #artist #scifi #scifiartist

18.01.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 10    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‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out David Mattingly

01.05.2023 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 66    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‘ 9    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‘ 45    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‘ 43    πŸ” 16    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‘ 44    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1