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BE THE THING THAT’S MISSING

Greg Ruth

The weirdest and also most bewilderingly persistent truth in illustration and art is that we, (the artists), are the most arrogantly self-assuming people around, and the most neurotically uncertain about it. Our distinct voice is our greatest asset and the one note I have to give- (HAVE to… at every class/interview/Q&A) to artists young and old that truth. Because we forget, or because we’re the neurotic self effacing ones, one of the big reasons why…

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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Donato Giancola

April 8, 2026 -   [caption id="attachment_84245" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Screenshot[/caption] Wraithmarked Creative has undertaken creating the most beautifully illustrated version of Douglas Adams' novels from his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.  This omnibus edition includes new covers by Tom Kidd and Chee Fong as well as forty-two (42, a very important number!) new full color illustrations to grace the insides of this tome. I have been honored to contribute two new end paper works for this.  As a life long fan, it was a real joy and professional milestone to create these oil paintings. As a lesson for all artists out there, and a reinforcement of the beliefs I teach as a mentor that you can never know how commissions will sometimes 'find' you, it was a wonderful circumstantial meeting which made this project possible for me. I…

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