CHUCK CARTER

Information and Science Illustration - Science art keeps my brain active. Nothing can compare to learning something new with each fresh assignment. And sometimes I'm allowed to have fun - imagining flora and fauna such as what could life possibly look like in the seas of so many ice covered ocean worlds around Jupiter and Saturn?

NASA, JPL, National Geographic, McGraw-Hill, and Scientific American to name a few.

Some ZED Screen Shots - Misc Game Art and Design. Zed for those that don't know was a game I made back in 2015-2019, released in 2019. It was an exploration of a man and his life living with dementia - who in moments of lucidity wanted to leave a gift for his granddaughter, a children's book called Where is Charlotte? It was loved and hated by a variety of people. Some got the point - it was an interactive story about memory and loss and redemption.

Those who understood it loved it and were profoundly affected by it. And then the group of gamers who know my previous work on MYST hated it because it was not Myst-like other than the quality of the art. Cyan was the publisher - the same company that I worked on for MYST. To get them onboard as a publisher I had to make some choices and really change the game enormously. Still, I'm happy with it - it was a good experience, and the reviewers loved the game, and in some cases cried at the end - thank you for understanding.

Older Game Art, Digital Matte Painting for Babylon 5, Dune Emperor, Some Game Concepts, Early ZED Ideas, Explorations, and Experiments

Editorial Art and Illustration. As AI becomes more common, its usefulness as a tool is changing how I look at editorial art and storytelling. It's a tool where we've only scratched the surface. I want to further incorporate it into my work and with editorial art, I see it as something that can only speed my process in ways that I never imagined. Now I know this is a controversial position for many artists - but I think we either adapt to this new tech or we will be left out of the loop for future art creation.

Also - just so you know - I do a lot of my editorial and other art the old-fashioned way as well... 3D art programs (MODO, ZBrush, and Blender), Illustrator, Substance Painter, and Photoshop, and the occasional hand sketch prior to going finished.

AI Illustration and Experiments

My ideas in many cases involved trying to reimagine parts of my childhood - early memories, fever dreams, fears, and feelings I had as a child growing up with very little but my imagination. Currently, I'm working on a children's book using images like these to reconnect to that confused kid from more than 60 years ago. And as I mentioned above in the intro to my editorial work, AI is opening image creation in ways we have yet to fully comprehend. It's an exploration for me personally - iteration is the key to getting desired results and still takes an artistic eye and a careful hand in Photoshop for the finished piece. AI is a new way for us to tell stories and I've always been someone who embraces new technology. And honestly, with all of the controversy surrounding AI Art, the verdict is far from clear as to where we go as artists with this new form of expression.

Sketchbooks - I'm actually forcing myself to draw again! And I have a way to go - as I'm still finding that I'm intimidated

by that blank page with a shaking pen in my hand... But once I'm moving the pen around - there is joy in seeing the results. This section will continue to grow as will the caricature section.

Caricature work at various events around the State and a couple of publications.

Strange Valentines and other oddly designed and strange topic cards for all occasions - Also - All cards will be going on sale in the fall of 2023! Below are some from an upcoming Valentine's selection and St. Patrick's day.