Taking a break from writing to do some new scifi concept art for Mike Sierra Echo – added it to the main page but am posting it here for your wallpaper collection. These are scenes from the novel, I’ll give you a quick description below:
Our first picture is a shot of the space elevator as it travels on the NeoDiamond (a yet-to-be-invented material) that will make it possible for the space elevator to work. More detail on that later. Our second picture is when the antagonist of the story (Narcissistic Grandma) gets her scifi comuppance in the form of nanotech ‘gray goo.’ You’ll love how that comes together.
Third picture – Mike is at the space elevator launch complex in Ecuador. The complex is more like a city – you’ll find out why in chapter 12. Fourth picture – the climax of the story – Mike must steal the space elevator to save it. Along the way, stuff blows up.
So yeah – concept art to help people envision the story. You can’t just WRITE a story like that – it has to be fun. Like, how does a space elevator work, anyway? Why haven’t they built one yet? Assuming they solve all the engineering challenges, what would the space elevator like inside? How do you navigate the emotional minefields of narcissistic, controlling family? Minefields aren’t linear paths to safety, there are ways to identify and avoid danger zones. You can recover from setbacks and meltdowns. I wrote about all of that – a love-letter to a young ‘Me’ saying ‘Yes, you’re going to survive. Here’s a way to get through it.’
If the adage ‘don’t stop until you’re proud’ is true, then I feel good about stopping. The art looks great – it’s what I’m imagining in my head – feels really good to get it out into the universe so you can enjoy it, too.
Hope you enjoy the new concept art – I need to get back to work elsewhere.
Write on! 🙂
