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About The Artist Geo. W. Proctor
A writer by trade, I am a native Texan with a lifelong love of art. Although,
I have no formal training, I began teaching myself as a child by copying superheroes from the
pages of funny books (yes, I'm old enough to still call comics funny books). During the 1970s,
I was lucky enough to become friends with the artists in a place called The Sketch Pad, the
studio of well-known artist and illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz. With Don's encouragement I
began to paint and eventually sold a cover for an early issue of the magazine Heavy Metal
as well as a couple other paintings. My art career was far from impressive. I stopped painting
in 1981 and, other than doodling, shied from art until discovering Caligari's TrueSpace 2 program late
in 1995. Within a few days I was turning out electronic images for the fun of it and continue
to do so.
Cover of Heavy Metal No. 8, November, 1977.
(Copyright © Heavy Metal and Geo. W. Proctor.)
As mentioned above, writing is my profession. Since 1972, I have written a string of novels under
my byline as well as numerous pen names. My two most recently published efforts Before
Honor and Blood Of My Blood, Bantam Books, were among the three finalists for the Western Writers Of
America's Spur Award for best novel of the year in their respective categories of Hardback and
Paperback publications.
Proctor Novels Presently In Print
These novels may be ordered online from:
Amazon Bookstore
If that wasn't a shameless enough plug, Amazon also lists four books in the Swords Of Raemllyn fantasy series, written with Robert E.
Vardeman, in their "hard to find" category:
A Yoke Of Magic
Blood Fountain
The Beasts Of The Mist
For Crown And Kingdom
One may inquire about these novels through:
Amazon Bookstore
For further information on:
Science fiction artist Chesley Bonestell visit the Chesley Bonestell Interactive Gallery.
Wernher von Braun and the early U.S. space program: von Braun
Model Kits
For those who enjoy building plastic model kits, I would suggest contacting a local hobby
store and inquirying about Glencoe Models. This company presently has re-issued many of
the Wernher von Braun space kits of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Included in their line
are the Nuclear Powered Space Station (the Wheel), Retriever Rocket, Lunar Lander, and 3-Stage
Ferry Rocket. Glencoe also plans to re-issue other space kits of this era.
While in that hobby store check on other model companies who are re-issuing old space kits
such as Monogram's Willy Ley's Space Taxi.
On the high end of model kits, Icarus Designs, 2203 Wrocklage Avenue, Louisville, KY 40205 USA,
is presently designing a white resin kit of von Braun's Bottle Space Suit. For information and ordering, write to the above address or e-mail
icarus@iglou.com. Below is a photo of the interior of the model
Icarus Designs sent along as a teaser.
Artists Worth Visiting
Wolf 359:
This is the site. Wolf 359 offers over 250
pieces of science fiction fan art covering Star Trek, Star Wars, and Babylon 5. This gateway will provide access to Wolf 359's mother site and all mirror sites. An assortment of fully textured Star Trek and Star Wars meshes are available for downloading in 3D Studio 4 format. This site should be a must see stop for all all science fiction fiction fans. Don't miss it!
Sisyphus:
Eric Peterson, artist and programmer, offers images and IPAS for 3D Studio and plug-ins for MAX. If there's a master Star Trek modeler, this is the man!
Mateen's 3-D Graphics Pages:
Mateen Greenway serves up original and fan images as well as downloadable meshes.
Radioactive:
Joerg Gerlach's site is a treasure trove for Star Trek meshes and images.
Martin Hajek's Homepage:
A new location for the site and a new look, plus a variety of new Star Trek renderings. Check it out!.
Ultimate Hanger:
Barry Spikes dishes out some very nice Federation starship images.
Nuckel Entertainment:
The May Brothers serve up images from Star Trek to Space Above and Beyond.
Terry's 3D Web Design:
Terry introduced me to Poser 2. For that he deserves a link, but he also turns out some
very nice TrueSpace images. New site location and new link!
Torsten Schneyer's Grapik Homepage:
Okay, so I'm ignorant of Torsten's native tongue and can't read a word on his site. However, there's
no problem understanding his excellent images, especially the fantasy ones!
TrueSpace Users List:
A nice place to start for those wishing to see the images produced by various TrueSpace
artists on the Web.
Logicbit Studio:
Highly recommended web site for TrueSpace users--images, downloadable meshes and textures,
plus an online TrueSpace magazine. Just click OTZ for the magazine.
Starship Gallery:
There are those who do spaceships and those who do spaceships. Kevin Williams is part
of the latter group. These are bookcover quality images. Well worth a websling over to this
site. There's even a couple downloadable meshes for TrueSpace users.
Terry Halladay:
It's hard to pigeonhole the art that Terry does, but worth a look and I'll wager it move something in you.
Clayton Pelton:
Here's another artist that does everything from science fiction to commerical art for rock bands--and does it all well. Check him out.
Mesh and Texture Sites
Ultimate 3-D Links:
One of the best links to 3-D related sites on the World Wide Web.
3-D Artist Magazine:
Homepage for 3-D Artist Magazine.
3-D Design Magazine:
Homepage for 3-D Design Magazine. Downdownable textures and IPAS are often found here.
3-D Cafe:
Great site for meshs and textures and related items.
Recommended Sites
Lankhmar:
Excellent site on science fiction, fantasy, and horror author Fritz Leiber--the man who
coined the term "Sword and Sorcery." Don't pass this one by!
The Ray Bradbury Page:
If you're a science fiction fan and don't know who Ray Bradbury is, then it's time to
find out. Give this site try.
Mars West:
The dream to journey to and colonize Mars is alive and Mars West displays it with series of images and quotes.
Send mail to Geo. W. Proctor at: CompuServe
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gwp1@airmail.net
Copyright © 1998 Geo. W. Proctor