Worlds first 3D rendering of Cerebus!
Modeled and rendered in 1991 by George Peter Gatsis.
Computer: Mac IIci - Apps: Swivel 3D, Studio 8 - Printout: Lino Paper.
I had sent Dave Sim a copy of my comic book The Black Diamond Effect... Included was a Lino Paper printout of a Cerebus 3D model I did. I called it "Stuff of Dreams." Yes I do have a digital copy of the file... BUT, back then, files on the Mac did not save with a file extension, for which 23 years later, makes it impossible to open old files from Apps that have long been extinct. AND silly me, I had only done one printout... even thou I was working at a service bureau and could have done a second copy easily... I just never thought how the world would change and work against me in such a way.

BTW... the Linotype Imagesetter was a BIG machine!!!

So while I was working on getting Cerebus delivered digitally for Dave at CerebusDownloads.com, I had asked him in passing if he ever remembered the above 3D illustration? YES, he did remember it and I had asked him, if he ever came across it to please have it scanned and emailed to me from whom ever did the scanning.

John Funk at Business Oasis Inc. just emailed me a hirez scan!

This is a GREAT day for me personally. I have been re-united with a rare illustration that I had given up hope of ever having a copy of. YES, I have now saved it multiple times in PSD and JPG format... You never know where the Apps and image formats are going to go in the next 23 years.

The signature was not on the original illustration. I had found an old document from that time and super imposed the words: "3D Cerebus by George Peter Gatsis - 1990" and the signature.

Given the great progress done on the Cerebus Movie by Oliver Simonsen and his world wide crew, I hope this little bit of history puts a smile on your face, given it was created by Apps that fit on 700k floppy disks and a computer that is most likely less powerful than your average coffee maker today.

Sincerely,

George Peter Gatsis
Monday, July 8, 2013





All Marshmallows hail VERONICA MARS!

VERONICA MARS - 90909 on KickStarter!

OFFERMAN by George Peter Gatsis

theCHIVE Rocks! by George Peter Gatsis
STAR TREK PHASE 2 PROPOSAL: ( newspaper-like strip execution example ) by George Peter Gatsis
PLEASE NOTE : All artwork was not scanned or clipped. It was drawn or re-drawn and re-interpreted using the WACOM tablet and Adobe Illustrator. Click here to see samples of the technique in creating hand-drawn artwork using the Illustrator program.
Fun with art. Another Creatures cover.

Video of creating the artwork in Adobe Illustrator, from concept sketch to final art.

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Fun with art. A Creatures cover.

Video of creating the artwork in Adobe Illustrator, from concept sketch to final art.

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FUN with ART! ( other characters )
PLEASE NOTE : All artwork was not scanned or clipped. It was drawn or re-drawn and re-interpreted using the WACOM tablet and Adobe Illustrator. Click here to see samples of the technique in creating hand-drawn artwork using the Illustrator program.
Fun with art. The Incredible Hulk. Video of creating the artwork in Adobe Illustrator, from concept sketch to final art. Click here to view the video.