Paul Antonson

A glacier in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Drawn and painted in the sketchbook.

Illustration for economic survey which suggested the US Gov pursue alternative energies.

Having monsterous webbed claws makes it difficult to operate spacecraft.

One of my favorite themes of The Creature from the Black Lagoon is how the gill-man evolved through time in a lost corner of the Amazon. This savage fellow of the Devonian Age is also utterly girl-crazy and spends much of the film chasing after Julia Adams. So it only made sense to me that given a little time, the Creature would evolve to reach outer-space and continue his lustful pursuits to the far reaches of the galaxy. As a result I created the illustration above and mocked it up to appear as if it were an old sci-fi book cover. I think Michael Chabon should write this book and a subsequent screenplan which could be the sequel to the remake which may or may not come out in 2008.

A sketchbook drawing of the fireplace in my apartment (within which a TV sits). Color and textures were done in photoshop.

A couple recent illustrations done for WSJ.com’s economic forecast survey.

I made these sketches during the Christmas Eve service at my Dad’s church. He’s delivered Christmas sermons there for twenty-two years and he’ll be retiring in January.
I’ve done a lot of sketching in church.