Searching for an Artist

[FreeTrav]

Someone sent me a picture of a droyne via an anonymous remailer service, with a specifically undeliverable return address. I would like to use this picture as the cover of the September/October issue, but I would prefer to know that I'm not violating someone's reserved rights. A reverse image search didn't find a match (though it apparently recognized it as a Droyne, because it suggested a lot of droyne images).

Can anyone identify the artist and provide contact information?

 

[casquilho]

https://www.deviantart.com/sabakakrazny/art/Droyne-Sport-346217356

 

[Spartan159]

Further information: Deviant art post about the artist

 

[Tobias]

Sadly, Bryan Gibson passed away more than 10 years ago and his deviantart page has been deactivated.

You may want to contact one of the still-active(?) companies he was working with (Spica Publishing comes to mind). ISTR he also did work with Mongoose. They might have contact information regarding his estate.

 

[FreeTrav]

Sadly, Bryan Gibson passed away more than 10 years ago and his deviantart page has been deactivated.

You may want to contact one of the still-active(?) companies he was working with (Spica Publishing comes to mind). ISTR he also did work with Mongoose. They might have contact information regarding his estate.

Thank you. I wish I knew who sent me this; if it was someone entitled to, I would thank them for the tribute; if it was not, I would admonish them for disrespecting an Absent Friend.

 

[FreeTrav]

Beyond that, if someone could point me to an image of a Droyne that I can legitimately use as the cover for the next issue, I'd be appreciative.

 

[Tobias]

The only Droyne art online that I could find that was not either Bryan Gibson's or from an official Traveller product:
a.) This lone 3D model on deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/the-dodger/art/Droyne-800054603
b.) This person's portfolio on a furry site(!), but seems all SFW:

Artwork Gallery for Seriayne -- Fur Affinity [dot] net

July 30. 'Personal furry': Black Housecat. Totem Animal: Wolf. Spirit Guide: Scrub Jay. Resident: Prancing Skiltaire, Garden G ...

www.furaffinity.net

Some nice sketches of Droyne and this one of a Droyne scout ship which would make a good cover in its own right:

Droyne Scout Over Neu Mirny by Seriayne

Can't reveal too much about this right here, just now because the player's access to the account.. . What I can say is, its a ...

www.furaffinity.net

May be worth contacting them.

 

[FreeTrav]

... I recognize that 'signature' glyph from somewhere... But from the FA site, there's no contact info, just a link to xes site at imverod.com, which doesn't have any addresses or other contact method.

I should note that I find many of these artist community sites to be annoying; you can't comment or send messages unless you're a member of the site - and most of them seem to have terms of service that essentially require you to be an artist. If I can publicly view the art, I should be able to contact the artist through the site to e.g., request licensing terms or to commission works.