Spider headed robot for science fiction book and magazine cover art

Since I often find myself creating illustrations for science fiction book covers (as well as an occasional magazine), I’ve been busy buying and creating a variety of robot 3D models. These serve as the reference models — or sometimes even the starting point for my digital painting — that then lead to the final illustration for the book or magazine.

I thought I’d showcase just a few of these creatures that I’ve been creating the last few months. Please note that these are the final paintings, not the raw renders (which are too crude to even post for the most part). I’m hoping you’ll enjoy seeing these various androids, robots, and cyborgs — and consider letting me create some illustrations for your novel or magazine projects.

UNhea-1 robot for book cover and magazine illustrations

Unheavenly Body UNhea-1 robot for book cover and magazine illustrations

Fairy Lights - robot art for a book cover or magazine

Shiny New - Encounters artwork for book and magazine covers by artist Duncan Long

And this is an example of some of these models being put to work — in this case, as an ad for Amazing Stories Magazine:

Robot and space gal illustration for Amazing Stories Magazine

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Duncan Long creates artwork and illustrations for science fiction novels and magazines. You can see more of his artwork at: Duncan Long’s Book Cover Artwork.