Further work-in-progress for the upcoming Artist Militia group topic. (“Further?” You query questioningly? Yes, subscribing to my twitter or Instagram feeds sometimes turns up even-less-fit-for-public-consumption behind-the-scenes peeks such as this.)

Final version coming later this week, probably.

Yes I know, I just used Mr. Stay Puft two weeks ago, but I’m sure a bunch of people were thinking the same thing…

I had just finished looking at a bunch of old space adventure illustrations when it hit me that this was obviously the direction I needed to go next. And since it’s been a while since I’ve done what could really be called a “complete” illustration, I decided to put a bit more work into it than usual. Stay tuned.

Somewhere in the heavens it lurks—waiting to trap the chance fish ejected into space by the carelessness of the higher-level sentients of the galaxy.