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Revisiting the art of Herobits, I am pleased to present for the first time the 3D Art of Emmanuel Ernel Sapinoso. Emmanuel created beautiful 3D renderings of the enemy, the LRX Reaper, for the Herobits card game and story. Emmanuel’s work on the Reaper is based on my original design concept for the machines and Xerx’s art work featured on the James Willstorm cards. The Reaper cards were never produced, and this is the firs time any of these images have been made public. I hope you like them:

LRX Reaper with Chainsaw

LRX Reaper with Drill

LRX Reaper

You’ll no doubt notice that the art in the above cards is a completely different approach than that used by Emmanuel Xerx Javier. In fact, all of the decks featured different artists working in their preferred medium and style.

All images are copyright Gseb Marketing Inc., but you’re free to download them and use them for any non profit or non commercial use, like desktop wallpaper or a picture on your blog/website. You may not use them for any commercial or for profit venture without the express written permission of Gseb Marketing Inc. * The game, Herobits, is no longer in production so actually buying a deck may be rather difficult… but not impossible.

Cheers.

Emmanuel Xerx Javier created the cover art for the first four Digital Science Fiction anthologies, but that’s not how I got to know Xerx. Our first project together was a little known, sadly undersold, science fiction themed card game called Herobits. Xerx created the initial concept art based on my theme, and developed the look and feel of both the first Herobit, James Willstorm, and the not so friendly enemy robots. Ed Greenwood helped me with the initial background story, but rather than get into that I’d rather share a few of Xerx’s images for one of the first Herobits’ decks:

James Willstorm - Block

James Willstorm - Grenade Launcher

James Willstorm - Energy Mace

There are more from Emmanuel, and four other artists for different characters. I’ll share them over time because I think the artists did a fabulous job on these and should be showcased even if the game didn’t take off.

All images are copyright Gseb Marketing Inc., but you’re free to download them and use them for any non profit or non commercial use, like desktop wallpaper or a picture on your blog/website. You may not use them for any commercial or for profit venture without the express written permission of Gseb Marketing Inc. * The game, Herobits, is no longer in production so actually buying a deck may be rather difficult… but not impossible.

Cheers.

Pressure Suite - Digital Science Fiction Anthology 3

I am pleased to finally present the story and author list for the third instalment of the Digital Science Fiction Anthology.

This edition of Digital Science Fiction’s anthology series delves into the corners of the human psyche to push and prod and demonstrate how our species acts under varying degrees of adversity. We didn’t intentionally seek out any particular theme – it emerged and developed its own life as if it was sentient and wanted to emphatically demonstrate its existence. From the slightly humorous to an in-depth look at how the mind can fragment under intense strain, these ten stories cover the gamut of human responses to pressure.

Pressure Suite – Digital Science Fiction Anthology 3, contains the following original science fiction stories from these terrific writers:

• Coil Gun – by Matthew W. Quinn
• 50-Foot Woman Over Redgunk, Mississippi – by William R. Eakin
• Beyond Valhalla – by Laura J. Campbell
• Brae na Ùrd – by R.J. Bell
• The Blanket Box – by David Murphy
• Pressure and the Argument Tree – by Kyle Aisteach
• Skirmish at Heklara – by James C. Glass
• The Crossing – by Fox Mc Geever
• The Sun Dodgers – by Kate O’Connor
• Son of Man – by Jason Palmer

Anthology 3 is less than two weeks from publication now. Watch for it soon!

– Michael

Come over and check out the Digital Science Fiction Facebook Fan Page. It’s new, needs some work, and needs some ‘friends’.

Cheers   — Michael

Digital Science Fiction Anthology 2, Therefore I Am, is now available on Amazon in regular paperback format. The new book looks great and we know you will love the stories.

Get Therefore I Am in paperback for 11.99 or less now!

Cheers — Michael

by Michael Wills

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