Dalekboy

Do your best, but don't let perfection stop you from finishing I'm a perfectionist from way back. I still try for perfect but I've learned to accept good as a fair compromise. And occasionally, when things just need to do the basics, I've learned to accept finished as a substitute for good.

Yours truly as Santa, with three ginger kittens. We actually found these kittens, which had been dumped in a national park, in late Nov. We saved them, fostered them, and thanks to the brilliant work of RSPCA, got them desexed, vaccinated, chipped, and then we looked after them for a few weeks until they found their forever homes. I wanted a picture of all three with me in my Santa gear to remember them and this was the result. The one on the right was my absolute favourite, but they were all lovely.

Psithurism - The sound of wind in the trees and the rustling of leaves

Psithurism - The sound of wind in the trees and the rustling of leaves

Pluviophile - A person who takes great joy and comfort in rainy days

Pluviophile - A person who takes great joy and comfort in rainy days

Cynophile - the technical term for a lover of dogs

Cynophile - the technical term for a lover of dogs

Did you think Batman or Batgirl just started doing flips on their own? No way! They trained on the mats, beams, bars, and rings! As always, let me know if you’d like a design with a custom colour. I went with this shade of blue because that’s the standard colour for where my daughter does gymnastics. She’s training to be Batgirl!

Some of us are loud introverts :)

I can scream a rainbow... Inspired by the artwork on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon, and Issac Newton's experiments with light.

Ming the Merciless targets our peaceful planet at the beginning of the 1980’s Flash Gordon.

They're all watching, waiting...

The eyes watch while you stop, wait, or go....

The Classic series Dalek Emperor towers over three loyal Daleks

One of the most beautiful spacecrafts in science fiction is The Liberator from Blake’s 7. Made by The System and originally called Deep Space Vehicle 2, these are the main markings on the body of the ship. This is a clean version, without panels and other colours. Since most folks think of the ship as white due to over-lighting, I have presented the markings here against a plain white background.

Are you going 2000 and 1s or 2s? My recreation of the Zero Gravity Toilet instructions from 2001 – A Space Odyssey. As usual, I’ve tried to be as accurate as possible, right down to end of line justifications. That said, this is the cut-down version, not the one with the full 10 point instructions. The full version is also on the site.

Because modern kids don't run from the undead!

The Good Place holds a comedy roast, and on the podium is this shield. I’d translate “Irrisiones Infidelium Convivia – Eius Formido” here normally, but it’s kind of a mild spoiler for the second season.

A silhouette of a famous monster from 1954

Path near the Yarrangobilly Caves in the Snowy Mountains, NSW

Because modern kids kill the undead!

I love the Space Invaders. Apart from the retro appeal, the designs of the creatures are iconic – you see that shape and you know just what it is. I thought this might be a quick, fun little piece. Instead it took me days to get right and over 33 hours to render! But you can have it with none of that trouble!

My attempt at the Command Crew Badge as worn by officers on the Planetary Union ship, The Orville. With the background colour behind the badge, I did my best to match the colour of the command uniform.

Classic 60s lady crime fighter symbol.

Australian road warning sign featuring a Dalek from the very first Dalek tale starring William Hartnell as the Doctor.

Some folks get a bit tied of being told they’re sweet all the time

Another sunrise from the Bunda Cliffs, this time with a bit of a vintage look which suits my 1970 Holden Belmont, which is in the shot.

An Australian warning road sign featuring a Invader from the classic 80s arcade game.

Morning near the Mundrabilla Roadhouse, Western Australia.

Cute and Dangerous – because girls and boys can unashamedly be both!

Spectrum has a base in Austalia – Koala Training Base! Now you too can be a member of Koala Base, and help protect the Earth from the Mysterons!

Australian style animal warning sign featuring the original version of a very popular giant Japanese turtle from 1965.

In some areas of Australia, around Christmas time, these spiders start to appear like weird Chrissy ornaments. Apart from being small and pretty, they're a communal spider often found living around groups of their own species.

The First Doctor's TARDIS console. I built this in 3D almost 20 years ago, and it's still pretty accurate.

Yes, the address from which we joined the TARDIS and her crew on their adventures! This is a clean, non grubby version of the writing. Every version of this I have seen makes do with fonts, including a cursive script for the Scrap Merchant section. I chose to painstakingly copy the original hand-painted lettering from screen caps and photos of the original sign in both the pilot and first episodes of Doctor Who to create an accurate vector graphic version. What this means is, I’ve carefully replicated some of the badly painted letters of the original, but that I’ve also captured their uniqueness! There will be two other versions soonish. A grubbier version, and one replicating the look of the original wooden gates.