Abstract, Science Fiction & Surreal Digital Illustration
I am a retired neuroscientist, now a writer and illustrator. My books are in three areas:
1. neuroscience
2. science fiction
3. inspiration/motivation
My neuroscience books include:
Neuroscience for Dummies (Wiley)
Neurobiology for Dummies (with Prof. Anne Theibert)
Essentials of Modern Neuroscience (McGraw Hill)
Discovering the Brain (Arcturus)
Science fiction books published on Amazon include:
Space Storm 2068
We're Moving to Mars series
We're Moving to Mars
Asteroid Ride to Mars
Our Life on Mars
Secrets of Cydonia
Two Weeks on the Moon
Inspiration/Motivation books include:
Images, Insights & Inspirations
Our Space Destiny
Visions & Reflections
I have exhibited science fiction and abstract art at a number of conventions in the past, such as OmegaCon, DragonCon08, Constellation and Imagicon, and has been used as cover art on several zines by Sam's Dot Publishing. I have the cover, some inside art, and a short story in the Dec09/Jan10 issue of Orion's Child SF magazine (www.galadarn.com/OrionsChild.html. ). Early Earth I on page 5 won "best color piece" at Mobicon 2009. Moon Streakers won best digital art at LibertyCon09. A piece called "Evolution" won best color at Mobicon2010.
My illustrations are primarily created with digital 3D software such as Bryce and Apophysis.
I can be contacted at [email protected] or [email protected].
Some pieces that are not in limited series are available from http://www.Zazzle.com/amthorfr, ETSY, Pinterest, DeviantArt.com, RedBubble.com and ImageKind.com (search for 'amthorfr').
I did all the illustrations for "Neuroscience for Dummies" and Neurobiology for Dummies.
All Art and Text Copyright F. R. Amthor.
It's the year 2068. Danny, Emily and Carl, and their parents Mary and Ken Newman are living on Mars when they learn that over 20 Kuiper belt planetesimals from beyond the orbit of Neptune are hurtling toward Earth and Mars. The people of Earth, Mars and its moons work to send asteroids beyond the orbit of Mars to deflect the incoming planetesimals. There may be too many to deflect. Even worse, this plan becomes thwarted when a dissident faction on Mars sabotages the asteroid launch plans, leaving the future of humanity uncertain.
The Books in my "We're Moving to Mars" series
