The Gate
To celebrate the launch of the real-time strategy epic Homeworld 3, we’re proud to have partnered with Gearbox Publishing and the game’s developer Blackbird Interactive to bring you an all-new painting by the legendary science fiction artist John Harris that brings his vast and beautiful spacescapes to the Homeworld universe.
During a career that has spanned six decades the art of John Harris has appeared on the covers of dozens of books by some of the true giants of science fiction, including Isaac Asimov, John Scalzi, Orson Scott Card and Ann Leckie. In 1984 NASA invited him to witness the launch of the Space Shuttle and his painting depicting that moment now hangs in the Kennedy Space Centre. His visionary art has also been a lifelong inspiration to many at Blackbird and to the Homeworld team, capturing as it does a color-drenched universe with megastructures and vistas as luminous and mysterious as they are vast in scale.
This all-new work by Harris—titled The Gate—combines his signature colossal ship designs and visually striking oil technique with Homeworld’s own deep lore, depicting an ancient, gigantic spacecraft emerging from a jumpgate, flanked by escort ships from the Hiigaran fleet.
This evocative and inspiring artwork from a legendary artist is available to pre-order in three premium, limited editions, including 65 large prints hand-signed by John Harris himself.
© 2024 Gearbox. The Homeworld, Gearbox and the Gearbox Software logos are registered trademarks, and the Homeworld logo is a trademark, of Gearbox.
Books photo courtesy of—and copyright—journalist Andrew Liptak, whose excellent interview with John Harris can be found here if you'd like to know more about John, his life and his process.
- The final artwork will be revealed on May 24!
- You can always cancel your pre-order before the full artwork reveal and receive a full refund. After the pre-order period ends on May 24, our usual Return Policy for art print applies.
- The large-size fine art print is hand-signed by John Harris and comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity as well.
- If you order the standard-size fine art print before May 24 you get a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity by John Harris with your order.
- The artwork will be reproduced as either a 15-color silkscreen print or as a giclee print. This will be determined after the pre-order period has ended.
During a career that has spanned six decades the art of John Harris has appeared on the covers of dozens of books by some of the true giants of science fiction, including Isaac Asimov, John Scalzi, Orson Scott Card and Ann Leckie. In 1984 NASA invited him to witness the launch of the Space Shuttle and his painting depicting that moment now hangs in the Kennedy Space Centre. His visionary art has also been a lifelong inspiration to many at Blackbird and to the Homeworld team, capturing as it does a color-drenched universe with megastructures and vistas as luminous and mysterious as they are vast in scale.
This all-new work by Harris—titled The Gate—combines his signature colossal ship designs and visually striking oil technique with Homeworld’s own deep lore, depicting an ancient, gigantic spacecraft emerging from a jumpgate, flanked by escort ships from the Hiigaran fleet.
This evocative and inspiring artwork from a legendary artist is available to pre-order in three premium, limited editions, including 65 large prints hand-signed by John Harris himself.
© 2024 Gearbox. The Homeworld, Gearbox and the Gearbox Software logos are registered trademarks, and the Homeworld logo is a trademark, of Gearbox.
Books photo courtesy of—and copyright—journalist Andrew Liptak, whose excellent interview with John Harris can be found here if you'd like to know more about John, his life and his process.
John Harris
Painter John Harris' guiding muse is the sense of scale, the atmosphere of being in an unknowable and unlimited space. During a career that has spanned six decades, the art of John Harris has appeared on the covers of dozens of books by some of the true giants of science fiction, including Isaac Asimov, John Scalzi, Orson Scott Card and Ann Leckie.