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Taarna : Barry Kitson (watercolor)

Artist: Barry Kitson (All)

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Taarna : Barry Kitson (watercolor) Comic Art

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Title:	Taarna : Barry Kitson (watercolor)
Artist:	Barry Kitson (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	576
Likes on CAF:	12 13
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	3/13/2023
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Description

At the beginning of every month, Barry Kitson takes suggestions from followers of his Facebook page for his daily warmup sketches. For quite some time -- at least a couple of years, I think -- I dropped a suggestion every month like clockwork that Barry draw Taarna, my longtime heroine from Heavy Metal, the animated film (and more recently, in the magazine itself, and in comics too). Barry often hinted that he might get to Taarna eventually, but it hadn�t happened yet.

At long last, Barry�s partner and art rep messaged me that he not only had drawn my Taarna suggestion, but had gone far beyond a mere warmup sketch with her. In fact, he�d drawn something so detailed that he had decided to offer a painted version of the piece to the editorial staff at Heavy Metal for possible use as a cover. As it turned out, the Heavy Metal folks passed on the opportunity, so I ended up being able to buy both the original pencils and the finished watercolor painting. (There�s also a third version that Barry inked over a blueline scan, which I did not purchase and that went to another fan.) The two pieces now hang side-by-side on my office wall.

This is the watercolor painting. The original pencils can be viewed elsewhere in this gallery.

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Colin Solan
Member Since 2004
CAF Administrator

Posted on 3/13/2023

Interesting perspective

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/14/2023

The cosmic backgrounds added here is sublime and really puts this on another level.

Derek Crabbe
Member Since 2020

Posted on 3/14/2023

It's your one way ticket to midnight. Call it heavy metal.

Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 11/30/2024

Derek Crabbe wrote:

It's your�one way ticket to midnight. Call it heavy metal.

Ha! Perfect.

Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 3/15/2023

Breathtaking piece!

Dan Perrin
Member Since 2018

Posted on 10/16/2023

It's a very special piece.

Huge congratulations to you for getting what sounds your dream piece!

Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012

Posted on 11/30/2024

Michael, that is tremendous. Heavy Metal's loss, your gain. Terrific piece of art.

Congratulations on getting this one.

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