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The Elfstones of Shannara alt prelim

Artist: Darrell K Sweet (Painter)

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Title:	The Elfstones of Shannara alt prelim
Artist:	Darrell K Sweet (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	354
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	3/13/2024
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Darrell K Sweet painted the cover art to books two and three of Terry Brooks’ seninal Shannara fantasy series. This is an alternative prelim for the second book, “The Elfstones of Shannara”, published by Del Rey / Ballantine in 1982. “Elfstones” was the first fantasy novel I ever read as a kid, so the series has always held a special place in my heart and I’m always looking for any related art, which is incredibly difficult to come by. So I was super pleased when Jane Frank was able to unearth this for me during the artist’s son’s, Darrell Jr., recent digging through the archive. Though it’s an alternative view, it’s the same scene as the published cover and I recognized the characters and setting immediately. Not quite grail status, but definitely in the ballpark. Super big thanks to both Jane and Darrell Jr for uncovering this one!!

Acrylic on panel, signed on reverse.
4.25” x 7”

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/13/2024

Classic era for RPGs and bringing in renewed interest for high fantasy! This may be a more exciting of a cover design, but they probably wanted to go with the design that resembled The Sword of Shannara's cover with the glowing object now a stone.

Mark Geier
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 3/13/2024

That's a cool find. I loved his covers, it's fun to see an alternate take by him of one of his published covers.

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

Posted on 3/13/2024

Mark Geier wrote:

That's a cool find. I loved his covers, it's fun to see an alternate take by him of one of his published covers.

Very cool, indeed! I like the final version better, but very fun to see his process and other options he created.

Arrick Un Rama
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 4/6/2024

It's definetly cool that it's the same scene from the side. Although Im used to the book cover, I like this angle better.

Calvin S.
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 5/13/2024

What a cool piece!

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

Posted on 5/13/2024

Calvin S. wrote:

What a cool piece!

Thanks Calvin! I thought so!

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