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A beautiful piece congratulations on getting it. It almost seems to be a rule: great cover = lousy book and lousy cover = great book
I wonder if this was for "I am Barbarian" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
It's always good to see the preliminaries the artists do before they do their work. For myself who is learning art still they offer a valuable lesson without the master there. Keith
It's beautiful work. It was a shame in the books that they didn't use the full cover for the painting instead of a square with the text outside. Hescox is good--very damn good. His Classic series paintings are wonders to behold. I hope he gets another shot at Burroughs books. Keith
It looks like this study may be for the cover to Lin Carter's 'Black Star."
First off, thanks. I saw about this tutorial over on the Frank Cho board and pulled it to my computer to look over it in a more leisure time. Finally, I was able to today. The slow building up through layers is a technique I've read about but this demonstration has convinced me to try the technique on my next ( or current ) painting. The masking fluid idea is a godsend since I often have to redraw upon the latest opaque layer with a piece of chalk. I can see that the whole process takes quite a while...patience, patience...and that is why some of my painting have a very rough finish to them. One other question: my wife mentions that I have some difficulty with the human figure and I agree with her. Is there a book or tutorial that you know of that could point me in the right direction for better paintings with figures involved? Thank you and thanks in advance, Keith
Sweet piece. I like the way you changed the green men's heads in your drawing style. It adds some more dynamic to the "first" alien race.
Very nice. When I first glanced it the picture reminded me of Clyde Caudwell's work. The color scheme is also one that CC uses.
The bottom sketch appears to be the preliminaryfor Lin Carter's "The Black Star" a series that was envisioned to be a trilogy but was abandoned after the first book.
Interesting, I remember the drawing from Ballentines (SFBC) book of the 1970's; Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Synthetic Men of Mars." It's curious how he changed the pose and position of the girl, Jan-el I believe, from this original sketch. Nice find!
Nice Pen &Ink work along with the upper frame for the girl. The freckles are a nice touch; they aren't used often enough. Keith
If you're still looking at what is a problem with this preliminary, I believe I see three things: The Mouth, the Eyebrows and to a lesser degree the eyes. Unfortunitly the face looks like disgust in in her mind but trying to keep the facial expression neutral. Keith
Dear God!!! I never realized how much detail was lost in the reproduction in the SFBC Mastermind of Mars plate. Thanks for sharing this. It's crazy but Frazetta inks normally look better than they did in the reproductions of the 70's. I can see the technique and other subtilities of the drawing. Thank you very much for sharing, Keith
