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 (DIR) Post #B2LS8OISn6am2wejoG by MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art
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       THUVIA, MAID OF MARS (1979)Acrylic and Gouache on Illustration Board - 20” x 25”Here was another one of the Barsoomian beasts that was basically an Earthly one with more legs. 1/5#sciencefiction #illustration #edgarriceburroughs #barsoom #delreybooks
       
 (DIR) Post #B2LSCLkyB3y9KIsSky by MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art
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       To portray the banth (Barsoomian “lion”) in all his fierceness without having him look silly, I curved his body around in such a way as to make his multileggedness less apparent. 2/5
       
 (DIR) Post #B2LSEsACeyqWPjsokK by MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art
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       I also had to be careful in doing Thuvia herself, as everyone on Barsoom goes nude, and yet full-frontal nudity was unacceptable for the cover. 3/5
       
 (DIR) Post #B2LSJpzCBR376n6NLk by MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art
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       By turning her away from the viewer, I thought I had this problem solved, but Lester Del Rey had me add the G-string just to be  on the safe side. The rest of the painting is in acrylics, but I did that G-string in gouache in case I ever get the urge to wipe it off. 4/5
       
 (DIR) Post #B2LSNuRbY9VY5sKccK by MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art
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       Cover illustration for THUVIA, MAID OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Del Rey) 5/5https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/thuvia-maid-of-mars/
       
 (DIR) Post #B2LxrhO9kgMsrwP4HQ by cavyherd@wandering.shop
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       @MichaelWhelan Anticipating Photoshop layers by how many years...? 😂