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On his blog, artist Michael Whelan revealed how he painted the cover for A Memory of Light.
The blog article shares sketches, color tests and materials he used to create the action-packed cover. Darrell Sweet, the original cover artist for the series, passed away, so Whelan took over the design of the epic series.
Here’s more from Whelan’s blog: “I digitized all the existing cave and figure visualizations I had accumulated. In Photoshop, I played around with combining them in ways that might work. On my studio laptop, I set up a slideshow of the more appealing approaches and painted the figures selected into the backgrounds I had chosen. These I sent to Irene Gallo at TOR books for selection as a cover approach. Some were more highly developed than others—I learned long ago that the powers that choose such things tend to favor more finished concepts than looser ones—so naturally I tended to favor the concepts I was most interested in developing into a full scale painting.”
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Today Michael Whelan visited -
Gave a great slide presentation. Lots of fabulous art (his more current gallery work is pretty spectacular). It was fun to hear him. He was the first fantasy artist whose name I knew, books I bought and went to hear speak decades ago... His painting is just more impressive over time. He demonstrated some paintings and signed posters for us. :-)
After dinner, Donato gave a slide presentation. Also fabulous. He is so high energy and enthusiastic about what he does that it is very inspiring (although sometimes also depressing because his work is so awesome!)
Lots of faculty painting again this evening. This time I watched Charles Vess paint with FW inks (I medium I've never painted with before). One always feels terribly torn between watching all the amazing art being made by the amazing faculty artists, or working on one's own. I try to do some of both.
I *did* get my drawing finished, and scanned and printed out on watercolor paper (about a day behind where I wish I was...)
Now, as soon as I can figure out what colors to make this thing, I'll start painting it!
I love this--much edgier than your usual work. I think it's a huge step in a new direction.
Wish I were there to watch!
Jane
How do you print on watercolor paper? Is it a special printer? What's the weight of the paper? Cold/hot pressed? I'm just fascinated with this. I love your drawing. I wish I was there, but it's way beyond me. Thanks for sharing it!
oooh, i am so envious ;-) looks (awe)inspiring!! and i love the composition of your final drawing .
It looks great.
Wow - this is beautiful. I am really enjoying this journey.. and I am blown away by what you are creating there!
Your drawing is starting to come alive! :) Keep having fun!
Wonderful sketch! Can't wait to see the finished color. Thanks for sharing all this!
ooh I'm jealous you met Michael Whelan. I have always loved his art, I think I would act like a bumbling idiot in front of him lol
You must be one of the artists "given gentle-yet-firm push" to start painting that Irene Gallo mentioned over on her Art Department blog.... :)
Michael Whelan! I'm jealous. I remember that painting you posted on one of the Year's Best Horror Stories. I love one he did with in the ammonite paintings of a boy standing by a fossil fence, with an owl, but I can never find that one...*sigh*
Again, I have to say how perfectly wicked the monkeys are! I love them (and each unique costume)!
Lucky lucky you, getting to do the Michael Whelan thang.
I am really curious to see how the steam-punky-monkeys turn out now.
Hope you are having a great and creatively stretchy time!