FILED TEETH (1980)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 22"
Ace Books contacted me about doing a cover painting for one of a two-book series: DRAGONS OF LIGHT and DRAGONS OF DARKNESS. My art was to be for the second volume.
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 22"
Ace Books contacted me about doing a cover painting for one of a two-book series: DRAGONS OF LIGHT and DRAGONS OF DARKNESS. My art was to be for the second volume.
The book was an anthology, but I chose to depict a specific scene from a story by Glen Cook because it was appropriately gloomy and lent itself to the suggestion in the title very well.
I completed the painting, delivered it, and bent my mind to the next task.
I completed the painting, delivered it, and bent my mind to the next task.
I forgot about it until a proof copy arrived. DRAGONS OF LIGHT had been published, but with my painting on the cover. The first artist had missed his deadline, so they put my cover on the book instead.
This prompted a few fans to comment to me, "If this is Dragons of Light, what will Dragons of Darkness look like? All black?"
Cover illustration for DRAGONS OF LIGHT edited by Orson Scott Card (ACE)
michaelwhelan.com/galleries/file…
michaelwhelan.com/galleries/file…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
