Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  17 minutes ago

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SWORDS AND ICE MAGIC (1977)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 24” x 16”

This cover was for the sixth book in a series by Fritz Leiber featuring the beloved characters Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. 1/4

#fantasy #illustration #fritzleiber #fafhrd #greymouser

Through the haze of a mountaintop flurry, Grey Mouser steps with determination toward the camera, rapier angled low, as wind whips his hooded cloak. Bearded Fafhrd with short red-blonde hair, curly and tousled, towers next to him. A bandolier of metal buckles crosses Fafhrd's sleeveless scarlet tunic. His thickly muscled arms are bare to the elements as he boldly stares distantly with his sword angled up at the ready. One fur-cuffed boot is buried in a bank of snow. A mountain peak composed of ghastly faces rises above them highlighted icy white with shadows of soft blue.
Through the haze of a mountaintop flurry, Grey Mouser steps with determination toward the camera, rapier angled low, as wind whips his hooded cloak. Bearded Fafhrd with short red-blonde hair, curly and tousled, towers next to him. A bandolier of metal buckles crosses Fafhrd's sleeveless scarlet tunic. His thickly muscled arms are bare to the elements as he boldly stares distantly with his sword angled up at the ready. One fur-cuffed boot is buried in a bank of snow. A mountain peak composed of ghastly faces rises above them highlighted icy white with shadows of soft blue.
Through the haze of a mountaintop flurry, Grey Mouser steps with determination toward the camera, rapier angled low, as wind whips his hooded cloak. Bearded Fafhrd with short red-blonde hair, curly and tousled, towers next to him. A bandolier of metal buckles crosses Fafhrd's sleeveless scarlet tunic. His thickly muscled arms are bare to the elements as he boldly stares distantly with his sword angled up at the ready. One fur-cuffed boot is buried in a bank of snow. A mountain peak composed of ghastly faces rises above them highlighted icy white with shadows of soft blue.
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  3 weeks ago

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OUTBOUND (1974)
Oil on Primed Illustration Board - 20" x 15"

An early oil painting done for myself. I was attending the Art Center at the time, but this was painted outside school.

It won first place for “Science Fiction Art—Professional” in the art show at the World SF Convention that year. 1/5

#sciencefiction #illustration #marvel

A spaceship with spherical bow—reminiscent of the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey— maneuvers past an oblong asteroid. The ship is so close in the foreground that part is off panel. The rock behind it is set on a diagonal rising to the right with a flaring sun in the distance. On the asteroid's surface is a dome. Other structures hint at a colony or starbase. A line of thin red windows indicates the bridge. Not far above two communication dishes rise. A cluster of cylinders run along the long shaft of the ship. From the aft, solar panels extend out to both sides.
A spaceship with spherical bow—reminiscent of the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey— maneuvers past an oblong asteroid. The ship is so close in the foreground that part is off panel. The rock behind it is set on a diagonal rising to the right with a flaring sun in the distance. On the asteroid's surface is a dome. Other structures hint at a colony or starbase. A line of thin red windows indicates the bridge. Not far above two communication dishes rise. A cluster of cylinders run along the long shaft of the ship. From the aft, solar panels extend out to both sides.
A spaceship with spherical bow—reminiscent of the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey— maneuvers past an oblong asteroid. The ship is so close in the foreground that part is off panel. The rock behind it is set on a diagonal rising to the right with a flaring sun in the distance. On the asteroid's surface is a dome. Other structures hint at a colony or starbase. A line of thin red windows indicates the bridge. Not far above two communication dishes rise. A cluster of cylinders run along the long shaft of the ship. From the aft, solar panels extend out to both sides.
Itchi5 illustrations
Itchi5 illustrations  ·  last month

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Asking for a little favor.

A few years ago -for obvious reasons- I deleted all my american services. (instagram, facebook etc)

The result was my business plummeting down, no projects came in anymore, making it nearly impossible to come around after 20 years of career.

The favor I'm asking is if you know someone who's working with illustrators, or even just interested, just share my stuff please. Thanks :)

My portfolio
https://www.itchi5.com

#freelanceillustrator #illustration #europe

Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  2 months ago

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THE ULTIMATE ENEMY (1979)
Acrylic and Gouache on Illustration Board - 28" x 18"

Sometimes the simplest statements have the strongest force. The image is ostensibly a representation of the struggle to preserve life against the onslaught of the Berserker war machines described by Fred Saberhagen. 1/3

#sciencefiction#scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #fredsaberhagen

A monstrously large robot looms on the horizon while a simple plant sprouts defiantly from barren, rocky soil in the near foreground. The arms of the robot lurch forward with fingers tensed to grip, implying a sense of forward motion, marching toward the plant. While it's body resembles a stocky biped, it's head is an asymmetrical jumble, which on close examination looks like futuristic buildings set off-center right upon its shoulders. Stiff antennae protrude upward from head and shoulders. Red and orange eye-like lights are set akimbo, an uneven diagonal that adds to the sense of uneasiness about the mechanical monstrosity.
A monstrously large robot looms on the horizon while a simple plant sprouts defiantly from barren, rocky soil in the near foreground. The arms of the robot lurch forward with fingers tensed to grip, implying a sense of forward motion, marching toward the plant. While it's body resembles a stocky biped, it's head is an asymmetrical jumble, which on close examination looks like futuristic buildings set off-center right upon its shoulders. Stiff antennae protrude upward from head and shoulders. Red and orange eye-like lights are set akimbo, an uneven diagonal that adds to the sense of uneasiness about the mechanical monstrosity.
A monstrously large robot looms on the horizon while a simple plant sprouts defiantly from barren, rocky soil in the near foreground. The arms of the robot lurch forward with fingers tensed to grip, implying a sense of forward motion, marching toward the plant. While it's body resembles a stocky biped, it's head is an asymmetrical jumble, which on close examination looks like futuristic buildings set off-center right upon its shoulders. Stiff antennae protrude upward from head and shoulders. Red and orange eye-like lights are set akimbo, an uneven diagonal that adds to the sense of uneasiness about the mechanical monstrosity.
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  ·  2 months ago

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THE INTEGRAL TREES (1984)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 38"

Being suspended in space, floating unencumbered yet in control of one's flight, is as close to pure freedom as I can imagine. 1/4

#sciencefiction#scifi #scifiart #illustration #larryniven

A woman with short blonde hair floats weightless in front of clumps of cloud shaped vegetation dotted with flowers. The figure looks very Peter Pan-esque posed with one knee raised wearing green capri-style pants and a vest with no shirt beneath. A harpoon rests across her shoulders with a rope line dangling loose. She holds a coil of it with her toes. An enormous tree trunk with a chrome engine firing off the side arcs past, diminishing back into the blue sky where it intersects clump. A diagonal line of light serves as a tilted horizon of sorts but there is no land, just sky occupied by clouds and clumps.
A woman with short blonde hair floats weightless in front of clumps of cloud shaped vegetation dotted with flowers. The figure looks very Peter Pan-esque posed with one knee raised wearing green capri-style pants and a vest with no shirt beneath. A harpoon rests across her shoulders with a rope line dangling loose. She holds a coil of it with her toes. An enormous tree trunk with a chrome engine firing off the side arcs past, diminishing back into the blue sky where it intersects clump. A diagonal line of light serves as a tilted horizon of sorts but there is no land, just sky occupied by clouds and clumps.
A woman with short blonde hair floats weightless in front of clumps of cloud shaped vegetation dotted with flowers. The figure looks very Peter Pan-esque posed with one knee raised wearing green capri-style pants and a vest with no shirt beneath. A harpoon rests across her shoulders with a rope line dangling loose. She holds a coil of it with her toes. An enormous tree trunk with a chrome engine firing off the side arcs past, diminishing back into the blue sky where it intersects clump. A diagonal line of light serves as a tilted horizon of sorts but there is no land, just sky occupied by clouds and clumps.
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