Last bit of Halloween fun. A re-imagined portrait of author Stephen R. Cox by Michael Whelan.

The source material was an unused author photo that I’d worked up for a recent redesign of Steve’s website. Michael wasn’t content leaving it on the cutting room floor and transformed the author into a rad leper from the Mutant Hunter series.

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THE GHOUL WITH THE PEARL EARRING by Michael Whelan Oils - 20” x 16” This began life as a drawing in one of my sketchbooks while reading MUTANT HUNTER: THE SLICKS. I was trying to get the feel of one of the mutant characters in the book, but it fell...
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THE GHOUL WITH THE PEARL EARRING by Michael Whelan

Oils - 20” x 16”

This began life as a drawing in one of my sketchbooks while reading MUTANT HUNTER: THE SLICKS. I was trying to get the feel of one of the mutant characters in the book, but it fell short of the mark. I liked the thing’s grin enough to want to try to paint it, however, so I devoted a little time one morning sketching the head out in oils. Later I came into my studio and noticed for the first time how similar the head position was to that of the girl in the famous painting by Vermeer…so I put some more time into it and brought it up to a full color rendering.

(via theartofmichaelwhelan)

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GUILLERMO’S ZOMBIE by Michael Whelan I got to meet Guillermo del Toro at a Horror convention in NYC, where he showed up to promote the imminent release of his film, HELLBOY II. He gave me a copy of his novel THE STRAIN. When I asked him to sign it...
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GUILLERMO’S ZOMBIE by Michael Whelan

I got to meet Guillermo del Toro at a Horror convention in NYC, where he showed up to promote the imminent release of his film, HELLBOY II. He gave me a copy of his novel THE STRAIN. When I asked him to sign it for me, he graciously agreed. To my delight he included a cartoon self portrait sketched under his signature. As a “thank you’ I sent him this oil sketch of a zombie…with a little self portrait of my own added [in the hand of the monster].

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