BLUE ARCHWAY (1978) by Michael Whelan

This painting served as the title page of Michael’s first art book Wonderworks. It was interesting to find the original almost 40 years later. Additionally, there were a few B&W interior illos from the book that I’ll be featuring here soon.

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A charcoal illustration by Michael Whelan completed for the interior of Dragons of Darkness edited by Orson Scott Card.

Fans may recall that Michael’s illustration FILED TEETH was slated for the cover of this book, but the publisher used it for the preceeding volume Dragons of Light because the artist assigned that cover missed deadline.

For the record, “Filed Teeth” is the title of a short story by Glenn Cook collected in that second volume.

Because of confusion surrounding the cover, I thought this interior was an interesting find. I still have no idea which volume it was published in. Any readers have the books to check?

Source: michaelwhelan.com

THE GUNSLINGER: THE WAYSTATION (1982) by Michael Whelan Acrylic on Illustration Board - 20” x 30” When asked about this painting for the endpapers of the first Dark Tower book, Michael said, “I just love painting textures.” Collectors will notice...
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THE GUNSLINGER: THE WAYSTATION (1982) by Michael Whelan

Acrylic on Illustration Board - 20” x 30”

When asked about this painting for the endpapers of the first Dark Tower book, Michael said, “I just love painting textures.” Collectors will notice that he added the ropes after the book was published.

(via theartofmichaelwhelan)

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theartofmichaelwhelan: “Interior illustration of Shallan by Michael Whelan for Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. This will be on the endpapers of book #2 of The Stormlight Archive. For more on the making of the cover, check out Michael’s post...
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theartofmichaelwhelan:

Interior illustration of Shallan by Michael Whelan for Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson.  This will be on the endpapers of book #2 of The Stormlight Archive.

For more on the making of the cover, check out Michael’s post on TOR.com.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/12/michael-whelan-shallan-endpapers-words-of-radiance

Michael recently won a Stabby for his illustration SHALLAN. We’re working on coordinating a Reddit AMA with him. More details as they develop.

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Source: tor.com

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