John Carter of Mars by duo
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Description
This is a commissioned artwork for a book cover.
The book is the famous "A Princess of Mars" (first publishing 1912) the first chapter of the Barsoom/John Carter saga by Edgar Rice Burroughs (best known as the creator of the character Tarzan).
Currently the director Andrew Stanton is working with The Walt Disney Company to film the "A Princess of Mars" with a 2012 release date.
BTW: my Martian is exactly as the Burroughs book description.
Foreground (people and arches) rendered in Poser 7, background in Bryce 4 and color correction in Photoshop.
The original file is 2567x3636
Comments and rates are welcomed! :)
Luca Oleastri (a.k.a. duo, a.k.a. Innovari)
www.innovari.it
Comments (25)
claude19
UNBELIEVABLE !!! OUTSTANDING !!! GREAT work !
flavia49
Fabulous scene!!!
Biffowitz
Boy, it's gonna be difficult with one sword and just two arms! Very cool artwork, monster renders rule!!!
geirla
Great image! Wonderful job on the Thark!
wrpspeed
a fantastic work. excellent
Geodesic250
You did an Outstanding Job!!!! A Princess of Mars was the first Sci-Fi book I ever read. To bad we can't see more of Dejah Thoris ;)
jif3d
Neat Boris Vallejo style scene, well done ! ~Cheers~
shamstar
Great job. Very well done.
PapaSkip
Excellent image!
dbrv6
Great topic! and excellent Martian indeed!
LBAMagic
Excellent work
Seaview123
Very very good work! Great job!
JOELGLAINE
We ALL know Disney will screw it up just because they WILL NOT ALLOW any nudity so Dejah Thoris' outfit is shot down. Heck, even you have her over-dressed. She wore fancy jewelry and nothing else in the first book. I remember that really well. LOL Other than that one flaw, it's fantastic! Damn, that must have taken ages! W00t, and some hoorahs,too! Kick-ass.
Krid
great fantasy scene and characters with excellent poses
theseus88bc
Wow! This is amazing stuff, in the spirit of Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta... Disney will render (arf!) this a big steaming pile of mince, and no mistake. Sanitised down and modernised to suit modern sensibilties and tastes. Amazing image though!
necrophage
cool scene and pov - great capture of an old fantasy classic!
preeder
Very, very nice.
Tracesl
excellent and well done
thecytron
Xcellent composition! Great rendering work!
debbielove
Fabulous book cover! And a REALLY weird critter to boot! Great job. Rob.
DavidEMartin
A nice image with a few errors that will immediately be apparent to any longtime Edgar Rice Burroughs fan. (1) Dejah Thoris has crimson skin, not Caucasian pink. On all Barsoom, there are only two Caucasians-- John Carter and an RAF pilot who made the trip in 1940. The vast majority of Barsoomians have red skin. Isolated cultures have golden skin, ebon skin (the Omean Pirates), or are albinos (the Holy Therns). (2) Dehjah's hair is shown very short. Traditionally she has either long flowing hair or an elaborate coiffure. In a culture without clothing, hair is a way to show status. (3) Jewelry is another way to denote status. While you're correct in showing her mostly nude, I suspect a princess would be wearing more than just a metal halter. Probably she'd be wearing a thin jeweled belt that might also serve as a G-string. (Okay, she may have been stripped of most of her royal harness by her captors prior to this.) (4) John Carter has black hair. As an old Cavalry officer, he'd probably keep it trimmed a lot shorter than the length shown here. (5) Overall, the male looks more like he'd fit into Pellucidar rather than Barsoom. With his hair, coloration, and furry kilt, he'd probably serve better as David Innes, the hero of ERB's Pellucidar series. (6) The Thark or Warhoon-- you gave him humanoid ears. The Green Men of Barsoom have short trumpet-like ears located atop their heads. Can't tell if he has short tusks or not but Green Men should have enlarged canine teeth extending from their lower jaws. Not so sure about JC's sword. Carter would more likely use a sabre than a scimitar but I'll assume its something John picked up somwhere in these ruins.
duo
@DavidEMartin Yes, all true, I know, but I've take some artistic freedom... much more less than many other artists that worked on some Barsoom/John Carter images during the decades ;)
Mikeall
Fantastic - did you make (model) the Martian? Well done.
katy555
Wonderful image,excellent colors and lighting...
9002434
excellent. Well done Art Work. Bravo!!!