![]() ![]() Krenkel, Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Michael Whelan, Joe Jusko and a horde of others have tried their hand at illustrating Burroughs’ Barsoom. The book is a wellspring from which much of our modern science fiction tropes originated.Īnd the details of the book, so lushly described by Burroughs, have inspired artists of all stripes, to try to depict them.Īside from Schoonover, artists like J. A Princess of Mars can beconsidered the seminal novel in the genre of Planetary Romance or Sword and Planet. Schoonover, but he was only the first of what would become an army of illustrators who all have tried their hand at depicting Burroughs’ Barsoom.īarsoom is a popular subject for science fiction and fantasy illustrators partly because of the romance of the story but also because Burroughs’ description of weapons, armor and costume (or rather, lack of costume) excited the imagination of the book’s readers. That first edition was illustrated by Frank E. Published in the All-Story Magazine in serialized format with the title Under the Moons of Mars (and under the pseudonym Norman Bean) Burroughs introduced us to Confederate army veteran John Carter who travels to a Mars that never was, a dying planet filled with monstrous creatures, four armed tusked tharks, giant white apes, red skinned men and, of course, the red skinned princess Dejah Thoris.īurroughs’ serialized story was published as a novel in 1917 and was given the title A Princess of Mars. Burroughs introduced us to Barsoom in his very first novel back in 1912. You don’t necessarily have to have them in your portfolio or even have actually shown them to anybody, but they should be part of your experience as an artist.Īnd for some fantasy artists their experience would not be complete without having at least tried depicting Barsoom.īarsoom, as most science fiction and fantasy readers know, is the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs. You simply can’t call yourself a fantasy artist unless you have tried to depict one or all of these illustration tropes. Planets, spaceships, castles, warriors (male or female) brandishing swords or spears, dragons or other creatures. The artist has to experience what it is like to capture these elements on paper or canvas.įor the science fiction and fantasy illustrator the subjects become more specific. With varying degrees of success, the artist has to have at least tried to depict certain types of scenes from low lighting, moody, introspective pieces to high energy, action scenes. When an artist is learning to draw or paint there are certain subjects at which they all must try their hand.
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