Mahar's Stare

"Still the girl advanced, chained by that clammy eye."

Second in my thesis focusing on the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, this time focusing on Pellucidar, the first series of his I read. I was in the 6th grade, I think. Leave it to Burroughs to make the idea of telepathic pterosaurs sound awesome, in the same way a giant jet-powered turtle is awesome. The Mahars were kind of like steampunk Skeksis in a way. I even enjoyed that movie from the 70s with Peter Cushing, of course Caroline Munro helped.

John Carter of Mars

So yeah, this picture pretty much took my entire weekend to produce. It's the first in a series of pictures for my thesis project in figure drawing class. We have to come up with four pictures that followed a theme, so I chose the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of my favorite authors. The next three will focus on Pellucidar, Tarzan, and a fourth which I haven't decided on yet. I'm thinking either Venus or the Moon Maid. I'd do Caspak if I weren't already using that story for another project.

Here we see John Carter and a Thark about to engage in some good ol' fashioned Martian diplomacy while Dejah Thoris looks on. Is it just me or does John Carter look like Doctor McCoy? "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a swordsman!"

I think the only problem I have with this picture is that I have Dejah just standing there without giving her anything to do. I was originally going to have her cowering but I didn't know if I had enough room.

I'm still proud of this picture because I think I've advanced with my cross-hatching and drawing of people.

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