We haven't offered it before, but I'll be glad to mention it the next time we discuss new prints.

Anti AI Stickers — Kelly McKernan Designed including my piece “Kalopsia” which was created to illustrate the ecological damage that generative AI is causing with its obscene use of power. Stickers are 3” x 3” and made with weather saf...

These are stickers I designed to protest AI in the arts, and when you buy them, you’re supporting a single non-binary parent to a genderfluid kiddo in need of funds to move out of Tennessee in 6 weeks. Every little bit helps. 🙏🏻

www.kellymckernan.com/shop/no-ai-s...

Interestingly, there are a couple ways to report issues on Etsy. I usually use their copyright reporting form as the infringement is direct abuse of a specific work. This time around I reported from the product page for violating Etsy's policies (no specific work to tie the report to).

And because I've seen the comparison: This is not an H.P. Lovecraft situation of "separate the art from the artist."

Lovecraft is a century dead. He's not alive right now, trying to suppress records of his yacht visiting Epstein Island and swearing to make the lives of millions of ppl unlivable.

Sometimes authors create conflict that is best not addressed on the cover. 😂

Yesterday I spent the day waiting to sign the mediated settlement agreement that would wrap up a painful separation and "no contest" divorce that has lasted 3+ years.

That inexplicably didn't happened because the mediator never confirmed the time/date over the weekend... 😑

We haven't offered prints because rights were part of the commission. It was an unusual deal at the time. I suspect it's something that could be worked out, but I'm not sure it'll ever happen.

The Art of Michael Whelan | Substack Fine artist of Imaginative Realism. Illustrator of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Winner of 15 Hugo Awards. Inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2009. Click to read The Art of Michael Whelan, a Substack...

Either from Substack (currently):

theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com

Or there's a sign up form on website:

www.michaelwhelan.com/follow-us/

Damnit, I keep fixing it then cutting & pasting the wrong alt-text. 🤦‍♂️

Perhaps a creature design feature for the newsletter?

Acrylics Part 1 – Working Time When talking to artists at conventions and in-person events, the questions I receive most often are about my use of [...]

There's advice on materials and technique in the FAQ on the website: www.michaelwhelan.com/faq/

Also, Muddy Colors is an art community I work with that also has useful information. For example, @sarahfinnigan.bsky.social wrote a 2-part guide on acrylics:

www.muddycolors.com/2023/02/acry...

I'll be glad to mention it the next time we discuss new prints. We've offered prints of a few covers in the series.

No ECCC for me this weekend! The costs to vend have become insurmountable, unfortunately.

Your support would still be SO appreciated though! 💜

www.kellymckernan.com/shop

This finished at $11,875.00 last night. This is the third concept in the plus $10K range at Heritage in the last year. The other Whelan concept at auction went for $5K. Both excellent comps.

Coincidentally, Dan dos Santos asked me about instructional videos last week since they do a lot of that over at Muddy Colors. When I shared Michael's reservations, Dan said he just needed to get over it. 😂

And I agree...Michael would be a great teacher. I'll keep working on him about it. 3/3

Taking Flight Explaining the Process of Illustration

Michael has said that he takes such a unique approach to each painting that he doesn't feel like he could provide much in terms of instruction. Instead he shares process for individual paintings instead. This is probably the best example:

theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/taking-fli...
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We get a lot of requests in the realm of instruction, a topic covered in the website FAQ:

www.michaelwhelan.com/faq/#technique
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I sent in corrections to Heritage because the title of the book and publisher are wrong. The art was for the frontispiece of the Archival Press edition of The Vanishing Tower. 3/3

The Demonslayer comp is of particular note because:

1) There's no public sales data on Elric outside of the newer pieces we've listed. I've been waiting years for something to come to market.

2) Prelims for major work like this have jumped into the 5 figure range.

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Concept for ELRIC DEMONSLAYER matted in black and framed in gold. Elric's clothes are torn to shreds but he stands victorious straddling a green scaled demon with Stormbringer drawn back over his head ready to deal the killing blow.

Preliminary concept for WHERE EVIL DWELLS tripled matted (?) and framed in gold. A warrior in black tunic emblazoned with red crouches back from a horde of monsters. He grips his sword with both hands.

There's a couple @michaelwhelan.bsky.social preliminaries at auction on Heritage that I'm following with the intention of writing about soon. 1/3

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Could you please send the details of your interview request via email, either through the website contact form or to me at webmaster AT michaelwhelan DOT com? I'll make sure Michael sees it. Thanks.

www.michaelwhelan.com/contact/

No plans currently but I’ll be glad to mention it the next time we discuss new prints.

Happy we have officially announced this thing I've been working on for ten freakin' years. Expect to hear more from me about it over the next little while. Meanwhile, here are details:

www.superherohype.com/comics/65227...

Usually time to take down is 24-48 hours in my experience. I haven't had to deal with Apple Books before though.

That is wild! The description was clearly pulled from Piper's book.

It was painted for Michael's 2nd one-man show at Tree's Place in 1999 and wasn't collected in a book until Beyond Science Fiction in 2017. It's a hauntingly beautiful piece that blew me away when I first saw it in the gallery show.

Fuzzies and Other People The Lost H. Beam Piper Manuscript

Piper's catalog was largely forgotten after his death. Rights were complicated by the death of his agent before the author's suicide in 1964. Jerry Pournelle shepherded the books back to publication with Ace a decade later.

More background here:

theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/fuzzies-an...

The Trouble with Tycho and Cosmic Engineers The Trouble with Tycho and Cosmic Engineers - Kindle edition by Simak, Clifford D.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Trouble with Tycho and Cosmic Engineers.

It's first person. There's a sample of the ebook and audio on Amazon. It is available on Audible.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKM3LYL

We always recommend waiting until you have the prints in hand before buying ready made frames. When you measure you want to take into account mat window, margins, etc.

If you'd like to discuss in more detail, you can always email me at webmaster AT michaelwhelan DOT com. 2/2