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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art ("Michael Whelan") wrote:

FOUR DAY PLANET (1978)
Acrylic on Masonite - 30" x 20"

With science fiction covers, I’m more interested in having a painting be about the figures in the composition, so the technology almost always takes a back seat to whatever else is going on. 1/3

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #hbeampiper

A long necked sea monster with a snake-like head, huge lidded eyes, and prominent fangs looms large on approach from the cockpit of a low flying spacecraft. The immediate foreground is saturated red, a contrast to the rough blue seas outside. The pilot grips the controls, studying the targeting screen in a tense moment of action as he locks onto the creature.