Hell, yeah; they could even be me, dressed up in a dragon suit, plummeting through the sky. Nonetheless, I still say, the silhouette looks like Mike Whelan’s. Hey, Ron! Ask him!
The truth is that Mike (who I have known for more than 45 years!) has done what is technically known in the profession as a shitload of dragons. They all have a generic resemblance to one another…but neither are they all identical. Some have broad wings, for instance, while others have very slender ones. And my friend Steve Hickman has also made a specialty of dragons…so it’s hard to tell exactly what inspired this one.
Somewhere, in her grave, Anne McCaffrey is screaming….
Ha ha! The author misspelled “FAIL”!
…and a typo in the fourth sentence of the book.
Y’know, those actually look like Michael Whelan dragons to my eyes. Not that lump at the end of the tail, but the rest…
In silhouette, they could be anyone’s — Larry Elmore’s, say.
Hell, yeah; they could even be me, dressed up in a dragon suit, plummeting through the sky. Nonetheless, I still say, the silhouette looks like Mike Whelan’s. Hey, Ron! Ask him!
The dragon looks like it was lifted from here
The truth is that Mike (who I have known for more than 45 years!) has done what is technically known in the profession as a shitload of dragons. They all have a generic resemblance to one another…but neither are they all identical. Some have broad wings, for instance, while others have very slender ones. And my friend Steve Hickman has also made a specialty of dragons…so it’s hard to tell exactly what inspired this one.
I could swear that I’ve seen those someplace, not as wall stickers. Dang. Nice job tracking those down, Ron!
How can he have thousands of reviews on Goodreads but can’t collect a hundred on Amazon?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Amazon is for buyers. Goodreads is for readers. Sometimes these demographics don’t overlap.