This was a VERY early rough concept drawing for the JOHN CARTER of MARS film back in 2001. It's been seen online for a few years now, but I wanted to post it here since there was some confusion on several websites who to attribute the original art to.
My designs have evolved since then, now that I've had time to contemplate on it some. However, it still retains the alien aspects of the creature because I feel that the Tharks were not humans, and that stark contrast was essential to the themes of isolation and tribalism in the books. They were lean mean four armed machines!
The John Carter books were a great mesh of old school Science Fantasy, adventure, romance and barbarism. Each element crucial to conveying what makes these books classics.
There will be an article on me on another website soon, which I will post a link to once goes live.
