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♥magical albino warlords♥
here are four illustrations for michael moorcock's newest elric of melniboné novella, black petals, originally published in the 85th anniversary issue of weird tales magazine (#349, march/april).





i. elric of melniboné
(color version)
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ii. princess nahuaduar and elric meet
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iii. discovery of the black flower
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iv. kalakak answers elric's summoning
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[info]coffeebased
2008-05-12 01:20 pm UTC (link)
That all is just so beautiful. Yay for published work!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:16 pm UTC (link)
thank you! published work is definitely a trend that i hope continues to increase. it buys me bagels and coffee, for one thing!

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[info]traveller
2008-05-12 01:37 pm UTC (link)
*POINT*

GOJIRU!!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:03 pm UTC (link)
:D

GOJIRU DAISKIII DAIYO.

the alternate title for that last drawing is "the monster who came to lunch!"

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[info]traveller
2008-05-12 02:14 pm UTC (link)
everything i know about moorcock is from that neil story about being a lonely fanboy at boarding school, which is to say basically nothing at all. but i lurve your monsta.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:19 pm UTC (link)
i know even less than that since i haff nevar read that neil story! i did read the story these illustrations were for, though. i found it quite enjoyable despite having no prior knowledge of the universe or characters.

probably it was the carnivorous sentient demon flowers that won me over.

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[info]traveller
2008-05-12 02:21 pm UTC (link)
well, sure, yeah. who doesn't love sweet hellblossoms?

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:24 pm UTC (link)
you're my sweet hellblossom.

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[info]traveller
2008-05-12 02:26 pm UTC (link)
i should've seen that coming. :D

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:29 pm UTC (link)
you set 'em up, i knock 'em down! <3

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[info]traveller
2008-05-12 02:30 pm UTC (link)
boom boom boom boom, chief.

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[info]siyamau
2008-05-12 01:40 pm UTC (link)
I'm starting to find it hard to comment on your work without sounding really repetitive - but truly, you get better and better. Beautiful, as ever.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:23 pm UTC (link)
and truly, every comment is appreciated. thank you, siya!

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[info]sxyblkmn
2008-05-12 02:04 pm UTC (link)
damn, love that last one

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 02:27 pm UTC (link)
thanks, pat! that kalakak thing has a certain charm to him, doesn't he? plus, his name is pretty fun to say out loud.

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[info]sxyblkmn
2008-05-12 02:55 pm UTC (link)
it's the kinda name you feel like saying at fancy cocktail parties, just so you can see the looks on people's faces as they try to figure out what the hell is wrong with you you're talking about :)

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[info]mordicai
2008-05-12 03:06 pm UTC (link)
okay, uh. sweet? i have a confession to make-- i have read...no elric. where should i start? i've been hitting up the classics of sci-fi & fantasy lately (john carter of mars stuff, the worm ouroboros etc).

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 03:55 pm UTC (link)
i've read absolutely no elric either! well, this specific novella aside at least. if you click on the wikipedia link above i think there's a suggested reading order for all the elric stories, but i don't know which books are considered best, worst, etc., and i can tell you that black petals was awesome even with no contextual knowledge. it had pygmies and carnivorous blooms! :D

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[info]mordicai
2008-05-12 04:41 pm UTC (link)
yeah-- i just assume there is a good collection in print, & am too lazy to dig it up! also, wait, i should mention FUCK these are sweet? i totally am on the dig. the DIG.

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[info]ktino
2008-05-12 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Is there an amazon.com link you can put up? I want to buy it for you art. And I'm naming the first pet I get Kalakak.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 03:52 pm UTC (link)
i don't know if weird tales sells through amazon or not, but i do know that "kalakak" would be an exceptional, say, gerbil name.

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[info]melodican
2008-05-13 02:17 pm UTC (link)
Single issues of Weird Tales, including this one, can be ordered online from Wildside Press. And yes, Ming's illustrations are gorgeous!

Edited at 2008-05-13 02:17 pm UTC

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[info]cellia
2008-05-12 03:13 pm UTC (link)
OMG these are awesome. And printed in Weird Tales Magazine? I feel this makes you totally famous. Elric's so hard to live up to w/ Whelan and P Craig Russell setting the bar so high, but I think you do a great job here. Awesome costumes + use of black! :DD Kalakak is just amazing. *2 thumbs way way up*

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 03:59 pm UTC (link)
thanks, cellia! i'm really fond of kalakak too. i think he came out looking inordinately sweet in a "pinch his scaly cheeks!" sense.

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[info]tammylee
2008-05-12 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Elric!
=D
I used to love drawing him. He's the ORIGINAL emo.
Lovely work Miss Ming!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 03:51 pm UTC (link)
thanks, tamma! this was my first and so far only time drawing elric, but i can see the appeal. he's great fun! great, mopey fun.

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[info]foxysquid
2008-05-12 03:54 pm UTC (link)
These are fantastic! Your use of black and white is just breathtaking. You make Elric look very, very hot.

And congratulations on the published work!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-12 04:00 pm UTC (link)
You make Elric look very, very hot.

my superpower is bishonenization! pow!

thanks, foxa. :)

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[info]queen_marshed
2008-05-12 04:45 pm UTC (link)
I approve of sexy albino warlords! And giant monsters yessssss.

BTW do you use abrush or a brushpe? Your lines and shading are really sexy.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 02:29 am UTC (link)
thanks! i use dip pens/quills and very teensy paintbrushes, no actual pen pens.

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[info]caia_comica
2008-05-12 05:09 pm UTC (link)
OMIGOD they hired you to DRAW ELRIC! My inner 15-year-old Elric fangirl is IN AWE.

And these are gorgeous, as always.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 02:48 am UTC (link)
it was definitely a pretty cool job!

thanks, caia! i'm glad your secret adolescent heart of hearts found this swoonsome.

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[info]brown_betty
2008-05-12 05:47 pm UTC (link)
I love Kalakak's body language. I don't know the story, but I imagine him being like, "Yeah? I don't have all day, here."

Also, damn, I love the way your stuff works, like, from a foot away (ie, my distance from the screen) it's all gorgeous, and attitude, but up close there's all these gorgeous grotty little details.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 02:51 am UTC (link)
that's absolutely what he was like in the story! "get on with it, every minute i'm awake i have to sleep another hundred years. gosh am i cranky."

but up close there's all these gorgeous grotty little details.

grotty! i love it. thanks bunches, betty.

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[info]sairobi
2008-05-12 05:59 pm UTC (link)
Wow, I keep thinking: what if reading this was my first exposure to Ming? I WOULD BE BLOWN AWAY. WAIT. I'M STILL BLOWN AWAY AND I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR LIKE 7 YEARS.

Seriously, this a fantastic marriage of style to subject. This is just the kind of stuff I crave to see you illustrate. My favorite of the lot is the princess and Elric; her profile and costume are just so pretty.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 03:05 am UTC (link)
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY YOU LIKE ALL THOSE MANY YEARS AGO AND AM STILL FLAILING IN THE WIND, OKAY??

thank you. when i think of how i drew when you first met me, i don't know whether to laugh or grimace. i guess it's at least good that i've gotten visibly better and not worse...? *g*

This is just the kind of stuff I crave to see you illustrate.

oh man, me three. gigantic gothic fantasy with possibly steampunk elements, here i come! ;D

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[info]tpod
2008-05-12 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Gorgeous stuff!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 02:53 am UTC (link)
thanks, t!

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[info]mayoroftardtown
2008-05-12 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Never read Moorcock, but all your drawings always fill me with happiness. Beautiful!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 10:43 am UTC (link)
thanks! i'd never read any moorcock previous to this assignment, but i was happy enough for the chance. it was a pretty fun horror-fantasy-pulp (like, literally human pulp) pastiche!

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[info]doctorobnoxious
2008-05-13 12:17 am UTC (link)
you are genius with your stylee.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 10:43 am UTC (link)
thanks.

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[info]rubynye
2008-05-13 12:28 am UTC (link)
Oh Ming, your art is magnificent!

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[info]_ming
2008-05-13 10:38 am UTC (link)
thanks, ny. that's super kind of you. :)

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[info]abrassea
2008-05-13 11:34 pm UTC (link)
very nice, as always.

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[info]_ming
2008-05-14 08:50 pm UTC (link)
thanks, aaron!

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[info]abrassea
2008-05-14 08:54 pm UTC (link)
welcome!

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[info]laculotte
2008-07-31 03:47 pm UTC (link)
these are insanely Kool.. with a K for extra added coolness i <3 them. dark

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[info]_ming
2008-07-31 04:08 pm UTC (link)
thanks! dark is always <3.

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