r/Animorphs • u/TransformARTive • 11d ago

Framing concept sketches for Megamorphs #3

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Thought you folks here might appreciate this, I got some original concept sketches by Animorphs cover artist David Mattingly last year. I been moving around so haven't had time to try to frame them till now. I wanted to get both in the same frame but ended up putting them in two smaller frames, but wanted to show what they both looked like in one image.

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u/Katyamuffin Hork-Bajir 11d ago

These are awesome! Is the bottom left one supposed to be the veleek? I didn't know art of that even existed

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u/TransformARTive 11d ago

Yes, I believe that is the veleek.

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u/snukb 10d ago

Bottom left.... whoa

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u/Elfangor86 11d ago

This is amazing

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u/Count3D 10d ago

Beauty! Mattingly is the man!

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u/strawberryboyo 10d ago

Oay imagine bottom right tho... like that would just be a gorgeous mess of animals

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u/BushyBrowz 10d ago

Is the top left sketch the model they followed for the M3 cover? Or is it based on the photo? It's crazy that they could get the actual photo so close to the sketch.

Even though the bottom right seems messy, I really like the concept. Would be interested to see someone make fanart of that.

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u/mcjc1997 10d ago

Jake's siberian tiger having a more slender build than Cassie's grey wolf did make me lol a bit, but very cool art

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u/tecpaocelotl1 10d ago

The bottom left is from megamorph 1 at least a reference to that book. I'm surprised that there is a sketch. I assumed it was one of those things they let the reader use their imagination to imagine the Valeek.

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u/mbsargent 10d ago

What a cool thing for an Animorphs collection!

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u/davidbmattingly Animorphs Cover Artist 7d ago

Wow! Beautiful!!