From Robotech Art II, circa 1987.
This was drawn in ink and colored by hand on a copy using Dr. Martin’s Concentrated Watercolors. These paints are actually a type of dye, and they are not lightfast. That is, they fade with exposure to UV light. I begged the person who bought the art not to display it, but he put it right in the window of his comic shop. In only a few years, the art was destroyed.
This was scanned from a poster with minor restoration in Photoshop. I have a very good copy of the line art, so maybe I will redo it entirely on the computer someday.
The publisher used the piece in both the book and on a promotional poster. This was early in my career, and I was only paid $50 for this piece! I also had no contract, so I reserved the copyrights for myself, which is some compensation!
However, the trademarks belong to Harmony Gold, I assume.
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