After experiencing the look of the Plant Men on the second cover of the series, I was hesitant to follow exactly Burroughs' description of the Synthetic Man.
He is described as being all mixed up physically, and his brain actually belongs to someone else, so he is unavoidably cartoony, but he is also a great guy and the hero of the story!
A real quandary for me, but I had a lot of fun with the actual execution of the work.
Additional images from SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS
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Every cover you created for this series added more depth and understanding. Your covers will ALWAYS be the real life on Barsoom. You have set a very high bar to surpass.
I read all of the John Carter books by Burroughs. I don’t remember this cover art, but it is quite good.