WHITE WOLF

Cover for WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF by Michael Moorcock

Sep 16, 2024

On a grassy hilltop, Elric straddles the body of an orcish foe. His green tunic is battle torn, exposing his albino skin. With both hands, Elric slides Stormbringer down to devour the soul of his enemy. Purple arcane energy ripples along the black rune blade. The positioning of the blade and the spill of energy is positioned between his straddled legs but there is notably no torso there—it's as if the body has been half consumed already. Elric presses his eyes shut in an expression that can only be described as ecstasy. Behind him rendered abstractly in the acidic orange background, demonic faces bleed through from chaos to this reality, funneling energy drawn by Stormbringer. While the sword feeds on his enemy, the Lords of Chaos feed off Elric. — WHITE WOLF (1977), Oils and Acrylic on Illustration Board - 26" x 17"

Elric derives his strength and magical powers from his sword Stormbringer, which feeds on the souls of those it kills.

I was a victim of deadlines on this one; I made changes to the painting after getting it back from the publisher, most notably the face to give Elric a more otherly appearance.

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LEFT: Detail from WHITE WOLF featuring Elric straddling the body of an orcish foe while Stormbringer extracts its soul. Tendrils of lavender energy stream up from the ground to the runed blade. RIGHT: Close detail from WHITE WOLF featuring the abstract demonic faces rendered dark against orange in the background behind Elric. They flow up and out in a fan shaped, an inversion in shape of the lavender tendrils drawn from the body into the sword. — Details from WHITE WOLF

LEFT: Close detail from WHITE WOLF featuring Elric with eyes pressed closed in ecstasy as tendrils of lavender energy climb the rune blade. One hand is on the sword grip, the other on the blade itself with the ornate cross guard descending around his fingers. His tunic is ripped to expose his shoulder and bicep. Another tear exposes his right pectoral. RIGHT: Close detail from WHITE WOLF featuring the orchish foe vanquished by Elric. Its maw is open to expose pointed teeth as it turns its face to the side. The body appears only shoulders up as if the rest has already been absorbed. Its arm rests on a bronze shield decorated with an inhuman skull. A pair of tusks descend from the maxilla. Below, the artists stylized MW symbol sits on the lower point of the shield. Lavender tendrils taper up from the ground where the black sword is embedded point down. The energy drawn takes a shape reminiscent to a river delta with many streams converging into one. — More details from WHITE WOLF

Book cover for THE WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF by Michael Moorcock, published by DAW Books — *The Weird of the White Wolf* by Michael Moorcock (DAW)

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WHITE WOLF

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