An artist friend of mine gave me a few hints as to how to improve on this illustration, and this is how it turned out in the end. I think it looks a lot better than the one I uploaded a few days ago.

Final for "Regent Valiant" Illustration, oil on illustration board, 16" x 20"

Final for "Conan and Prospero" Illustration, oil on illustration board, 16" x 20"

Final for the Prince Valiant in battle illustration. Oil on Illustration board, 16" x 20"

Progress of my second Prince Valiant Illustration. I've chosen to portray the prince with a "romanesque" look, since Foster put him anywhere the 4th and 8th century AC, I wanted to imply that he is from the period immediately after the Romans left England.

Dhejah Thoris studies

Grand Tardoss Morss final concept

Early concept for a "Thark". All of these were done with the idea of defining character concepts for my Princess of Mars illustrations.

I've started to do preliminary work on my John Carter Illustrations, beginning with a very basic compositional idea ( directly above) then concentrating on character design for one of the characters ( Tardoss Morss).