The spice must flow

We wanted to keep continuity with FS’s edition of the first book, illustrated by Sam Weber (incidentally one of my favorite illustrators). So, Alia’s veil is a link back to Sam’s final illustration in Dune, which depicts Alia as small child. For me, the veil is a nod to the danger of prescience to lock the practitioner onto a fixed path, paradoxically limiting their view. Increasingly in Dune: Messiah, Alia represents religious dogma and the danger of having “blind faith” in a supreme figure or philosophy, so obscuring her eyesight seemed appropriate. And we also get this fitting line early in DM: “Such a rich store of myths enfolds Paul Muad’Dib…and his sister, Alia, it is difficult to see the real persons behind these veils.”

The oldest story ever told that will forever captivate us: a child of surprise with a mystical power arrives to “unfuck“ the world. It never works but the story is mostly about hope, so you can’t complain. The first book of “Dune” is mind-blowing, action-packed and encouraging (don’t tell me you don’t use litany against fear after reading “Dune” 💆‍♀️ because I won’t believe you). “Dune Messiah” is about how hard it is to try to live up to people’s expectations, and it is also heart-wrenching 😭 I heard there is a gradual decline in Frank Herbert’s storytelling but I’m already a member of this cult, so I’ll keep reading 🙃 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabook #instabookstagram #whattoread #whattoreadnext #americanliterature #americanauthor #sciencefictionbooks #mustread #frankherbert #dune #dunemessiah #dunesaga #spaceopera (at Pirita beach, Tallin Estonia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfPXUBhLaIF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Playing around with this Duncan Idaho Ghola design and I gotta say I don’t HAYT it! HAHAHA….. • • • #art #illustration #frankherbert #godemperor #comicart #warmup #sword #worm #dune #paulattriedes #creaturedesign #scifi #dunemessiah #characterdesign #pencil #duneart #artwork #horrorlife #characterart #artoftheday #bookart #willpottorff #duncanidaho #arrakis #thespicemustflow #fearisthemindkiller #scifiart #dunemovie #illustrator #studies https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZLQX7r94t/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The ghola, Hayt: A being reconstructed from the dead flesh of the original man whose appearance “positively melts the female psyche,” a Tleilaxu thing who is both man and mask, bearer of gleaming metal eyes, a Mentat, a Zensunni philosopher, a swordmaster — a complex character, indeed. Truth be told, I did swoon a few times while painting this, though thankfully my psyche remains intact. • Created for the illustrated edition of Dune: Messiah from The Folio Society