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The Alchemist, v. 1, issue 5, February 1941
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14 ----- ALCHEMIST ----- Margaret B. got started in fantasy with her Orientalady on an early cover of Oriental (one-time companion to Weird Tales). Simply walkt in the office & showd a sample of her work. Soon Oriental became Magicarpet, & Brundage also began to draw for T, where her work was greeted with wild acclaim. Used to get 90 for a cover; now, 50. Cannot draw a cover in under a wk, & the materials that go into its making cost about 10, with packing & mailing taking a good part of 5 more. For such a price as this she cannot afford models &, like Finlay (who is a 2d cousin of Mrs Wright, we learnd), frankly copys from fotos. The fantom lover on the Nov WT was Robt Taylor; the dancer, Lorreta Young. I have come to be far less critical of artists since learning some of their trials & tribulations. For instance, Margaret pointed out to us, on a proof of one of her covers, that the hands were over-large. That i sue, no dount, many fans said "What the ehck's the matter with Brundage, she ought to be able to draw better hands than that; why, they're all out of proportion." Pastel is a hell of a difficult & delicate medium in which to work. When she was about 7/8ths thru with that particular pic, the publisher ordered a change in it necessitating enlarging one hand. & when she increast the size of one hand, naturally she had to make the 2d bigger. & so they were out of proprtion, thru no ignorance or intention of hers. Ofttimes, too, the plate maker does not reproduce her colors correctly, She says, as in the case of the current cover of WT, where the green was black. Brundage also has done calendart under the seudonym of Bron, & now is developing a new black-&-white technique for propaganda work under her maidename, Johnson. Considered by fans a natural
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14 ----- ALCHEMIST ----- Margaret B. got started in fantasy with her Orientalady on an early cover of Oriental (one-time companion to Weird Tales). Simply walkt in the office & showd a sample of her work. Soon Oriental became Magicarpet, & Brundage also began to draw for T, where her work was greeted with wild acclaim. Used to get 90 for a cover; now, 50. Cannot draw a cover in under a wk, & the materials that go into its making cost about 10, with packing & mailing taking a good part of 5 more. For such a price as this she cannot afford models &, like Finlay (who is a 2d cousin of Mrs Wright, we learnd), frankly copys from fotos. The fantom lover on the Nov WT was Robt Taylor; the dancer, Lorreta Young. I have come to be far less critical of artists since learning some of their trials & tribulations. For instance, Margaret pointed out to us, on a proof of one of her covers, that the hands were over-large. That i sue, no dount, many fans said "What the ehck's the matter with Brundage, she ought to be able to draw better hands than that; why, they're all out of proportion." Pastel is a hell of a difficult & delicate medium in which to work. When she was about 7/8ths thru with that particular pic, the publisher ordered a change in it necessitating enlarging one hand. & when she increast the size of one hand, naturally she had to make the 2d bigger. & so they were out of proprtion, thru no ignorance or intention of hers. Ofttimes, too, the plate maker does not reproduce her colors correctly, She says, as in the case of the current cover of WT, where the green was black. Brundage also has done calendart under the seudonym of Bron, & now is developing a new black-&-white technique for propaganda work under her maidename, Johnson. Considered by fans a natural
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