We are starting the original art of 2018 with a piece that looks like it fell out of 1978! The starling stud Ganymede by Lastmanouthere could swing his microphone in my face any time.....yowza...He is one fine boy. I wonder if in the years long after I am gone, if people will debate this particular pieces actual date of creation? It's so rare to see something that truly looks like a legitimate product of that great era for fantasy art. I have my suspicions that Lastmanouthere has some very personal connections to this character. Okay enough of my gushing, after you take all this in, please enjoy his back story!!!
Ganymede, the Starling
By Lastmanouthere Jan 2018.
Under the watchful eye of the Citadel’s Inner Sanctum, all inhabitants enjoy a very limited and controlled life. Firm believers in that widely available technology was responsible for the wars that led to the near destruction of their world, the Inner Sanctum prohibited, among other things, personal electronic displays. In their stead, large screens were put in public places, where the masses could get some sanctioned entertainment.
One of the acts which were allowed were those of Ganymede, (real name Gary,) an Artist whose mastery of wind currents helped him perform amazing athletic feats, while clad in the sport-inspired, alluring and diminutive attire. While most of his circus-like demonstrations were carefully planned, lately the young popstar decided on doing a risky, but well received reality program. There his tricks, jumps and fights were shot as-they-happened, live and without editing. After a couple of shows were cautiously well received by the Inner Sanctum, Ganymede decided on a make-or-break move and took his camera drone into the Burroughs, outside the citadel, for a potentially illegal but thrilling adventure.
Ganymede hoped that, while unable to live-broadcast his adventures, the thrill of the dangerous locations would boost his popularity to unheard-of levels.
The challenges he faced when out in the Burroughs, though, were hardly what he expected. Encountering Alexander, the amnesiac assassin, and security-rookie Edwards, what he witnessed sent him into a paradigm-shifting revelation about the nature of the Inner Sanctum, the true meaning of the religion the Citadel followed and the truth about the world beyond the city.
Armed with the footage his camera drone captured, Ganymede must overcome his shallowness and decide if he risks the loss of his fame and comfortable life in the Citadel, or help Alexander in his quest for the Trinity Down secret truth...
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