MarchArt 04 - Monoplane and Aeroplanes

Split-screen (left-hand image is zoomed in view of right-hand image)

This is sort of Victorian Sci-fi fanart from an H.G Wells novel called 'The Sleeper Awakes'.

It concocts an interesting visual dystopian universe. Anyway at the climax of the book, the main character has to fly this strange little propeller 'Monoplane' out of London and try to take out what the novel calls 'Aeroplanes' - these big hulking army transports full of slave warriors that have been sent to conquer the city.

Having not known what our planes could look like at the time of writing, Wells imagined something very different from the aircraft we have now. I've tried to draw what I imagined when I read it.

I actually have another piece in my gallery that is based on that book too!... 
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