Dune - Part 7: House Corrino

House Corrino has held the Imperial throne for generations. Shaddam IV has lived a long life due to the effects of the spice, Melange. Yet, he and his Bene-Gesserite sooth-sayer, Reverend Mother Gaius Hellen Mohiam, are wary of House Atreides, in particular, of the Duke's only son, Paul.

From left to right: Emperor Shaddam IV, Princess Irulan, Reverend Mother Mohiam, Sardaukar terror trooper.

Dune - Part 6: House Harkonnen

House Harkonnen is well known for maintaining an iron rule. The decadence of its Barron, Vladamir, is infamous, as is the cruelty of his eldest nephew, the Beast Rabban. Surrendering the Quasi-fiefdom of planet Arakis is part of a well-conceived plan to rid the Barron and the Emperor of Duke Leto.

From Left to right: Barron Harkonnen, Rabban, Feyd-Rautha.

Dune - Part 5: House Atreides

House Atreides has been feuding with House Harkonnen for centuries. As a kinsman of the Emperor, a popular figure in the Lansraad, and an astute military leader, Duke Leto Atreides is a threat to the Emperor.

From left to right: Duke Leto, Gurney Halleck, Thufir Hawat, Duncan Idaho.

Dune - Part 4: The Fremen

The most deadly adversary is the one who considers you less of a threat than the environment that they live in every day. The Fremen live in the deep deserts of Arakis, conserving water, living on Spice as their sustenance. They are a race of hardened killers, armed with the weirding way taught to them by Muad'Dib and his mother.

From left to right: A fremen, Stilgar, Chani, Lady Jessica, Otheym, Reverend Mother Ramallo.

Dune - Part 3: Paul Muad'Dib

Paul Atreides was forced to make a difficult decision. His family, dead, and his rule thwarted by the Atreides rival House Harkonnen, Paul decided to embrace the Fremen myths concerning himself and his mother, in order to gain an army strong enough to destroy his rivals and their alliance to the Emperor, Shaddam Corrino IV.

Dune - Part 2: Spacing Guild Navigator

The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness... The spice turns you into a crazy fish cricket.

I love the idea of the Navigators. The book explains them as men who have changed drastically over time through exposure to spice-gas. This gives them the ability to navigate Guild heighliners through space. No one has seen a Navigator, so most can only speculate as to what they look like, but I prefer this design to the phalic circus peanut look... sorry David Lynch.

Dune - Part 1: Shai-hulud

I LOVE DUNE... the book, I mean. With so much visual coolness to draw from and such a rich story, it baffles me how cinema has missed the mark. Clearly, with a book, there is room for interpretation, and I have always interpreted Dune as a story about the making of a terrorist leader. The worms were always an interesting element. Paul Muad'Dib used the Fremen myths about Shai-hulud (the maker) and the prophesies about Lisan Al Gaib (the voice from the outer world) as a means to build an army and exact his revenge. This drawing is my take on the sandworms.