May 07
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Richard’s Art Direction: Ok, I want the devil playing chess on a life-size board with warriors from different periods of history. Don’t forget to throw in a few other random characters, at least one man must clad in leather and a scarf and find a spot for a woman in a bathing suit with a parasol. Then make it from the perspective of an opposing chess piece. Yeah, those should all come together nicely.
Excellent! Thanks to Richard!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • beard-wielding • Bill Kerby • bladed weapons • C. J. Cherryh • Chris Morris • cleavage • cloak • daemons • daggers • damsel • David Drake • David Mattingly • George Foy • guns • Heroes in Hell series • hunk • Janet Morris • leather • loincloth • Lynn Abbey • male skirts • Michael Armstrong • mighty moustache • Nancy Asire • skeletons • space ships • swords
May 05
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Jeff’s Art Direction: First off, what do you think of when I say “Dreams of Steel?” Did you immediately think of a partially leather-clad dagger wielding S&M addict conjuring a pig-dog-reptile thing from out of a rainbow? You did!? Oh, and I guess we better stick something on the cover relating to the story… like a Black Company shield on the pillar. Perfect!
Amazing! Thanks Jeff!

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • cleavage • daggers • damsel • evil • Glen Cook • Keith Berdak • leather • magic • shield • strange animals • The Black Company series • Tor Books
Dec 07
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No man – be him a humble farmer from the old country or a tight muscled, loincloth wearing, sword wielding elite barbarian – can resist tackling his snake. So let’s have the loinclothed one waving his swords, standing triumphantly on a snake. Make the colours bright and the expressions memorable.

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Tagged with: beard-wielding • bladed weapons • bracers • Conan series • daggers • hunk • John Duillo • L. Sprague De Camp • Lin Carter • lizards • loincloth • muscles • Sphere Books • swords
Dec 02
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There is nothing in this world that makes anything look better than shiny gold highlights around text and generally shiny boxes around huge fonts. What will you draw? Oh uh, three guys on a mountain edge, don’t forget the magic! Fantasy isn’t fantasy without a magic fireball or two.

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • bracers • Chronicles of the Raven series • cloak • daggers • damsel • dinosaur • font problems • Fred Gambino • hunk • James Barclay • magic • male skirts • Orion Books • swords • wizard
Nov 18
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Hmm, putting on our thinking caps here. ‘Servant of the Dragon’ …. Servant …. Dragon… DRAGON.. of course! Lets have a huge scary, bird! It makes complete sense. We’ll have wizards, swords men and damsels fighting it. One word to descibe my idea, epic!

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Tagged with: archery weapons • bird • bladed weapons • daggers • damsel • David Drake • Donato Giancola • electricity • font problems • longbow • Lord of the Isles series • magic • strange animals • swords • Tor Books • wizard
Nov 10
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You know what I love about Ireland? All the dwarfs, the mysterious dark riders on horses, the barmaids that insist on carrying a bow and arrow with them, the extreme landscapes and, of course, the rainbows so I know where to find my pot of gold. We should turn that into a cover someday, my boy.

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Tagged with: archery weapons • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • Book of the Painter series • bracers • castle • cloak • daggers • damsel • dwarf • Headline books • rainbow • Sheila Gilluly • shortbow • Stephen Bradbury • swords
Oct 28
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A scary witch-shard in the middle. Who am I to deny the cover of something the title mentions? Oh, and some dude firing a bow. OH, and some scary bear creeping up in the background. OHHHH – and some hot women with a dagger giving the uncomfortable twisted-body ass-pose. But most importantly: Shiny, keep it shiny.

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Tagged with: archery weapons • Baen Books • bear • beard-wielding • bladed weapons • daggers • damsel • Dave Freer • Gary Ruddell • hunk • Lion's Shadow series • longbow • shiny oh so shiny • witch
Oct 12
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Two fine gentlemen sir! Both of them wearing only the finest rappels royalty can buy. On top of the highest castle tower pointing into the distance in ponderous thought. Leaving the viewer with a single thought, ‘Health and safety ain’t great in this castle.’

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Tagged with: bird • bladed weapons • castle • daggers • Daw Books • Inda series • long haired men • Matt Stawicki • prince • Sherwood Smith
Sep 22
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I’m not one to stray from tradition. I’m talking about a dragon in the background, as black as…. uh… AC/DC? Peering at our antagonist will be a huge white wolf and her damsel companion holding the tiniest of flames. Remember, I am also talking traditional proportions here, so make sure nothing is sized relative to anything else. Now who’s up for some Hells’ Bells?

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • bladed weapons • daggers • damsel • dragons • fire • Firekeeper series • Jane Lindskold • Julie Bell • Tor Books • wolf
Sep 14
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With books today, you know what people are too obsessed with? That’s right, art! Why not (and you are going to love this) just have a female model dressed up as a pirate, teasing a little as she holds her swords to her lofty chest. With the addition of a terrible font we’ll draw a completely accurate picture of how things were like in ‘ye olden days.’

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • bladed weapons • bracers • cleavage • daggers • damsel • Elizabeth Vaughan • Epic of Palins series • swords • unknown artist • waistcoat
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