Dec 16
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Look, all I am saying is what good is a ‘warrior king’ unless he is the size of a building? A big building! If I was on a horse and in front of me was a massive magical warrior, glowing in the morning sun… Man, I’d run away back home and hide under my bed covers. That’s why we need this, we need it.

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Tagged with: bracers • Chris Bunch • fire • horse • Keith Scarfe • knight • magic • Orbit Books • Seer King series • swords • war
Dec 03
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Imagine this. The cover of the book, on the cover of the book.. wait for it .. being struck by lightning and going on fire! Don’t worry about drawing another cover on the cover that’s on the cover. With this we will blow peoples minds.

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Tagged with: fire • HarperCollins Books • Joseph M. Danisi • Katharine Kerr • lightning • omnibus • recursive cover • space ships • wtf
Nov 16
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A hunky half-naked muscle encrusted man standing in a strange mist, while casting a magic fireball from his hand. The book’s called flame, so how could we not have one! Though, to go one step further, have him looking thoughtfully at the fire in his hand. That way people will think he’s all sensitive and deep.

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Tagged with: Berkley Books • fire • hunk • Jean Johnson • lens flare • magic • magical orb • muscles • The Sons of Destiny series • unknown artist
Oct 05
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Well, we’ve got the red on there, ’cause of fire being in the title. We’ve got the epic dragon and the merlin esk wizard with his magic orb. But we’re missing something. Something that’s going to make someone pick up the book and think, ‘this is the one.’ Of course!! Surround the title in an awesome gold shiny goodness!

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Tagged with: Dragon Prince series • dragons • fire • font problems • magic • magical orb • Melanie Rawn • Michael Whelan • Tor Books
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
Aug 21
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Hey guys, well I have the chips, beers, d20′s, cigars ….. and so I told them for the cover just put a large cybernetic cat man pondering meanly into the distance whilst standing in the midst of an exploded wasteland. *coughs* Why are you looking at me like that? …. Oh right, I forgot the dip!

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • cat people • cybernetics • fire • Good Show Sir • guns • Hal Colebatch • It's Howling Time! • Larry Niven • Paul Chafe • Poul Anderson • Stephen Hickman
Aug 17
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OK! Get ready ’cause here comes the cover train and we’re about to jump right on it! One, a hunky topless man holding his huge gun. Two, a post-apocalyptic scene in the background. Three, the author’s name in terrible fonts and way larger than the actual book title. Four, did I mention muscles…mmm, MMM! Wooo woo all aboard!!!!

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Tagged with: Angela Knight • Berkley Books • fire • guns • hunk • muscles • Time Hunters series
Aug 04
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You know the two things I love: big bosomed women and lizards. Have them woven in an epic battle, lizard versus women as she tries to slice at it with her magical blade. Don’t go all crazy on me though, concentrate on the boobs.

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Tagged with: Baen Books • bladed weapons • cleavage • damsel • dragons • fire • John Lambshead • lizard • magical weapon • swords
Apr 20
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Well I had this vision of a character with a waist coat, kinda like the cover of that book “Alien Infulences”.. but make it a women just in case someone catches on. You know the way magic is normally represented by lens flares? At least six of them please! We’ll completely pwn Rusch!

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • Dead Rivers series • fire • magic • magical orb • Naomi Kritzer • Stephen Youll • waistcoat
Mar 17

Art direction: A huge lake of lava flowing down from a pointed ice mountain, and a dragon chasing some guys encased in a magic crystal of ice as they meander down the lava. Wait… there’s something missing isn’t there… Got it! Have a white ice eagle chase them too. But is it their companion or tormentor?
Thanks to Stu!

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Tagged with: bird • crystal • dragons • fire • Good Show Sir • ice • Ice Mage series • Julia Gray • long haired men • magic • Mick van Houten • mountains • Orbit Books • volcano
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