Mar 17

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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 • bladed weapons • booties • crystal • dragon • fire • Good Show Sir • Ice Mage series • Julia Gray • lava • long haired men • magic • Mick van Houten • mountains • once you see it • Orbit Books • shiny • snow and ice • sword • volcano
Mar 16

Art direction: *hick* man I am SOooo drunk. I love you man… LOVE YOU! Wha? Oh yea… some sorta orbital dome with a guy and a gun… wait… better throw in a glowing women… in tight latex, big rack… hahaha! How more stereotypical can I get? Throw in a glowing sword too!

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • bladed weapons • buxom • damsel • dude • glow • gun • handguns • latex • Linnea Sinclair • sword • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 16

Art direction: Sorry? Oh, I was thinking that I’d like a really realistic drawing of a prince looking fellow on a big sci-fi chair, holding a nerd pouch and motioning towards some magic crystals. Don’t forget to put the ruby dice in there! After all, that is the name of the book!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • Catherine Asaro • dice • dude • font problems • gemstones • Kurt Miller • Nebula award • paging John Galliano • pouch • prince • Saga of the Skolian Empire • shuriken of approval • throne
Mar 16

Art direction: Right, so give me a dirty big white werewolf on top of an open space ship with some guy laying dead. Have the werewolf carry a bag of water or something and, you know, just make the whole thing look generally terrible.

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • daemons • Keith Laumer • monstrous humanoid • once you see it • Richard Martin • space ships • werewolf • wolf
Mar 12

Art direction: The question is, what shouldn’t we have on the cover? Have a purple prince stabbing at a furry green wolfman with a couple of guys watching in the background.. one of them has to have four arms.

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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • Baen Books • bladed weapons • cloaks • David Weber • elf • giant • gnoll • John Ringo • Kurt Miller • long haired men • monstrous humanoid • once you see it • palindrome • prince • shuriken of approval • supernumerous limbs • sword • wolf
Mar 12

Art direction: So, I want a couple of flying kids coming at each other with swords.Have them in some sort of orbital dome around an exploding world. Oh, oh, and have the swords electrified!

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Tagged with: A.J. Healy • bladed weapons • dome • electricity • embossing • fire • flying • kids • leap • magic • Quercus Publishing • sword • Ting! • Unknown Artist Institute
Mar 11

Art direction: So let’s have one guy, all white, in the middle of a group of (let’s say) some “darker coloured” elves. Have one of them looking at him very carefully pondering the question, “Is he the pretender?”

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Tagged with: C.J. Cherryh • DAW Books • Donato Giancola • Foreigner • Good Show Sir • gun • leather • long haired men • none more black • racism • white • white-clothed protagonist
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