Jun 02
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Tom’s Art Direction: Listen you lot, it’s supposed to be a DRAGON. This just looks like some sort of blue lizard. It needs more pointy bits! Don’t come back until you’ve absolutely peppered that thing with spikes. Oh, and draw the world’s most awkward swordsman beside it, you know, for human interest.
Published 1985
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Tagged with: Ace Books • bladed weapons • dragon • dude • Janny Wurts • lizard • Will Shetterly
Jun 01
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MisterBOB’s Art Direction: OK, Girls like Horses! Lets just put two horse’s /unicorns in suggestive poses, with the usual purple colours and oh make one of them glow! And wings, gotta have wings!
Published 1987
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Tagged with: glow • John Lee • Orbit Books • Unicorns! • Unknown Artist Institute
May 30
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Jen Comments: All I can say is, anyone who actually bought this for the cover is going to be VERY disappointed.
Published 2010
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Tagged with: candles • chucky the evil toy doll • damsel • DAW Books • embossing • Esther Diamond Series • Laura Resnick • magic • skulls a-poppin' • snake
May 27
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Eleanor Comments: A book with the awesome title ‘Get Off the Unicorn’ features a . . . dragon?
Published 1977
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Anne McCaffrey • Ballantine Books • dragon • dude • Paul Alexander • spear
May 26
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Scot’s Art Direction: For this one we’re going dystopian agony. So, nuclear explosion! And a prison wall with people falling from it to their deaths, but get this, the wall is also a screaming face! With an eyeball being stabbed by a needle! That’s the stuff.
Published 1979
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Tagged with: Christopher Priest • eye-yi-yi • Pan Books • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
May 25
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Danielle’s Art Direction: Draw a masquerade party on Mars, but don’t draw too many Martians in it. It’ll speak to the commonality between us and Martians. Why are you laughing?
Published 1979
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Tagged with: alien city • aliens • Bantam Books • Ian Miller • masks • muscles • once you see it • Ray Bradbury
May 24
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Adam Comments: Odd looking cat woman in a pink leotard wielding a power drill – check!Hunky blonde hero-type – check!Robot that shoots NyQuil capsules from it’s fingers – check!
Published 1985
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Tagged with: anthropomorphism • cat people • Don Maltz • dude • frickin laser beams • muscles • once you see it • pew pew pew • Quester Books • Richard Meyers • robots • tattoo you
May 23
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Joachim Comments: A boy with a weird pseudo-beard in turtleneck gyroscoping in space…
Published 1980
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Tagged with: A Del Rey Book • Ballantine Books • evil children • Gertrude Freidberg • Ron Discenza • space • WTF
May 20
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Art Direction: Look this is the 70’s! Who doesn’t have a LSD induced swirling vision of a womans face while walking around topless and carrying their longbow? I had one last night. Just draw, or you don’t get any happy juice!
Published 1973
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Tagged with: damsel • DAW Books • dude • E.C. Tubb • Kelly Freas • longbow • magic • muscles • once you see it • WTF
May 19
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Matt’s Art Direction: Fabric! I want to see lots of fabric. And hands, lots of dramatically posed hands. And least one bare breast, only you’ll have to conceal the nipple with something. How about a cross?
Published 1994
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Tagged with: Baen Books • Bardic Voices Series • cleavage • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • dude • font problems • ghosts • headband • jester • magic • Mercedes Lackey • once you see it
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