Mar 25
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Instead of art direction on this cat master-piece (Published 1999) I am going to give a shout out for Genre for Japan. It’s a science fiction, fantasy and horror auction in aid of the Red Cross Japanese Tsunami Appeal and boy do they have some great stuff! Bidding starts on Monday 28th March 2011 and I highly recommend getting involved!
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Tagged with: Arrow Books • cat people • Gabriel King • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Feb 15
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Libraryman Comments: I just don’t understand what good those wings will be.
Published 1984

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Tagged with: Bantam Books • damsel • dragon • dude • Elizabeth Scarborough • lizards • monsters • tights • Unknown Artist Institute
Aug 02
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Jessie Comments: I really don’t know what to say about this, but I recommend noticing not only the shag carpet flames but also the subtle nuances of how the model’s head is too small for her body, which is wearing a very modern pair of socks.
Published 1985
Many thanks to Jessie!

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Tagged with: bladed weapons • damsel • Diane Duane • font problems • magic • once you see it • portal to another world • sky-eyes • Susan S. Collins • Tor Books
Dec 18
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Perry Comments: Somehow, this cover gives the appearance of being both sleazy & profound, like Ingmar Bergman meets a 70s porno.
Published 1970

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Tagged with: A.E. van Vogt • big hair • damsel • dude • E. Mayne Hull • New English Library • perm • Sir Mix-A-Lot • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
Jul 02
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Art Direction: Hilarious escapade? Well then, no one is going to care what we put on there. In fact lets just put everything we can! Including Centaurs, which I hear are the next big thing. And we’ll have giant people with planets for faces! We’ll stop there but wait till you see what I have in mind for the font!
Published 2001

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Tagged with: Centaur! • cleavage • cloaks • damsel • Darrell K. Sweet • dude • font problems • giant birds • glow • magic • magical orbs • once you see it • people with planets for heads • Piers Anthony • planets • robes • strange creature • Tor Books • waistcoat • WTF
Feb 23
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Corwin Comments: The first time I saw this cover, I couldn’t take my off off it for at least 5 minutes in macabre fascination. The art work is amazingly detailed, right down to the untied shoe laces. Even so, three car wrecks, a space ship, and an alligator make for quite a combination with Jeff Martini and Katherine “Kitty” Katt.
Published 2010
Might be comedy, but I can’t resist a space alligator!
Many thanks to Corwin!

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Tagged with: damsel • Daniel Dos Santos • DAW Books • dude • Gini Koch • gun • space • strange creature
Jan 20
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Andrew’s Art Direction: Okay, so here’s my idea. Fonts. This is a terribly confusing trilogy of books and we want the readers to know it. So I want no less than 2 font types and 4 font sizes. The artwork? Well it technically falls under sci-fi, so make sure there is a star-scape on there. People will like that. Then slap on just enough plot material to make the readers confused about what they are picking up. I smell an epic win with this one!
Published 1998

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Tagged with: dolphin • eye-yi-yi • masonic symbols • MJF Books • Robert Anton Wilson • Robert Shea • shuriken of approval • strange creature • Unknown Artist Institute • WTF
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 orbs • Naomi Kritzer • Stephen Youll • waistcoat
Aug 05
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Imagine this, you are a female knight… awww come on, I said imagine… and you have come into the future only to find… wait for it.. space ships! And a futuristic station! This cover will be one of the greatest comparisons of public transport ever! Oh, don’t forget the transparent eyes in the sky too.

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Tagged with: anatomical issues • Baen Books • horses • James C. Glass • knights • Richard Martin • sky-eyes • space ships
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