Aug 12
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Kevin’s Art Direction
Creative Director: Ok, so here’s the deal.
Artist: oh boy…
CD: I want hands coming up from the fires of hell begging for tiny people, a big throne or something and possibly some random Greek god-type things laughing it up.
Artist: oh boy…
CD: The boss just saw Iron Eagle and totally dug the font on that one. OH! And he just bought a new helicopter, so if you could throw that in everything will be great.
Published 1987
Amazing find!
Many thanks to Kevin!

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Tagged with: Baen Books • C.J. Cherryh • cage • daemons • David Mattingly • dude • fire • Good Show Sir • helicopters • Heroes in Hell series • human sacrifice • Janet Morris • minotaur • muscles • once you see it • pole weapons • staff • tentacles • WTF
May 27
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Johannah’s Art Direction: Okay, two words: Cat People! Yes, again. But this time we’ll have five of them surrounding a naked guy with a mustache. The one in front will be pointing a gun and the one next to him will be holding a futuristic mobile communication device. And let’s throw in a few of those aliens from the Mos Eisley Cantina for good measure. What’s that sound? Are you crying? Look, those art school loans aren’t going to pay themselves off. Just get painting already.
Awesome cover, excellent rug!
Thanks to Johannah!

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Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • C.J. Cherryh • cat people • frickin laser beams • gun • mighty moustache • once you see it
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 • cloaks • daemons • daggers • damsel • David Drake • David Mattingly • dude • George Foy • gun • Heroes in Hell series • Janet Morris • leather • loincloth • Lynn Abbey • male skirts • Michael Armstrong • mighty moustache • Nancy Asire • skeletons • space ships • sword
Sep 10
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Word association game: say the first two words that come into your head when I say “Sci Fi”. Laser guns? WRONG! It’s cat people! Eat your words! Though, lasers… not bad actually. Add them in with some weird cloaked alien holding a gun. Might help distract from the fact we have friggin’ cat people on there.

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Tagged with: aliens • anthropomorphism • architectural framing • C.J. Cherryh • cat people • Chanur series • DAW Books • frickin laser beams • gun • Michael Whelan • once you see it • strange creature
Aug 13
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I’m really not sure about what I want… So how about some weird horse-camel type creatures, something that would make The Great Lucas proud! Don’t forget to add a terrible landscape, an awful off planet sunset, and some people pointing a huge antenna to the sky.

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Tagged with: beast-riding • Bob Eggleton • C.J. Cherryh • cloaks • Gene Wars series • HarperCollins Books • once you see it • strange creature
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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