[Radthorne]

You're quite welcome! I don't know that I did yours real justice, though.

I think Gary's artist is in Scandanavia, but I'll check with him and see. I'll keep posting some more covers as ideas come to me. Once I have a batch, I'll approach a few of the small press folks I know and see if they might be interested in some commissioned artwork.

[Gary Wassner]

Yes, Robert Sammelin is in Norway. But he might be interested anyway. Just don't mention Windstorm to him. His experience with them was not what he would have hoped for. He and I, on the other hand, have a wonderful rapor.

[Radthorne]

And for the really "commercial" cover, we have this...

http://www.sff.net/people/radthorne/Fantasy Book 3a.jpg

Pardon the skimpy outfits, but I wanted to show off how well these programs mimic human musculature. Which is pretty darn good, I think. (And it would undoubtedly also sell a lot of books, regardless of what the story was about...)

[alison]

it would undoubtedly also sell a lot of books, regardless of what the story was about...

Yes... but who would it sell them to??

But true, impressive muscles. What about a bit of beefcake for the grrrrls? :D

[Radthorne]

But true, impressive muscles. What about a bit of beefcake for the grrrrls? :D

Okay! :D

http://www.sff.net/people/radthorne/Fantasy Book 4a.jpg

[alison]

Cool! - the guy in sandals and underpants is pretty drool-worthy but - er -what's with the cat?! Is the cat (I mean the one with paws) called Alison? Or the guy? Now I want to know what the story is, so you'll have to write it... :p

[Radthorne]

I think the kitty has to be Alison... ferocious lioness of the castle... unleashed upon all poor unsuspecting males...

After all, you did say he was "drool-worthy." Might make a tasty meal...

[alison]

Cor! Me a lioness? And I'm such a demure little thing...
Though I guess that's a small feline there, which makes the beefcake, however spectacularly muscled, positively Liliputian! Hmmm....

[Radthorne]

Cor! Me a lioness? And I'm such a demure little thing...
Ah, you may have the others fooled; but methinks I hath devined your true nature...


So, here we have a little somthing in the Anime vein... I uploaded this one a bit larger so that the detail would come out better.
http://www.sff.net/people/radthorne/Lady Shimada 2.jpg

[KatG]

Hmm, I don't like that one so much. The jacket and the background look fairly realistic, but the lady herself looks like a doll, and I don't think the contrast works. But the dragon and cat ones are cute. I definitely think you could use the dragon one somewhere. It's got the cheesecake, but also a contemporary style to it.