Ooo funky, but that may have been because they were originally planning to wrap the art around both covers of the book as a folded image, and then changed their minds and cropped it instead.
Ooo funky, but that may have been because they were originally planning to wrap the art around both covers of the book as a folded image, and then changed their minds and cropped it instead.
The perspective on the castle is fine, it's the figure who look out of whack. Probably a concession not to have the characters look distorted.
The book isn't half-bad either, though it feels like something written in the late 80s/early 90s.
Last edited by hippokrene; August 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 AM.
That's a really nice cover.
I much prefer Fantasy covers that look... Fantastical, if that makes sense? Whilst I like the poses on say, Jim C. Hines' Princess books, the covers aren't the best. I'd love to see a cover with all three in action because I think it would sum the series up better than a "photograph" pose.
Terrible quality picture (sorry, best I could find after a quick Google), but you get what I mean. It's engaging, it looks like a Fantasy novel - It's great.
I quite like this one too:
Sums the book up quite well, I suppose, or at least as far as I've gotten.
I hadn't thought of it that way. Except for possibly the disability element, you certainly have a point.Originally Posted by hippokrene
Here's a few I like that will be coming out later this year:
A few people on another board were ragging on the last one, but I rather like it.
Oh man, that Spring Heeled Jack cover is beautiful! Fits into Dwagginz "fantastical" cover zone, and maintains a high level of class.
I also liked that cover, I actually posted it a few posts ago... also pre-ordered the book, seems like a fun one.
There's just a good contrast between the colors, and the past vs. futuristic.
I read 1 or 2 Fantasy books a year. I have to say that it is the Cover Art, 90% of the time, that makes me pull if from the shelf to see what it's about. Last year I read A Game of Thrones, and Honored Enemy (not that the Cover art on this blew me away but I was in small book store in an even smaller town in Maine at the time, and it was the best cover art of about 5 choices.) This years first venture is Across the Face of the World. I saw the cover, pulled it, read a few pages and saw it had interesting maps (a good map is also important to me in Fantasy) and I was sold.
Uh, yes you did. Oops.
The cover deserved to be posted twice though.Uh, yes you did. Oops.
Anyways, I'm not a fan of people/faces in covers, but there just something about the next one that makes me really like it. I think it just has a promise of mischievous fun, plus it looks like a devious David Copperfield.
I know there are quite a few people anticipating the following book, I'll probably pre-order it soon. I really like the cover, it has a bit of the Spring Heeled Jack theme going for it with the font. Don't like much the character in the cover, but I think everything else looks quite awesome.
That looks *awesome*.
Adding to my wishlist!
That Horns of Ruin cover looks spectacular. Especially the electric coil rapier!
The surge of steampunk will indeed be fun. I'm trying an experiment here:
Ha ha, it worked! Finally got it to work between my computer and the site. Anyway, I like this one, which is for a new novel riffing on Peter Pan.
Brom actually wrote that?
He did. Has a couple other books out, as well. The Child Thief is a great book with some great cover art and far better interior art.
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