I’m pleased to have recently designed the cover to L.Costevelos‘ début novel, Wanderlust – a dark psychological fantasy. And here it is!
Looking at the genre(s), we decided a more conventional photographic approach was best for Wanderlust rather than illustration, which was also a nice change for me.
Wanderlust is available now via Amazon in print and ebook formats.
My first new cover art for 2019 is for A. Maldon’s new collection of science fiction short stories, Random Number Generator.
I discussed various aspects of the title story with the author and initially worked up several different cover concepts. We both agreed that the image of a young boy wired into some kind of menacing looking machinery would make for a striking and interesting cover.
Below is the concept sketch:
Random Number Generator is out now in ebook format.
Here is the front cover artwork for Desperate Measures – book five of Alice Sabo’s Changed World Series.
This cover was an enjoyable challenge. Alice had a rough idea of the kind of thing she wanted, but wasn’t sure how or even if it would work as a book cover, so that’s when it fell to me to come up with an atmospheric and thought provoking image, that would also sit comfortably alongside the other books in the series.
With most of Alice’s previous covers, I have always worked up one or two rough sketches beforehand, whereas with this one, I launched straight into the actual artwork.
Desperate Measures is out now – check out Alice’s blog for further information.
Barry Rosenberg’s science fiction epic Pillar of Frozen Light is due to be unveiled this weekend at Novecon (the UK’s longest-established science fiction convention), by publisher Guardbridge Books.
The story has been described as character-driven journey from self-indulgence to enlightenment, and follows Jonan, a man driven by his desire for a remarkable woman, pursued by a shadowy menace, and intrigued by mysterious pillars found on distant worlds that hint at a knowledge way beyond human understanding…
The brief for this project was to convey that traversal of space and alien vistas alongside the story of desire, and the strange, ominous pillars of light that form the core of the story.
My cover art for Pillar of Frozen Light will also feature in the Novacon art show.
For more information about Guardbridge Books, visit: guardbridgebooks.co.uk
Finally, here is an animated cover reveal video!
Once again veering away from the realms of science fiction, all in the name of Paul Mathews’ latest comedy romp, A Very Funny Murder Mystery (available for pre-order here).
When asked to illustrate a victim lying face-down in a bowl of mango chutney and a smug detective named “Clinton Trump”, the end result could only look like this…
I have just completed the cover art for No Space for Justice, by William N. Gilmore – and here it is.
The story sees Earth’s best homicide detective shipped off to a strange alien world with no police, courts or crime, to solve an 800-year-old murder, and it was crucial to get a feel for this in the cover art.
Stay tuned for more details about the book’s release this coming December, plus a look at the back cover illustration…
I’m pleased to reveal my most recent cover illustration, for the latest book in Alice Sabo’s Asher Blaine mystery series, Blood Relations.
The cover art follows the same visual and typographical style to the previous two Asher Blaine titles. For this new book, Alice came to me with a fairly clear idea of what she wanted to see on the cover – Blaine, standing in a cornfield, with vultures circling overhead. My immediate reaction was to set the scene at sundown, with a golden haze enveloping our subtly blood-stained protagonist.
Below is the full front, back and spine design for the paperback version.
To find out more about Blood Relations and Alice’s other books, visit her blog.
My latest album, Prototype, is published today via my Bandcamp page.
Prototype is an album of dark, heavy instrumental electronic tracks with a subtext of computing, robotics, technology and artificial intelligence. While there is undoubtedly a science fiction edge to the music, much of the album’s concept is already around us, and Prototype questions where it will lead…
This week, my latest cover art was unveiled – a full cover wrap for The Sleeping Dragon, a fantasy comedy by Jonny Nexus.
This is probably among a minority of fantasy books with “dragon” in the title, but no dragon in sight on the cover, and there is a good reason for this – but you’ll just have to investigate the book when it comes out, to discover why!
Jonny was keen to show two times within the cover; a lush, Tolkeinesque landscape of the past, intersected with a glimpse of the future metropolis that would be built on the same land. Showing the future vision via a crystal ball conveyed the magical, fantastical element that we wanted.
I also created a short animated visual for the cover, which Jonny has used in his own cover reveal video…
You can find out more about the book and Jonny’s other work, by following him on Twitter.
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