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The Art of a Changed World – Illustrating the novels of Alice Sabo

I’m pleased to announce a new, free digital publication, The Art of a Changed World – a detailed retrospective of the cover art I have produced with writer Alice Sabo, since 2014.

The Art of a Changed World brings together all my concept art, final cover illustrations and designs for Alice’s thirteen books to date – spanning science fiction, fantasy and thriller genres. It contains the stories behind each cover, as well as insights into the creative process alongside contributions from Alice, plus a wonderful foreword by Richard Hayes.

This project celebrates creative collaboration in the world of independent publishing – whether you are an aspiring or established writer, artist, publisher, fan or reader, I hope you enjoy The Art of a Changed World.

Click the button below or the image above to download in PDF format.

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Alice Sabo: Dilemma cover reveal

Dilemma is the third book in Alice Sabo’s space fantasy series, Transmutation, and will be published as an ebook on January 23. Here is my cover art, which we’re both very pleased with!

There’s another project in the pipeline, which I’ll be posting details about in the coming days, so stay tuned!

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The Call of the Aïdin Planet – in print!

Today I received copies of the hardback and paperback versions of L.Z. Dàin’s novel, The Call of the Aïdin Planet – book one of The Legacy Saga – to which I had the pleasure of illustrating and designing the cover.

I’m delighted with just how good they look in print, and as always, it is a genuine pleasure to see an author’s dream become a reality. To find out more, visit: https://www.theaidinhorizon.net

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Cover art: The Call of the Aïdin Planet

I’m delighted to reveal my cover art for The Call of the Aïdin Planet, by L.Z.Dàin – book one of The Legacy Saga from Seattle-based publisher, Tales of the Horizon.

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“Nine-hundred thousand years ago, seven Galactic Humans discover a mysterious Time singularity on planet Earth. But, obscure powers beyond the many worlds of the Galactic Union will not stop until they control it. Thus, the seven must make a choice, a choice that will not only affect their evolutionary future but the destiny of Earth itself.”

As much as I love the opportunity to come up with initial ideas for a cover, I really like it when the author or publisher have a clear vision of what they’d like on the cover. It is their book after all! Sometimes this process can be flexible, depending on what ideas I may have or that I feel could add impact, and on other occasions, simply my own interpretation of the initial brief does the job. It is important to me that the finished work is typical of my style and approach to a distinctive cover but more importantly, what I come up with has to match their vision – and good collaboration and communication is key to that. The cover for this book is a fine example of a project perfectly coming together, despite us being on opposite sides of the globe!

Even when there’s a clear brief, I’ll always work up a quick black & white sketch, to make sure the composition and my interpretation are correct.

The Call of The Aïdin Planet cover sketch

Finally, I took the various elements of the illustration and created an animated reveal for the cover art:

The Call of the Aïdin Planet is available in paperback and ebook via Amazon. Further details about Tales of the Horizon can be found on their website.

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Wanderlust

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.

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Random Number Generator cover art

My first new cover art for 2019 is for A. Maldon’s new collection of science fiction short stories, Random Number Generator.

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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 cover concept

Random Number Generator is out now in ebook format.

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Cover art for Alice Sabo’s “Desperate Measures”

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.

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Out now – No Space for Justice

Following the previous post on my cover art for William N. Gilmore’s science fiction/crime novel No Space for Justice, as promised, here is the full front and back illustration for the paperback edition, which is available now via Amazon.

No Space For Justice cover spread

And here is a photo of the finished book itself, which landed this week – William kindly sent all the way from Atlanta! Now that’s a well-traveled book.

The moment you see your pixels come to life in print never fails to be rewarding.

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Cover Reveal: No Space for Justice

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…

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