GotM I'll give you. That was a truly horrendous cover.
lord-of-shadow Send a noteboard - 13/10/2009 09:41:07 PM
After GotM they got a new artist (Toddwood), and he does fantastic stuff. He's a genius with color, and he's been painting full, and vibrant, scenes for the books.
I'm extremely dissapointed that they're using the UK covers in the US now. They're better that GotM's US cover, but that's about the best I can say for them. Utterly generic and unremarkable in every way comes to mind.
Ultimately they're just covers, but as a fantasy art junkie I really enjoyed Todd Lockwood's stuff.
EDIT: Here's some of the covers:
Toll the Hounds: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/05/toll.shtml
Reaper's Gale: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/04/reaper.shtml
Memories of Ice: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/01/memories_of_ice.shtml
And my favorite, House of Chains: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/02/house_chains.shtml
I'm extremely dissapointed that they're using the UK covers in the US now. They're better that GotM's US cover, but that's about the best I can say for them. Utterly generic and unremarkable in every way comes to mind.
Ultimately they're just covers, but as a fantasy art junkie I really enjoyed Todd Lockwood's stuff.
EDIT: Here's some of the covers:
Toll the Hounds: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/05/toll.shtml
Reaper's Gale: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/04/reaper.shtml
Memories of Ice: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/01/memories_of_ice.shtml
And my favorite, House of Chains: http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_art/02/house_chains.shtml
This message last edited by lord-of-shadow on 13/10/2009 at 09:46:00 PM
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- 13/10/2009 05:11:59 AM
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- 13/10/2009 07:13:39 AM
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Is it out in the US yet?
- 13/10/2009 07:47:33 PM
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wait, you find the US cover art superior?
- 13/10/2009 08:29:39 PM
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GotM I'll give you. That was a truly horrendous cover.
- 13/10/2009 09:41:07 PM
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the house of chains one was decent.... the others not my cup of tea. *NM*
- 13/10/2009 11:03:46 PM
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Heh. Amusingly enough...
- 13/10/2009 08:49:45 PM
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Yeah, I remember that now. I'm very saddened. Ah well. I'll live. *NM*
- 13/10/2009 09:37:27 PM
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It's good... but I think I prefer Glen Cook's Black Company. *NM*
- 14/10/2009 01:27:08 AM
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gardens of the moon is next in the queue...