I’ve griped in the past about some of Robin Hobb’s covers (for being, by turns, too boring and too absurdly amateurish), but I like this one. With a nice textured paper, I bet it would look really classy on a bookshelf. Wonderful colours and typography. Simple, but nice and well suited to Hobb/Lindholm’s work. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.
I’m willing to bet there are more than a few Zelda fans among my readers. It’s one of Videogames’ most storied franchises and means as much to the childhoods of many as J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea. Recently, on a forum I frequent, the members there started compiling some of the wonderful art produced for the series, officially or fan-made, and it made me bloody nostalgic.
I’ve gathered together some of my favourite images from that thread, all illustrated by fans of the series:
And some great thinking-outside-the-box portraits of the ubiquitous hero of the series:
And, then… there’s this:
Truly the stuff of nightmares.
Many more images can be found at this link.
Every so often, I run across an illustrator/painter/artist online and immediately want to show them off to everyone I know. Chris Newman is one of those artists. I’ll let the art speak for itself:
You can view the rest of Newman’s art on his DeviantArt page.
Via SF Crowsnest:
Last time around, my post about some Steampunk Star Wars actions figures proved very popular. As soon as I saw these images, from Björn Hurri, I fell in love. I’m not a huge Steampunk or Star Wars aficionado, but there’s something about the two aesthetic styles that just works when combined. I want more.
Durham admits that this is an early cover and is likely to change somewhat before it hits shelves. Still, given the care and attention that Doubleday heaped on The Other Lands, this cover is sure to be absolutely gorgeous in person. I’ve never liked the font that they use for this series, but I do appreciate them sticking to their guns and producing a trilogy with closely matched covers. Love the palette. Most interesting, perhaps, is the dragon featured on the cover. Durham’s novels have always seemed marketed at a crowd outside of the regular Fantasy readers, and a dragon is usually the first cliche you’d want to avoid for such a market.
