{"id":17384,"date":"2015-04-17T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=17384"},"modified":"2015-04-17T11:05:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T19:05:19","slug":"meet-sharks-den-sff-cover-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/art\/meet-sharks-den-sff-cover-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Shark&#8217;s Den, the Chinese artist illustrating some of the best SFF covers in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image grid\" data-layout=\"32321\" style=\"margin: 0 0 20px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/high_tide_by_sharksden-d4qvr4m.jpg\" alt=\"high_tide_by_sharksden-d4qvr4m\" width=\"600\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/high_tide_by_sharksden-d4qvr4m.jpg 600w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/far_rainbow_by_sharksden-d6b9n8l.jpg\" alt=\"far_rainbow_by_sharksden-d6b9n8l\" width=\"751\" height=\"1063\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/far_rainbow_by_sharksden-d6b9n8l.jpg 751w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/far_rainbow_by_sharksden-d6b9n8l-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/far_rainbow_by_sharksden-d6b9n8l-530x750.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wyrd_sisters_by_sharksden-d6p6bsn.jpg\" alt=\"wyrd_sisters_by_sharksden-d6p6bsn\" width=\"600\" height=\"788\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wyrd_sisters_by_sharksden-d6p6bsn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wyrd_sisters_by_sharksden-d6p6bsn-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wyrd_sisters_by_sharksden-d6p6bsn-571x750.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nymph_by_sharksden-d3e7uhd.jpg\" alt=\"nymph_by_sharksden-d3e7uhd\" width=\"900\" height=\"680\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nymph_by_sharksden-d3e7uhd.jpg 900w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nymph_by_sharksden-d3e7uhd-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nymph_by_sharksden-d3e7uhd-648x490.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Chinese artist, known online as <a href=\"http:\/\/sharksden.deviantart.com\">Shark&#8217;s Den<\/a>, is producing some of today&#8217;s most incredible science fiction and fantasy book covers. Colourful and frenetic, hyper-detailed and lovingly bold, it&#8217;s as easy to get lost in the illustrations as it is in the novels themselves. From John Scalzi&#8217;s <em>Old Man&#8217;s War<\/em> to George R.R. Martin&#8217;s <em>A Song of Ice and Fire<\/em>, <em>The Legend of Korra<\/em> and Terry Pratchett&#8217;s <em>Discworld<\/em>, Shark&#8217;s Den has created incredible covers and artwork for some of SFF&#8217;s most beloved authors and series.<\/p>\n<p>More of Shark&#8217;s Den&#8217;s work is available in his <a href=\"http:\/\/sharksden.deviantart.com\/gallery\/?offset=0\">DeviantArt Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese artist, known online as Shark&#8217;s Den, is producing some of today&#8217;s most incredible science fiction and fantasy book covers. Colourful and frenetic, hyper-detailed and lovingly bold, it&#8217;s as easy to get lost in the illustrations as it is in the novels themselves. 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