{"id":3394,"date":"2010-04-08T08:26:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2010-04-08T08:26:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T16:26:10","slug":"cover-art-a-crown-of-swords-by-robert-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-a-crown-of-swords-by-robert-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"\"A<\/a>\n

Another month, another gorgeous ebook cover from Tor for Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time<\/em>. For A Crown of Swords<\/strong>, Irene Gallo teamed up with artist M\u00e9lanie Delon<\/a> and produced a lovely rendition of Nynaeve and Lan.<\/p>\n

Gallo on the cover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So far we\u2019ve been heroic, brooding, and action-packed. It was time to see something of the many relationships within The Wheel of Time. For that, we turned to M\u00e9lanie Delon to depict one of the most endearing, if tumultuous, couples in the series: Nynaeve and Lan.
\nI believe it was Jason Denzel that first turned me onto the scene of Nynaeve nearly drowning. He spoke so eloquently about a moment when a head-strong character had to let go of her ego to find the power within to save herself \u2014 it was impossible not to want to go read it. I loved that the sequence spoke to a clear romance in the story, but was also full of struggle and danger.<\/p>\n

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M\u00e9lanie Delon\u2019s work is exemplified by utilizing detail and soft focus, creating images that blur the edges between realism and fantasy. It was a great match for a moment of surrender and rebirth, a moment when Nynaeve must disengage from her usual character traits and, if just for second, open herself up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Though nothing’s been announced, I expect we’ll see the novels re-issued with the new artwork sometime after the final volume, A Memory of Light<\/strong>, is published. If it happens, I’ll certainly be buying new copies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another month, another gorgeous ebook cover from Tor for Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time. For A Crown of Swords, Irene Gallo teamed up with artist M\u00e9lanie Delon and produced a lovely rendition of Nynaeve and Lan. Gallo on the cover: So far we\u2019ve been heroic, brooding, and action-packed. It was time to see something… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n