{"id":4299,"date":"2010-08-10T08:58:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4299"},"modified":"2010-08-10T08:58:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T16:58:34","slug":"cover-art-knife-of-dreams-by-robert-jordan-ebook-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-knife-of-dreams-by-robert-jordan-ebook-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | ‘Knife of Dreams’ by Robert Jordan (eBook edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Tor.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n\"Knife<\/a>\n

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It was time to pump up the action on the covers. I knew early on I wanted to ask Michael Komarck to work on the series but I wasn\u2019t sure which book. After talking to Jason Denzel and reading some of the fan comments, it seemed Komarck\u2019s gritty photorealism would be a perfect fit for this sequence.<\/p>\n

At this point in the series Rand\u2019s physical and mental stability is breaking down. Komarck\u2019s tight composition and unconventional angles make the viewer feel that imbalance. Komarck engages you by making you feel slightly uncomfortable, almost wishing you could take a step back to regain your composure.<\/p>\n

In an age when a lot of noise is being made about illustration \u201cneeding\u201d to become moving images, I would say the beauty of this image is that you are in perpetual conflict\u2014you want Rand to regain balance, but no amount of looking will change his struggle at that moment<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Since his work on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire<\/em><\/a>, Michael Komarck <\/a>has become one of my favourite Fantasy Illustrators working in the industry. If put in Irene Gallo’s shoes, of choosing the artists involved in the Wheel of Time<\/em> eBook re-issue, he would have been one of my first choices. I mean, just look at this Lord of the Rings<\/em> painting<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I’m a big fan of the Knife of Dreams<\/strong> cover. Great physicality, emotion, colours, contrast. Just awesome. Plus, Rand actually looks like a man<\/em> in the painting, as opposed to a teenager or a boy, as befits his transformation through the series. Great stuff from Gallo, Komarck and the rest of the Tor Books<\/em> art team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Tor.com: It was time to pump up the action on the covers. I knew early on I wanted to ask Michael Komarck to work on the series but I wasn\u2019t sure which book. After talking to Jason Denzel and reading some of the fan comments, it seemed Komarck\u2019s gritty photorealism would be a perfect… 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-4299","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