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511886 No.511886 [Reply] [Original]

ITT: exellent cover art?


pic related, may as well set the bar high.

>> No.511891
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>> No.511896
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Great cover but kind of a shit book.

>> No.511898

>>511891
I never noticed the naked ladies in the eyes until somebody on this board pointed it out

>> No.511900
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>> No.511901

>>511886
How could this be excellent cover art? It's just a stupid fantasy drawing to entertain children.

>> No.511903
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>> No.511905

>>511891
>>511891
Agreed, most amazing cover art.

>> No.511907

>>511901

Fantasyfag status:

[ ]Not told
[X]Told
[X]Fucking told

>> No.511908
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The twilight series may suck major ass but they have some amazing covers.

>> No.511911
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>> No.511912

>>511908

lol

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>> No.511918

>>511911
Hell yes, all of Glen Cook's books have awesome covers

>> No.511922
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>>511913

As ridiculously inappropriate as that cover is, I have an even worse one.

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>> No.511933

>>511922

'grats on having no taste

>> No.511935

>>511933

Have you read the novel?

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>> No.511943

>>511935

yes, and good cover art doesn't need to have anything to do with the story

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>> No.511955
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>>511908

I, too, think that's true enough. Can't be denied that there was some thought put into those, however shitty the books themselves are.

I won't ever understand what's with all the people loving kitsch covers, not just fantasy ones. OH LOOK THERE'S A DRAGON AND FLAMES, IT ALL LOOKS VERY DARK AND ALSO I WEAR HOWLING WOLF MOON SHIRTS

In some cases I even enjoy the absence of blatant cover "art", pic related.

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>> No.511959

>>511955

i don't think this is the right thread for you

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<3

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>> No.511971
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>> No.511978

>>511973

the inside is* beautiful

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>> No.511973

>>511955

I don't like this cover, but the inside in beautiful :D

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>> No.511986
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>>511959

I wouldn't say that, since I was also half-heartedly trolling and so far already posted another cover that was more on topic.


<-- At first I found this cover rather shitty, but I've somehow come to like it after reading the book.

>> No.511989
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The character isn't actually white. The artist didn't do his homework.

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>> No.512005

>>511973

Yes it is. But the pic isn't doing those little paperbacks much justice (they are really black). There are similar ones for each Hesse book, alternating in font colour and the symbol at the bottom, and I think they look awesome together.

>> No.512008

>>511989
No he did do his homework. Books with minorities on the cover sell considerably worse.

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>> No.512014

>>512009
GTFO, GTFO now

>> No.512013

>>512008

lol

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>> No.512032
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>>511986
I preferred this cover myself.

>> No.512042

>>512032

Oh, I see what you did there.

Actually, I wanted to post that myself. >The character isn't actually black. The artist didn't do his homework.

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>>512045
I prefer this cover.

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>>512052
This cover is obviously the best.

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>> No.512085

>>512055
What is that book about?

>> No.512088

>>512085
Sand.

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>>512045
>>512052

A CHALLENGER APPEARS

>> No.512094
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Bukowski books always have cool covers.

>> No.512099

>>512025

What book is that? Google brings up nothing.

>> No.512100

>>512093
ARTHUR C CLARKE COMPARED BOOKS TO LORD OF THE RINGS!?!? AND TO THINK I ACTUALLY USED TO RESPECT HIM!

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>>512094
orly

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>>512104
Boom.

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>>512100

>> No.512115

>>511955
seriously, the twillight covers are the worst example of FORCED SYMBOLISM, how can you guys really mean that they are great covers?!

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>> No.512123
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the OP cover looks like it belongs on the side of a van

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>>512110
?

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>> No.512132

>>512115
Yeah they are forced symbolism but they are very striking.

>> No.512155

>>512115
I agree with your forced symbolism thing, but I really liked what Meyer had to say about the cover to New Moon. This is from her website q&a:

>What kind of flower is that on the cover, and what does it mean?

>That is a ruffled tulip. As for the meaning... If you've read the Twilight FAQ, you know that the apple cover had a lot of meaning for me, and I was an active part of the covering process. However, that experience is more the exception than the rule in the publishing world. Something to keep in mind if you intend to embark on a career as a writer: lots of things you might expect to be under your control are not. Covers, for example. Those are mostly up to the publisher and the marketing and sales departments. So I don't know what the tulip means—I didn't have anything to do with this one.

I love how all the Twilight fans have to ask Meyer what her books/symbolism mean. They can't interpret shit for themselves.