Friday, November 12, 2010

Original Artwork

The cover for The Bruiser looks quite familiar* and it reminds me why I wanted original artwork for Round One. As a frequent user of iStock here on the Pulp Writer blog, I will be the first to admit it's wonderful. But after seeing many identical or similar covers, I'm glad we approached James O'Barr for a unique piece.

The Rap Sheet has covered copycat covers.

*See BTAP's home page

8 comments:

Richard Prosch said...

Original art was absolutely the way to go. And O'Barr's cover can't BEAT!I wondered --did he do any preliminary sketches for you? Could you ever show us "the road to the cover" in early concepts?

Evan Lewis said...

To see tons of vintage copycat covers, check out THIS site:
http://bookscans.com/Publishers/twins/twins.htm

David Cranmer said...

Rich, Yes he did preliminary sketches I own and someday that may be a fun post because the creative process is incredible to behold.

Thanks, Evan.

Dave King said...

Great idea that Richard has there methinks.

Sarah Laurence said...

Liked the link to the copycat covers. I've seen a lot of twins in commercial women's fiction and YA too, drawing from stock photos. Much better to go with original artwork. I'd also like to the sketches that led to the cover with some discussion on creative process.

Charles Gramlich said...

Definitely reminds me of something. Gonna check out the link by Evan

David Cranmer said...

Dave, That it is.

Sarah, Many folks say covers are on their way out because in this electronic world what does it cover? I think that is a mistake because that image represents the book and if a publisher goes cheap it tells me their product is cheap.

Charles, A lot of interesting copycats at Evan's link.

Jodi MacArthur said...

You know you have something special when everyone else is trying to capture the same magic.