Book Cover Illustrations

The Adventures of Dod fantasy series by Thomas R. Williams has been a smashing success — and so the news that book three is now slated to come out in a just few months is more good news for fans.

An added bit of joy for me is that after creating the artwork for book 1 (shown above) and two (below), I’ve been asked to do the cover illustration for book three as well. I can’t wait to get started.

Since people often like to see how the covers appear with the lettering, I’ve also added a couple of pictures of the book covers with the lettering over my artwork (and should note that while I often do the layout design with books I create the covers for, I did not do this work — but wish I had as good as it looks).

Fantasy is popular with young readers right now, so not surprisingly The Adventures of Dod are proving quite popular. Talking to Mr. Williams today, I learned that fans tend to identify his books by the colors of the cover artwork — especially the colors that show on the spine of each book. Thus book one with cover artwork in the blue range has become “the blue book” and book two with yellows and browns is designated by many fans as the “tan” or “orange” book.

I’m not certain we can manage to have a different color for each of the books in this fantasy series. However seven books are slated to be written for the series; there are also seven major colors in the spectrum (though most folks can’t tell the difference between indigo and violet).

Seven books, seven colors… Coincidence?

Our flying monkeys think not.

The publisher has set up a website for buyers and fans wanting to learn more about The Adventures of Dod. There are free sample chapters, mazes, and various “extras” — no doubt of great interest for fans and readers — as well as authors wanting to see how to promote a book online.
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See more of book illustrator Duncan Long’s artwork in the Book Artist’s Portfolio.

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