This illustration is a “closeup” of some of the detail in “Midday Dream” (posted a few days ago).

Displaying book illustrations on the web is a little frustrating. First of all, the finer details of pictures are lost due to the lower resolution of a screen as compared to print (about a third to a fourth of print, that is 72 dots per inch as opposed to 300 or 350 dpi for print).

Second, there’s always the fear that someone who should know better will “borrow” illustrations that have been posted and use parts of it for their own “original pictures” or otherwise posting it on their site, thereby breaking the law and degrading the value of the artwork in the process. (And leading to a take down notice/closing of the site when they get caught.)

Those twin fears make posting artwork somewhat traumatic: Detail will be lost and if it’s a handsome piece, cyber thieves may be tempted to steal it.

But, in the end, if it peddling my book illustrations were easy, very likely no one would need to hire book cover illustrators, right? So I won’t complain too loudly.

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When not having philosophical thoughts about the resolution of illustrations and cyber thievery, Duncan Long labors as a freelance illustrator. His artwork has been published by HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, and many other publishers — and self-publishing authors. See his book cover illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
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