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Book Cover Illustration for Steven Barnes’ Assassin

Here’s a sneak peek a the new book cover illustration I did a few days ago for Steven Barnes’ novel Assassin. The book comes out in November (2010) from ISFiC Press. I won’t give the plot away, but the story basically deals with the class of cultures during the Middle Ages. With that in mind, […]

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Two New Book Cover Illustrations Waiting for Adoption

OK. I just did these for fun. But I’m hoping sometime each of these illustrations will find its way onto a book cover. Until then, hopefully they’ll bring a little amusement to readers of this blog as well as those who visit my online galleries. Above is “Summer Storm” and below is “Lisajen’s Top Hat.” […]

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Can I Make Money Self-Publishing My Book?

It is one thing to self-publish. Quite another to make money at it. Many beginners assume that if they right the book about the better mouse trap, the world will beat a path to their door. Sadly, that seldom happens. There are three things a title needs to succeed in today’s marketplace: Promotion, promotion, promotion. […]

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Photoshop or Painter for Illustration Work?

From time to time beginning illustrators contact me to ask whether Photoshop or Corel Painter is the better choice for digital illustration work. I think in fact there’s no wrong choice to make. After an artist gets used to the digital “landscape” of a program and using a tablet (I recommend Wacom tablets, by the […]

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Another Angel Illustration

Another illustration that does not yet have a home… Needless to say, all book cover, magazine, CD, poster, and other rights are available for this illustration (on a first-come, first-served basis). Art critics and teachers often claim that good artwork should avoid being symmetrical and that off-balanced pictures are more interesting to the eye. I […]

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