Finish

I'm waiting to hear back for my agent but I was happy with the way it went.

Mock Up

Since I missed yesterday, here is an extra post, this being the mock up with type. I always enjoy seeing these because the I'm always aware about leaving space for the type so the type always ties the image together.

Finished Painting

Here is the finished painting, fun or what. Where was I yesterday I here nobody asking, where were you is my response. Anyway. I'm back now so what out.

Final Version

So here we are again, the art director didn't like so much sepia color on the cover because it looked a little dull, this is certainly a brighter and more eye catching cover, this one went to  print.

Picture Them Dead

This is the version of sketch 2 that I sent in to the art director, I really enjoy this type of tight rendering job so I very much hope this series may continue. The art director had some changes and revisions so I'll post the final version tomorrow.

Stripped For Murder

Happy Sunday good people, here is the finished painting for the color comp I posted earlier, I very much enjoyed this one, a throw back to the pulp fiction covers of yesteryear. i have another one in this series to work on and i hope for many more to come.

Finished Book cover

So here it is, I very much enjoy the process from start to finish, I'm hoping there will be more in this series. Life feel so much better when I'm painting.

Death At Tammany Hall

Here is a finish on the book cover I posted sketches on recently, I'm going to start posting a slew of work I've been doing lately, I know, promises promises.

Finished Painting

The finished painting, I love doing these tight renderings, very satisfying.

Finished

This is the finished painting, I skipped a couple of steps along the way but there you go.

The Next Stage

The next step, just filling in the major areas and building up the values.

Cover Under Way

I got the go ahead on this concept so now I'm starting to paint. This is going to be all about the lighting, I'm excited to see where I can take it.

Book Cover

Another recent book cover, I was quite lucky last year with the amount I was given to do, i hope for even more this year, fingers crossed.

100 Book Covers

I have painted over 200 book covers and when I started out I would buy them as I saw to build a collection, I can't remember how many I had when I lost them all in a move but it was a goodly amount. I can't recall the titles or the authors of a great many but I recently have been re-buying the ones I can recall on Amazon for 99 cents a pop, here is what the first hundred look like.

Book Cover

This is the cover for the first in a series of books by Alyssa Maxwell, it's called "Murder At The Breakers" I've just finished painting the second in the series so I'll post that soon, i love to paint these covers.

Book Cover

This is the finished painting for the book cover I've been working on. I really enjoy these projects when they turn up.

Sons of my Father

This is the finished book cover, I enjoyed putting this one together.

The Robber Baron

I'm calling it finished we'll see what the art director thinks.

Work in Progress

I got some way to go on this but it's coming along.  Every job these days in an opportunity to learn something.

Book Cover

You have to go back a long way for this one but it was on my desk top and since I'm upstate and have not drawn yet this will be my post for today. Tomorrow I will be bottling my first batch of home brewed beer which will sit for another two weeks until i know weather of not it is actually beer or not. Hoping to finish a couple of paintings from the bar series this weekend as well, gotta do something whilst waiting for the beer to be ready. One track mind.....? Maybe.