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Cover art: Products that got it right/wrong

Started by winkingbishop, December 09, 2010, 07:00:16 PM

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Ian Warner

#90
December 14, 2010, 04:50:17 PM
I'm not sure they get it right or wrong either I just thought the theme would be interesting.

I can't wait to see what horrors are on the Wizkid cover.
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danbuter

#91
December 14, 2010, 08:44:36 PM
But did you really need to spam this thread with them? They are nowhere near the covers that have been posted by others.
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December 14, 2010, 10:02:33 PM
Quote from: Ian Warner;426097Spot the theme

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#93
December 15, 2010, 09:53:57 AM
Quote from: Benoist;426117Or indicate a serious fetish issue on the author's/publisher's part?

"Fetish"? For what? Women?  Dude, that's the one thing that's NOT a "fetish"....

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#94
December 15, 2010, 10:51:30 AM
Quote from: Koltar;424963Jgants,

 How much influence does any RPG book author have over what the artwork is or which artist gets assigned to it?


- Ed C.

I'm not Jgants, but I've had a bit of luck with covers.

I suggested the original image that became Slaves of Fate, and when I saw the original cover proposed for Basic Roleplaying, I complained and meticulously described the image that became the cover for the Big Gold Book... an image that's become the trade dress for all of the BRP monograph releases.

My complaints about the cover for the deluxe edition of A Game of Thrones went unheard, however.

Ian Warner

#95
December 15, 2010, 10:53:32 AM
I suppose it depends on the company and if the author is an artist as well. That's pretty much the only way you can guarantee what the art is like in my experiance. Do it yourself. I do wish I could sometimes.
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Benoist

#96
December 15, 2010, 11:35:36 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;426330"Fetish"? For what? Women?  Dude, that's the one thing that's NOT a "fetish"....

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#97
December 15, 2010, 01:13:14 PM Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 01:39:20 PM by jahud
To me the cover of the first edition HârnMaster says it all: "This is a brutal pre-industrial game-world with scarce surplus, meager specialization and rigid social classes. Ultimately, it means rich knights come over and burn your house. Depending on their banners, it's called either taxing or pillaging. This is medieval Deadwood. If you think that's too rough, go back to your nice little pseudo-modern equal-opportunity fantasy."

EDIT: Just to be clear, for the reason above, I'm an avid fan of Hârn.



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Simlasa

#98
December 15, 2010, 01:48:57 PM
That's the first time I've ever seen that Harn image up close... never got the gist of what was going on until now. For some reason I thought Harn was some RPG version of 'Settlers of Cataan'.

Ian Warner

#99
December 15, 2010, 02:56:00 PM
Quote from: jahud;426397To me the cover of the first edition HârnMaster says it all: "This is a brutal pre-industrial game-world with scarce surplus, meager specialization and rigid social classes. Ultimately, it means rich knights come over and burn your house. Depending on their banners, it's called either taxing or pillaging. This is medieval Deadwood. If you think that's too rough, go back to your nice little pseudo-modern equal-opportunity fantasy."

EDIT: Just to be clear, for the reason above, I'm an avid fan of Hârn.

Man after that build up I was expecting a bloke in full plate stomping on a pesant's head.
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Windjammer

#100
December 15, 2010, 05:19:45 PM
Cadwallon

Not the best art of that book is on the cover - not by a long shot. And still, it's a stunner as far as I'm concerned.

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#101
December 17, 2010, 06:47:44 AM
Quote from: Ian Warner;426433Man after that build up I was expecting a bloke in full plate stomping on a pesant's head.

Yeah, that's medieval social classes for you, abridged version. :)
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wyldcat9

#102
December 17, 2010, 07:00:43 AM
Quote from: jahud;426980Yeah, that's medieval social classes for you, abridged version. :)

Yeah, basically.  What I found interesting is that the only one in the whole picture who looks happy is the dog.

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#103
February 17, 2012, 02:50:13 PM
More Michael Komarck

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Rincewind1

#104
February 17, 2012, 03:06:26 PM
Now that's good stuff. Waaaaaaay better then the old PDF cover.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed
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