See, I guess I don't have the temperament to be a real cover artist because if it were me, the first thing I would do would be to page through the book for all the descriptions I could find of the significant characters, and then thrash my brain trying to make sure I included as many identifying characteristics as I could. But I guess that's not how the real cover artists do it!!!
XD
I think that's why so many C.J. Cherryh fans worship Michael Whelan - on his Cherryh covers, he's obviously paid close attention to her descriptions. (But he's not above using himself as a model when he fit the description of a character ... on the cover for The Pride of Chanur, he used himself as Tully - the human in the middle.)
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Date: 2008-03-06 06:53 pm (UTC)See, I guess I don't have the temperament to be a real cover artist because if it were me, the first thing I would do would be to page through the book for all the descriptions I could find of the significant characters, and then thrash my brain trying to make sure I included as many identifying characteristics as I could. But I guess that's not how the real cover artists do it!!!
XD
I think that's why so many C.J. Cherryh fans worship Michael Whelan - on his Cherryh covers, he's obviously paid close attention to her descriptions. (But he's not above using himself as a model when he fit the description of a character ... on the cover for The Pride of Chanur, he used himself as Tully - the human in the middle.)