Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Art of the Gantlet Brother's Greatest Hits

Over at cover artist extraordinaire M.D. Jackson's blog he explains how he put together the cover art for my novel The Gantlet Brother's Greatest Hits.  To give further insight into the process I've included a couple of roughs below.  MD Jackson provided these to PulpWork Press after doing a read through of the manuscript.

Although I quite liked the image of Matthias Gantlet diving into the water with an awesome explosion going off above (and may ask M.D. to use it in the future), I thought that the assembled band members shown in the first sketch might be most like the cover of a rock album and fit the title of The Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits best, and suggested that the female figures at the bottom be stricken, and that M.D. concentrate on the Gantlet Brothers.

M.D. did this with his usual gusto and skill, and you can see the final product at his SkyLarking blog.



Copies of  The Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits can be picked up at a 20% discount at the Pulp Work Press site by punching in the code 5YRZ6A8W or pick up a digital copy for just $2.99 on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. 

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