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#21 D'rek

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 01:28 AM

Crow Clan Baby, on 11 July 2011 - 05:09 PM, said:

Don't really like it. OK, it's nice to have something unique and different for a limited edition (that is the whole point after all), but the original cover was so iconic that it would always be a hard act to follow and I don't think this one does enough.

Oh yes, the first cover was so iconic that it was a blatant re-paint of the same cover the artist had used for two other (non-malazan) books...

You know who I could see fitting the cover girl (and not the other way around as I doubt the artist was trying for this) - Lostara Yil. She's got the dancer flexibility for the pose, does a fair amount of secret stabbing throughout the book and oh look, a Pardu tatoo on her shoulder blades.

Now if only the smoky clouds were made of bloodflies...

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 03:44 AM

I suppose I could see that.

Still don't like it as much as the old cover though. Don't care if it was a reprint. If they're going to do a new cover, I think they really could have done something cooler.

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 03:54 AM

Here's another piece of artwork

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 06:08 AM

Crimsonblade, on 28 July 2011 - 03:54 AM, said:

Here's another piece of artwork

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Wow! I love the artwork. But...it gives too much away. And it's a bit Jesus-like, isn't it? Is it internal artwork?

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 06:34 AM

Now that's cool.

Of course it's internal artwork. And yeah, it's jesus-like. I mean, he WAS crucified, after all.

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 04:10 PM

Interesting pic. It's missing a few things though (arrow, blood, his legs)

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 04:48 PM

He doesn't look like someone who's in the process of being crucified, but rather like he's taking a nap. Also, I think a bit more black would do the whole thing some good, Coltaine looks like a grandpa and the crows like pigeons.. More feeling, please.

That said, I DO like it. I like the angle. Still, could be better.

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 04:57 PM

Puck, on 28 July 2011 - 04:48 PM, said:

...the crows like pigeons.. ...

This.
I realize the grey effect is meant to be motion, but crows are black and that's being lost.

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Posted 29 July 2011 - 02:18 AM

It's not what I was hoping for regarding this scene, but it's alright I guess. I really would have liked to see this scene painted from the view of Squint in Aren - maybe even showing him in distress in the foreground with the scene of this in the background and the trail to Aren in the scene. I can appreciate the intamacy of the two images posted so far, but I really hope that there are some grander scenes depicted in the art for DG.

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Posted 29 July 2011 - 02:42 AM

True, would be awesome to have Squint's view in Aren.

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Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:10 PM

UseOfWeapons, on 28 July 2011 - 06:08 AM, said:

Crimsonblade, on 28 July 2011 - 03:54 AM, said:

Here's another piece of artwork

Posted Image

Wow! I love the artwork. But...it gives too much away. And it's a bit Jesus-like, isn't it? Is it internal artwork?

On the SubPress website, this is now the cover image...

http://www.subterran...roduct_Count=50

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Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:53 PM

Looks like the lettered and numbered editions will have different dust jacket illustrations.

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Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:57 PM

Maybe they've paid attention to the forumites discussing this and swapped out the cover image.

So... do you think we could get a campaign going to have Mappo and Icarium in the desert be the new cover? Or Coltaine breaking Gesler's nose?

(I like the new cover and despite the slight spoilerish overtones to it, almost everyone who buys one of these super-special editions has read the book and knows it well.)

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Posted 02 August 2011 - 03:08 PM

Not how I envisaged Coltaine at all, and those crows do look an awful lot like pigeons.

Hope the other artwork has more of the grandeur about them, and feature more than 1 person.

Also

UseOfWeapons, on 01 August 2011 - 05:53 PM, said:

Looks like the lettered and numbered editions will have different dust jacket illustrations.

From the SP post -

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The lettered edition will include everything in the numbered, plus the following features:

A completely different dust jacket

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Posted 02 August 2011 - 03:12 PM

Why would you expect the crows to look like anything other than crows?

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Posted 02 August 2011 - 08:07 PM

The Felisin/Sha'ik/Sorry/whatever piece is much more polished; in that respect, I think it makes a better cover.

Then again, the Coltaine cover that's up now could just be a rough draft. Goodness knows this still gets claimed as the cover for GotM, when the final version is actually this.

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Posted 03 August 2011 - 04:40 PM

You can see a high res jpeg of the new cover art here.

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Posted 03 August 2011 - 07:21 PM

Definitely a good improvement from the earlier cover. I am way more willing to pay for this cover than the prior one.

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Posted 06 August 2011 - 07:59 PM

The new cover is fantastic.

I just wish they had already started working on the next few books so we won't have to wait a couple of decades to have the whole collection.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 02:14 PM

Agreed, this does look really generic. Who is that supposed to be on the cover? Felisin, I seriously can't think of anyone who would remotely fit that pic?
The original artwork captures the essence of the story with 4 horsemen riding from the whirlwind. The GOTM was great as it showed Rake, Moon's Spawn and a bunch of Great Ravens and I like it far more than the original GOTM cover.