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Cover art! The Forge of Darkness
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 03:50 PM
Sweet.
Not that cover art really means anything in Malazan books lol.
Not that cover art really means anything in Malazan books lol.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 04:12 PM
well that will certainly stand out amongst other fantasy covers
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 04:15 PM
I like how it looks worn with the tattered edges
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 05:25 PM
Hust swords are awesome.
I really would like to see publisher data on cover art. I know that's probably proprietary information, but that stuff would be so interesting to see and sift through.
The best Malazan cover art is The Crippled God one, with the Deadhouse Gates sandstorm one in second.
I really would like to see publisher data on cover art. I know that's probably proprietary information, but that stuff would be so interesting to see and sift through.
The best Malazan cover art is The Crippled God one, with the Deadhouse Gates sandstorm one in second.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 05:48 PM
this cover just gave me the goosebumps.
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 06:11 PM
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 17 March 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:
well that will certainly stand out amongst other fantasy covers
It will? With fifty percent of fantasy books looking almost the same? Sure..
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 06:26 PM
This image kind of gets across the main themes to the book though - swords = fair amount of violence, but not modern kill'em'alls like Warhammer, the blue swirls suggest magic and the darker colors + the appearance of the sword suggest darker, more moody, complicated stories. As H.D. noted, the battered appearance suggests that this is a story from long ago, rather than a right here, right now story.
The image isn't supposed to be a depiction of a scene within the book, as so many other Malazan covers are. It's intentionally symbolic and I take it as such. Note that I also critiqued ICE's Orb, Scepter and Throne cover for being an image that appeared to represent something within the books and actually didn't. That was a different blend of symbolism and although well drawn, I didn't like the image for the book. Here it's different, as the aim is different.
That's my take on it though. I like it. Others may have different, equally valid ones.
The image isn't supposed to be a depiction of a scene within the book, as so many other Malazan covers are. It's intentionally symbolic and I take it as such. Note that I also critiqued ICE's Orb, Scepter and Throne cover for being an image that appeared to represent something within the books and actually didn't. That was a different blend of symbolism and although well drawn, I didn't like the image for the book. Here it's different, as the aim is different.
That's my take on it though. I like it. Others may have different, equally valid ones.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 07:05 PM
amphibian, on 17 March 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:
This image kind of gets across the main themes to the book though - swords = fair amount of violence, but not modern kill'em'alls like Warhammer, the blue swirls suggest magic and the darker colors + the appearance of the sword suggest darker, more moody, complicated stories. As H.D. noted, the battered appearance suggests that this is a story from long ago, rather than a right here, right now story.
The image isn't supposed to be a depiction of a scene within the book, as so many other Malazan covers are. It's intentionally symbolic and I take it as such. Note that I also critiqued ICE's Orb, Scepter and Throne cover for being an image that appeared to represent something within the books and actually didn't. That was a different blend of symbolism and although well drawn, I didn't like the image for the book. Here it's different, as the aim is different.
That's my take on it though. I like it. Others may have different, equally valid ones.
The image isn't supposed to be a depiction of a scene within the book, as so many other Malazan covers are. It's intentionally symbolic and I take it as such. Note that I also critiqued ICE's Orb, Scepter and Throne cover for being an image that appeared to represent something within the books and actually didn't. That was a different blend of symbolism and although well drawn, I didn't like the image for the book. Here it's different, as the aim is different.
That's my take on it though. I like it. Others may have different, equally valid ones.
You couldnt be further from the truth...
Its the sword from that guy off the original GOTM cover that fires lightning at small castles...
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 07:12 PM
My point was that there are already so many covers with a sword and purple haze that never mind what it symbolises, it's still going to drown among them. As much as I disliked the other covers, especially tCG and OST, they at least tried.
It wasn't drawn. It was a photomanipulation, which is as far from 'drawn' as it can get.
amphibian, on 17 March 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:
[...] and although well drawn, [...].
It wasn't drawn. It was a photomanipulation, which is as far from 'drawn' as it can get.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 07:19 PM
Puck, on 17 March 2012 - 06:11 PM, said:
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 17 March 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:
well that will certainly stand out amongst other fantasy covers
It will? With fifty percent of fantasy books looking almost the same? Sure..
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 07:59 PM
worrywort, on 17 March 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:
Puck, on 17 March 2012 - 06:11 PM, said:
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 17 March 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:
well that will certainly stand out amongst other fantasy covers
It will? With fifty percent of fantasy books looking almost the same? Sure..
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 08:22 PM
POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 17 March 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:
well that will certainly stand out amongst other fantasy covers
Yep. The sword also looks horribly plain generic by itself. Not only it's just a sword, but it's an anonymous one.
But at least it's not strictly ugly cover. I guess it's something. It could be WORSE.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 11:40 PM
The design is nice, but I feel that the sword could be cooler or more series specific.
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 12:27 AM
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-tiam, on 17 March 2012 - 10:19 PM, said:
Whats that in real money like 25 quid? The price will be cheaper on Amazon surely?
$52.95 are real money.
Well, Canadian dollars, but still real
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 03:19 AM
On the one hand, yay, another Steve Stone generic inanimate object photo manipulation.
On the other hand, that does look pretty cool.
On the other hand, that does look pretty cool.
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