I’ve worked with Shaun Horton before. We worked on ‘Class 5’ his alien encounter novel, which was great. I love the way he likes the covers to be close up and have serious impact on the shelf browser. This time we worked on Hannah, which was a book he had
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The Noble Artist regular client and fan favourite Angel M. has been working with me again recently, this time on an altogether new series. This, she warns, is a “Women’s Fiction/Dark Comedy. Warning…there is some colorful language so not suitable for the young and impressionable.” But then adds, “Oh, who
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Dystopian Futures One of my favourite genres, but one I’ve rarely worked in. I’ve always loved videogames, films and books in the “post-apocalyptic” or dystopian future. There’s something morbidly fascinating about the idea of man being back to basics. The book, and film The Road (Cormac McCarthy) had me gripped
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Horror book covers I’m very lucky to have been asked by my friends at Popcorn Horror to write an article about designing a horror book cover. I’ve always enjoyed the format used in ImagineFX for designing artwork so I wrote it with a similar level of detail in mind. I
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In the Spotlight Here’s a new feature (we’re trying to give them all regular names like ‘Industry Interviews’). When The Noble Artist is interviewed or mentioned significantly elsewhere, I’ll be writing an ‘In the Spotlight’ blog about it. Horror book covers This time I was interviewed by horror magazine Popcorn Horror.
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