Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" discussion

This area is for book cover discussions/designs.

From the initial folder thread, I recopy/highlight member-Donna's book cover design pages:
https://99designs.com/profiles/dhmdes...

Hi, here's a link to my book covers. i'm a fan of sword and sorcery, ERB, sword and planet and other related genres. This part of the field has a rich history of strong art and I'd like to continue being part of that. If you need a cover please talk to me, I'm sure we could work something out.

http://garymccluskey.carbonmade.com/

gary mcCluskey

Gary wrote: "Hi, here's a link to my book covers. i'm a fan of sword and sorcery, ERB, sword and planet and other related genres. This part of the field has a rich history of strong art and I'd like to continue..."

Gary, thanks for joining and sharing your art. I hope a connection is made.

Thanks, S.E., this is a great idea.

Book Cover
Sharing for Charles Gramlich's friend Michelle Douglas, author and book cover designer . . . her Michelle Douglas Pre-Made Book Covers business page:
https://www.facebook.com/MichelleDoug...

I've started doing book covers with a focus on fantasy and s&s

I hope you can check it out.

Luke Ahearn Book Covers

Bob Kehl did the cover for my new S&S book. I found him through artforauthors.com, but you can also see his work on deviant art. I think he did a great job. It has the dynamic action of the old school stuff, with a modern feel.Draught of the Mad God

Man, Bob iis just killing it lately. He did a promo piece and the cover for my new one. Just did a cover reveal a few minutes ago on my site.

This is a great thread as I have a new series that's going to need a lot of fantasy covers. Bob's work is great too thanks for the name drop.

How common is it for cover designers to retain some rights to the cover art??

My experience has been that for 'big name' designers that work with trad publishing houses, they keep many rights while the designers that work with self-published authors (like me) may be more flexible and cede all rights to the author.

I love these types of book covers! Please check out my site.

www.lukeahearn.com

Hello everybody!

I'm a fine art university graduate with master in painting and I've been into illustration trade for a decade. I mostly do commissions and board game illustrations and covers, many of them Fantasy oriented.
Here is a link to a small sample of my artwork (lots of different styles and media, so you may pick and choose): https://maldudepart.deviantart.com/ga...
A list of board games I've illustrated: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamear...
I've also illustrated the cover of my very own comic albums: https://www.goodreads.com/series/211202
If anyone's interested, feel free to contact me!

Luke wrote: "I love these types of book covers! Please check out my site.

www.lukeahearn.com"

I checked your site out Luke and saw some good stuff, but it was hard to get an accurate look at the work in your gallery as the images were really small.