Hi everyone! Today's video is the first conversation with artists on this channel. Today, we have Lauren Panepinto, the creative director at Orbit Books. I have voiced how much I loved cover art released by Orbit Books for the past few years, and I'm truly grateful Lauren was kind enough, in the midst of her busy schedule, to spare some time to talk with me about many things related to cover art and design.
Some of the topics discussed are why cover change occurs, how much things are affected by printing, authors having a say in their cover art, choosing cover artists, doing sprayed edges, making an illustrated edition, and many more.
AND, speaking of the illustrated edition, there's a new announcement related to The Witcher Saga. You heard it here first. (I will add more timestamps to this)
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20:40 Cover Change Example
27:25 Illustrations or Symbolism on SFF Cover Art
33:10 League of Legends
54:25 A New Witcher Edition!
Artists Mentioned:
-Sam Weber
-Richard Anderson
-Karla Ortiz
-Tommy Arnold
-Daniel Dociu
-Ben Zweifel
-Martina Fackova
-Bruce Brenneise
-Kiri Leonard
-Dominick Saponaro
-Sasha Vinogradova
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