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A shame the front image is so irrationally greebled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble SciFi art continues its strang
by robocat 1y ago
A shame the front image is so irrationally greebled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeble
SciFi art continues its strange stylistic journey.
Makes me want to look through my old SciFi art books.
Edit: The Greeble article refers to the art term diapering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diapering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diapering
- octaane 1y agoI agree, but just a heads up: the front images for most scifi novels these days (and for the past few decades) have largely been out of the hands of the writer. The publishing house pretty much unilaterally decides on the cover for marketing reasons.
- robocat 1y agoAuthor said they paid for the cover art: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879213 (of course that doesn't mean they chose it). I actually like the art - but I'm somewhat eclectic.
- mojoe 1y agoJust confirming that yes, I chose the art. It's hard to please everyone with a project like this, I'm glad you like it!
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