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The good Rilla stumbled across a link to the designer of the new covers Les Petersen, and I thought I'd just place the links up here so you can check them out and his other works :)

They are great! Too bad not all the covers are up there. Also, they would have made good wallpapers if only they were a wee bit bigger. :-/
The Stone Key
Dragon concept
The Ashlings
The Farseekers

Obernewtyn concept design a
Obernewtyn concept design b
^What do you guys reckon these two scenes were meant to be?

I think it is also evident in these images that the same girl was not used for all the covers. (Yes I'm a little slow :P)

Oh, and it looks like that the girl on the Farseekers cover is not the same as the girl they used in the end. Unless good old photoshop worked some magic :P
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I think they beautiful, some of them anyhoo. I love the newest covers(TSK), just because they have more depth and attract me more. and whoever elf is, is pretty!
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Just go back from the bookshop, and browsing the fantasy section made me realise that most fantasy covers are ugleeee. Makes me realise that IC has done pretty well with the various covers that have been put on her books over the years. This latest set are really nice, and I like the TSK one best too.
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If it was just conceptual and rough designing, they wouldn't get their cover Elspeth to pose for the shots until they're finalised.
But still interesting =D

Maybe the pic of Elspeth going down the stone stairs was when she escapes from the healer hall in book one, and Rushton catches her. Though that wouldn't explain the cat(Maruman?)/dog in the background.
Or it could be when she goes into the cave of the Zebkrahn...though that doesn't fit at all =/

Or it could just be sneaking into Alexis office to steal maps.

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They all look so good for rough drafts! And Mk, is there any reason why three of those links lead to the dragon image..? lol

For the Obernewtyn concept, I think it looks like she's running away from something. Unfortunately I can't tie this to any part of the book because I haven't read them in a while :( Still great pics, thanks to whoever found them :D
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[act]grumbles[/act] you wouldn't believe how many times I had to check the links...

Hopefully they work now :) Thanks!
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Oh, and it looks like that the girl on the Farseekers cover is not the same as the girl they used in the end. Unless good old photoshop worked some magic :P
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The girl is definitely different. The girl on the Farseekers cover was part of the illustration - for the final cover, they used a photo for the girl, but they kept the illustrated background and bird. ;D

I got the impression that the Ober concepts were evoking ideas of Obernewtyn and the farms, rather than specific scenes... I really liked those, too... :)
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Those concept designs made me blink the first time I saw them: they just don't look like Obernewtyn covers to me - more like a coming-of-age-on-the-farm classic (Anne of Green Gables, anyone? :P) or sinister futuristc sci-fi. They grew on me, though, and though I'm still glad they went with the current one (which I think suits the books so much more) I like them in themselves. Although I think Elspeth's stance is a bit strange in the hallway picture. I love the dreaminess of the farm one, however...I agree with Zieria, they evoke an image of how Obernewtyn looks.

I'm always on the lookout for fantasy artists, because there are some wonderful ones out there, so I was glad to see Les Peterson's site. He's done the covers for a lot of books I've seen or read, but I didn't realise they were all by the same artist. I wonder if they might get him to do a few more of IC's books? I can see Legendsong getting a makeover in time for Darkbane, at least.
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I really hope they stick with the same design and illustrator for Darkbane - I don't want another non-matching set! Besides, I love the first edition of those books - especially Darkfall. It's such a lovely cover! But if they do decide to change it, they could certainly do a lot worse than to use Les Petersen's illustrations... ;D He's really nice, too. I spoke to him briefly at Convergence - didn't find out who he was until after he'd left though. :(

Although I think Elspeth's stance is a bit strange in the hallway picture. I love the dreaminess of the farm one, however...
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I love the impressionistic quality of the farm one, and I agree on the awkwardness of the stance in the hallway one - I love the shadowed cat in the stairwell though...
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I really hope they stick with the same design and illustrator for Darkbane - I don't want another non-matching set! Besides, I love the first edition of those books - especially Darkfall. It's such a lovely cover!
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Ooh, I heard somewhere that the covers of of Darkfall and Darksong are actually two parts of a large painting that IC saw and liked so much she used it for the covers...

Of course, now I can't remember where I heard this. :P Anyone know?
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I have no idea, but I remember reading somewhere that IC was saying she really liked the covers of the Legendsong books so far.

I actually quite like the Dark (lol I nearly wrote One :P) Song, and Darkfall covers. They are a little abstract but they are fascinating to me.

I can see though how it may turn away some readers (because let's face it, how many of us judge a book by a cover? :P).

The new Ober covers I think shall definitely attract some more readers, and while I am quite fond of these, I think my favourite covers are the 2nd print ones (who knows why there is a moon/mars thing in the back of Ashlings), but only marginally :P

Miles Lowry covers are very artistic as well, but not so much my style. I love the Obernewtyn cover though, with Maruman hidden in the trees :)

coming-of-age-on-the-farm classic

lol Firefall, now that you mention it, they do remind me a bit of that.
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Right, the Legendsong covers are by Janet Woolley.

*employs some google-fu* Apparently she is the Professor of Illustration at the University of Arts in London.

*more google-fu* And the book covers are from a painting of hers called "The Last Supper", but I can't find a full version of the painting :(
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Wow! They are soo weird, but I think they are intriguing as well!

Someone should do an Ober collage similar to her works with all the pictures from this sub-forum :P

Thanks for the link Rilla, you seem to be the source of IC cover artists :P
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Lol, Linkgirl, to the rescue! :P

And after actually looking at the cover (woah Rilla, novel idea :P ) it turns out that only Darkfall is from "The Last Supper". Darksong's cover is from "Godmother Night".
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I found the stock photo of the model used for TSK. I thought it might be interesting to see if there was anything more to the picture, but it's been photoshopped to hell and back for the book cover.

Anyway, link if anyone cares.

~Link~
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I do!! The link didn't work for me though :(
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Hmm, odd.

Ok, go to this ~Link~ site and enter "71196109" in the quick image search box.

Don't get your hopes up, it's a pretty lame image.
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Oh wow! And here we were all thinking they used someone as a model (even though... later one it was established that they were not all the same)

Wow, the wonders of photoshop!
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Oh gosh! That model from the TSK cover looks so different to what I was expecting!

Just as an aside, did anyone else think that the model on the Sending cover looked like Emily Browning? That was the first thing I thought when I saw it.
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o_O how very...surreal!
So, is that a lipstick, or a USB stick of doom? ;)
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LOL Min! I say there's no question about it. Its definately a USB stick of doom.

I always wondered why the models lips on TSK where so prominent... now i know why... it's a lipstick photo :P i wonder where the head piece and braids came from or if they are digitally illustrated :-?
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probably,

like the repeated pattern of hair on the dragon one.
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Ooh! I suppose the evolution of the covers is relevant in here [act]links[/act]:

~Link~
Just so we don't lose it or forget about it :P
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About that - I thought it was so interesting how Les Peterson actually painted backgrounds to be laid under the photos. I wonder if the process is similar in other photographic covers?
He must have put a lot of work into paintings that never made it past concept stage, too.
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Indeed - but we appreciate them muchly! It's always fun seeing other people's interpretation of the chronicles :)

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