Comments on: What makes a fantasy cover… https://glendalarke.com/2009/08/what-makes-fantasy-cover/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2009/08/what-makes-fantasy-cover/#comment-20631 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:30:30 +0000 #comment-20631 I would have put dragons on top, but they came fourth. Oh well.

I have been complaining about Orbit's guy in a cloak pictures for a while now. 5 books by Karen Miller and now one by Glenda, have shown a cloaked figure – the cloak generally seems to be blowing in some nebulous breeze.

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2009/08/what-makes-fantasy-cover/#comment-20630 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:39:17 +0000 #comment-20630 Leith: The way Orbit described the dark cover: "They essentially looked like someone had taken a generic photostock, blurred it into oblivion, and spiked the level of darkness.

"And voila! You’ve got a Photoshop for Beginner’s Cover. Hence, the “completely dark covers of meaninglessness” category. Shadowy, mysterious covers are menacing. No?"

TD: Of course – they forgot "cloaks" as one of their categories!!"

]]> By: Tropical Dragon https://glendalarke.com/2009/08/what-makes-fantasy-cover/#comment-20629 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:02:45 +0000 #comment-20629 I've noticed Orbit UK covers all seem lately to have some bloke in a hooded cloak – even your new one has him. Other, of course, than the Mirage Makers covers which were all swords.

]]> By: Leith https://glendalarke.com/2009/08/what-makes-fantasy-cover/#comment-20628 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:57:17 +0000 #comment-20628 I guessed swords to be top (yay!) but what is a "completely dark cover of meaninglessness"?
-Leith

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