Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The King In Yellow

I'm not altogether happy with how this cover treatment for "The King in Yellow" came out, but it's not bad for a first pass. My illustration for the Hastur-tainted play is based on the first-edition cover of Chamber's collection of stories. I was going for an artsy look with the wings, a detail from the original illustration, but the more I look at it the less I like it. It's a lot less artsy and a whole lot more "Dude, haven't you ever heard of perspective? His wings aren't, like, attached to him."

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    However, something like this:

    http://tinyurl.com/d4z43o

    would look pretty darn good, imo.

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  2. RoadieApril 16, 2012 at 2:01 AM

    I'm not so sure. I really like the way they look like lungs. I have no idea what it would *mean*, mind you, but I like it. It's subtle enough to give you that feeling of the image creeping into your own body.

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