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Why Do Cover Artists Not Contribute Any Interior Art?
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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5062918" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I imagine Erik Mona and other actual publishers have some insight (as he said, expensive).</p><p></p><p>I've met Larry Elmore and AggieCon a few years back. My wife, being a bigger artist person actually talked shop with him for a while.</p><p></p><p>a) almost all the women in his paintings are of his wife</p><p>b) he paints LARGE. His works are done on multi-panel masonite (particle board) that he has to haul in to get scannned/photographed. This is how he gets all that detail in, by making it big details.</p><p></p><p>That means that one of his classic covers is not a simple wall painting. It's nearly life sized.</p><p></p><p>Granted, not all artists do it the Elmore way, but the point is, color art for a cover is probably a larger painting.</p><p></p><p>A recent painting I did was on a 2'x4' canvas. I used all my wife's supplies for acrylic painting. I had to buy an extra jar of blue paint for $15 on sale. The other colors I used were tubes of the "not cheap, not student grade" paint. I had at least $200 in supplies, and that was at my wife's discounted price from when she worked at an art supply store.</p><p></p><p>I spent about 3 days of man-hours working on it. I'm told I'm pretty fast for what I produce.</p><p></p><p>The point then is, 1 cover probably takes the time it would take to do multiple interior drawings.</p><p></p><p>Plus, at least in the past, the cover was where the nice color printing was spent on, regardless of what you put there. The interior paper and printing was most often black and white, lower grade.</p><p></p><p>Thus, black and white worked well in interior, paintings and photos work well on covers. Just because somebody is a good painter, doesn't mean they are a good drawer.</p><p></p><p>How can that be?</p><p></p><p>Light table and photo projector. These tools make me a better artist than I really am.</p><p></p><p>trace a picture of Elmore's wife on the light table, make a few adjustments for period clothing, etc (easier than getting the full figure correct by freehand). Then project the tracing onto the canvas with a the photo projector and trace that onto the canvas. Now paint it. Its so easy, I can do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5062918, member: 8835"] I imagine Erik Mona and other actual publishers have some insight (as he said, expensive). I've met Larry Elmore and AggieCon a few years back. My wife, being a bigger artist person actually talked shop with him for a while. a) almost all the women in his paintings are of his wife b) he paints LARGE. His works are done on multi-panel masonite (particle board) that he has to haul in to get scannned/photographed. This is how he gets all that detail in, by making it big details. That means that one of his classic covers is not a simple wall painting. It's nearly life sized. Granted, not all artists do it the Elmore way, but the point is, color art for a cover is probably a larger painting. A recent painting I did was on a 2'x4' canvas. I used all my wife's supplies for acrylic painting. I had to buy an extra jar of blue paint for $15 on sale. The other colors I used were tubes of the "not cheap, not student grade" paint. I had at least $200 in supplies, and that was at my wife's discounted price from when she worked at an art supply store. I spent about 3 days of man-hours working on it. I'm told I'm pretty fast for what I produce. The point then is, 1 cover probably takes the time it would take to do multiple interior drawings. Plus, at least in the past, the cover was where the nice color printing was spent on, regardless of what you put there. The interior paper and printing was most often black and white, lower grade. Thus, black and white worked well in interior, paintings and photos work well on covers. Just because somebody is a good painter, doesn't mean they are a good drawer. How can that be? Light table and photo projector. These tools make me a better artist than I really am. trace a picture of Elmore's wife on the light table, make a few adjustments for period clothing, etc (easier than getting the full figure correct by freehand). Then project the tracing onto the canvas with a the photo projector and trace that onto the canvas. Now paint it. Its so easy, I can do it. [/QUOTE]
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