New Covers for Phedre's Trilogy

Here are the re-released covers of Phedre's trilogy all together in one place! I'm still a fan of the older covers painted by John Jude Palencar, but I'm always happy to see new art for this series. Definitely inspiring for me to keep going with my own cover re-designs!

Fan Art Feature: Jessica Cox aka. Zeldyn

If you haven’t seen the amazing and inspiring Kushiel’s Legacy fan art by Jessica Cox, you are missing out! 

See the full sized images at the Kushiel Concepts tumblr post.

 

Her work has long inspired me to move forward with my own interpretations of these beloved characters from the series. I especially love her take on Melisande and Favrielle. They are simply as my mind pictured them!

You can see more of Jessica’s artwork at her blog.

Kushiel Concepts Pinterest Inspiration Board

I’ve been busy with my other projects, but no worries. I haven’t forgotten this one! I’m constantly adding inspiring images that make me think of the Kushiel’s Legacy series over at Pinterest with plans to use them for this project.

Be sure to give it a Follow, if you’d like to keep up!

http://www.pinterest.com/angelicshadow/kushiels-legacy/

New Kushiel's Legacy Ebook Covers

Have you seen the new covers for the Kushiel’s Legacy ebooks (UK versions)? So simple and elegant! Read more about them here.

Master Copy - Offering to Venus

Re-sharing this study here since I painted it specifically to guide me in painting the redo of the cover of Kushiel's Dart that I'm currently working on. This painting has given me some fantastic ideas about how to handle Phedre's wardrobe as well. I can't wait to get back to it!

What I Learned from Master Copying - Offering to Venus
I recently finished a master copy of John William Godward’s painting, Offering to Venus.  This was my first ever attempt at copying a masterwork and it’s proven to be a most enlightening experience!  Many thanks to Sam Hogg for her suggestion to try this exercise and her tutorials on the matter.

See a step by step with detailed notes at WiPnation.

Why Do This?

Why would someone drive themselves insane this way, you ask?  For me, I did this exercise to prime myself for another painting which I had hit a dead end with.  I wanted skin glow, gorgeous roses, a classical painterly feel, and translucent material, but it all seemed flat and plastic no matter what I did with it.  I needed some time away from the piece to figure out how this was done. 

The ‘other’ painting, a reinterpretation of the cover of

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey.

That’s when I came upon John William Godward’s Offering to Venus.  This painting had everything I wanted in my own - glowing soft skin, roses, sheer cloth, and a classical feel…

Read on at the full blog post.

Kushiel's Legacy Covers from France

Here we have more Kushiel's Legacy cover inspiration!

For images you can enlarge, see my tumblr post.

These are some of my favorite covers to the first trilogy of Kushiel books that were sold in France. Some of the best and most fitting illustrations, in this fan's opinion!

More covers collected at the Jacqueline Carey cover collection site.

Donato Giancola's Kushiel's Dart Cover

Awoke this morning to find that Donato Giancola has shared his version of a cover for a re-release of Kushiel’s Dart over at Muddy Colors!  Definitely check out his blog post to see the beautiful preliminary sketch for this one. It’s quite lovely!

Talk about massive inspiration for me to finish up my redo of the cover!

EDIT: Now with text treatment, thanks to the Art Director's blog post!