Odyssey Books
Illustration - book cover art
I was commissioned by Australian publishing house, Odyssey Books to create book cover art for these titles:
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After the Bloodwood Staff by Laura E Goodin - this cover called for faux-embossed borders, characters in action, a sense of place and an overall 'pre-loved' (vintage) feel; 'Boys' own adventures' cover art.
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Cassandra by Kathryn Gossow - to reflect the book's main themes of psychic ability, loneliness and disjointed reality, I used an abstract art style for this cover.
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Mud and Glass by Laura E. Goodin - this cover art uses a comic book aesthetic to amp-up the adventure and satire elements of the book; a look and feel the author thought would work well. The dominant purple and yellow is, of course, a little nod to early Phantom comics.
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Salvage by Martin Rodoreda - this book is set in a world where excessive mining, human pollution and war have left the earth devastated and virtually uninhabitable. I layered three drawings - a crumbling cityscape, the cracked earth and the lead character, Silver - to create the cover.
