Woman, concept art, character concept, oc painting, games, sci fi and fantasy. Get the best deals on original sci fi art when you shop the largest online selection at. Wells through the classic cover art of pulp magazines from the 1920s and 30s, to graphic novels in the 60s and 70s, and right up to contemporary film posters, movies, and television shows chapters bring to light the most groundbreaking and talked about sci fi. Find the perfect science fiction book cover stock photo. Jeff brown graphics is one of the top artists in the indie publishing industry. Immerse yourself in highly professional, one of a kind, and custom manipulated premade book cover designs that are 100% optimized to compete against bestsellers on amazon, barnes and noble, ibooks, and smashwords all of our premade ebook cover designs are only sold once, and once only so no one else in the world will have a cover that looks exactly like yours. The nerdwriter follows the development of sci fi cover art from the heyday of the paulillustrated amazing stories to the introduction of massmarket paperback books in the late 1930s to penguins experimentation with existing works of modern art in the 1960s to the commissioning of new, even more bizarre and evocative works by all manner of. I posted the penguin books edition cover earlier, now heres the 1960 original. Book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context.
A new book aims to explore the glorious history of scifi. As you can see, its very much one of those oh shit, here come the 60s. The art of penguin science fiction examines the history and cover art of science fiction published by penguin books. Also used on a czech book cover published by laser books. Science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal book cover. See more ideas about fantasy book covers, sci fi and sci fi books. His work with bookfly and his experience as an audiobook cover designer have given him the opportunity to create hundreds of covers across a wide range of genres and authors. Every year, the art world chooses the best science fiction and fantasy illustrations providing a visual feast for the rest of us. Virgil finlay, american, 19141971, is probably one of the best known of science fiction cover artists. His fantasy style is more painterly, graceful and sensuous inspired by golden age illustrators, preraphaelites and art.
Scifi artists and illustrators list, freelance artist. The most common sci fi cover art material is polyester. Science fiction auction features rare and original artwork. I am charging slightly more now but am including pod templates, etc. Ya, fantasy and science fiction book cover art ravven. Many of johns science fiction pieces have been sold and we keep these on the site at the end of this section simply for archive purposes. See more ideas about sci fi books, science fiction books, sci fi. It can depict the different social settings and systems of our world while containing elements of fantasy, adventure, and even the thrills and dangers of. Good show sir only the worst scififantasy book covers. Premade book covers and ebook covers for independent authors on a budget. Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. This is captain blastoff, coming to you from the galaxy gallery in the future, talking about a great popular art form of the past. Science fiction thriller book cover legacy books covers art.
His work is some of the most technically proficient in the genre. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Dick and alfred bester, but he is likely most recognizable for the poster work that he did to tie in with star wars. These sci fi book cover templates allured with science fiction fonts hunt and exhibit thoughtful labels.
In addition to the sci fi art, theres a section with paintings featuring an exotic location almost inspired by asian architecture and his own imagination. The collection features artworks from burnss extensive career from the 1970s to as recent years as 2014. A collection of vintage sci fi and fantasy art from book covers, published mainly during the 1960s and 70s. Links to book cover illustrators, book artists, and book. They are deep from the he art of imagination where stars grow and galaxies sow. For the work thats still available, begin on page 1 of these thumbnails and keep going until you come to the sold pages. I am specialized in book cover, and also a numbered specialization of some subjects. The best royaltyfree stock image sites for your book cover and how to avoid choosing the same one as everybody else. Chris moore is an english artist known mostly for his sci fi book covers.
Below are some of the covers made by bookflys designer. Interesting video, but i think the narrator needs to present it as some information that he has found, not so definitive. Ya, fantasy and science fiction book cover art please note that my rates have changed. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Includes in springdale town by robert freeman wexler, jailwise by lucius shepard and greetings by terry bisson. A design classic, this first edition cover is pretty much defines the image that many people see when they hear the words scifi.
Hundreds of unique premade sci fi book covers created by professional designers. When this list was originally created it was expected to have both fantasy and science fiction. The chesley awards just chose its 2014 finalists, and theres. Professional premade book cover designs iamgonegirl designs. A dallas, texas auction house known as heritage auctions will be holding a massive lot of over 450 items of midcentury science fiction artwork. Stormqueen by michael whelan original painting art fantasy sci fi book cover. He works in epic fantasy, dark fantasy, space opera, postapocalyptic, horror, thrillers, ya novels, and other genres. Science fiction book cover templates by canva the genre of science fiction is one of the most fascinating, complex, and extensive categories in novels, story books, plays, and even in film. For more info or if you are interested in commissioning some cover, you may contact me at mihael.
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High quality book covers for selfpublished writers. Science fiction thriller book cover a young girl is escaping from a lab in this science fiction thriller book cover, second in a series by author darren j hale. It is very interesting, but certainly all the trends he ascribes to science fiction book covers in the 60s onward were applicable to all the book covers designed for the new generation of readers, in the many fields they read. The incredible art department offers links to a variety of talented artists. Thriller or fantasy, sci fi or horror, we cover every genere. His sci fi style is smooth, clean, and with bright colors. The commentary is basically john harris talking about his thought process, and some background to the worlds he paintings. Sci fi art directory of artists who specialize in creating science fiction book covers. Used on the cover of best short novels 2004 published by the science fiction book club of bookspan. Yet there are also plenty of science fiction novels and collections that buck the trend art books film music tv 30 of the most beautiful scifi book covers ever made. Stephen hickman has painted over 350 science fiction and fantasy book covers since 1976. Gotschalk after a seven days march through woodland, the traveler directed towards baucis cannot see the city and yet he has arrived.
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