Friday, June 1, 2012

French Art

The French covers for The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha—renamed The Tower of Elves, or The Elven Tower


Obviously as an author book covers are fun, especially when they are good. It's always fascinating to see what you envisioned reflected back at you through another person's imagination. Above are the covers for the French editions, the art done by the marvelous Marc Simonetti—the cover for Avempartha being newly released.

While I had zero input, having never communicated with Mousiour Simonetti, or the the French publisher Bragelonne and its imprint Milady, I am nevertheless, extremely pleased with their fanciful and imaginative depictions of my world Elan. It's enough to make me want to get Rosetta Stone.

I still have to wonder why it is everyone insists on giving Royce a sword. On the other hand I think the scarlet cloak is very stylish.
Posted by Michael J. Sullivan

16 comments:

  1. Scott MarloweJune 1, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    Wow. The Crown Conspiracy--magnifico! Love the detail of the city.

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  2. J. SullivanJune 1, 2012 at 12:46 PM

    Both of those are spectacular. They remind me of Michael Whelan's stuff, which is, in my opinion, the best Sci-Fi/Fantasy cover work out there.

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  3. JustinJune 1, 2012 at 2:43 PM

    ELF TOWER! Those are gorgeous covers, and make up for the last luster titling of book two ;)

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  4. SaraJune 1, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    wow. those are probably my favorite covers so far. Maybe I should try to remember french by reading them, again, in another language.

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  5. AnonymousJune 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Outstanding Michael, I have always admired your detailed care and obvious concern for the high level of the artwork, cover and inside pages always reflect exactly what a discerning reader appreciates and which complements the quality of the words so well.

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  6. Nick AlimonosJune 5, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    These covers are SOOOO much better than the American versions! That would frustrate me, but make me happy too. Beautiful! The second one really gives you a sense of how damn hard it must have been to get to that tower.

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  7. SilverRaindropsJune 6, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    These are awesome.
    Knowing the French, they'll probably be as oversized as any French fantasy novels, but who cares. They're beautiful! Congratulations on having such beautiful artwork in your books.

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  8. Melissa (My World...in words and pages)June 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    Aside from your covers, these are amazing. They have held the same theme idea as you started. I like how they depict part of the novels. Wonderfully done.

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  9. ham1299June 6, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    Those are gorgeous!

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  10. AnonymousJune 7, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    Wow. There's no way I could pass by in a bookstore without picking those up! Beautiful.

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  11. AnonymousJune 8, 2012 at 12:19 PM

    Wow! Beautifully don!

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  12. Moses Siregar IIIJune 8, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    So awesome.

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  13. JillJune 10, 2012 at 8:43 AM

    Wow..I would love to have these in poster form!

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  14. NoelleJune 16, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    Absolutely beautiful .....

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