Lauren, working on designing a cover for major SF&F imprint Orbit, has created a time lapse video of her work on a cover for Gail Carriger’s steampunk novel Blameless. I always think time lapse of a work of artistic creation is fascinating, seeing hours (or sometimes more) of work compressed into a couple of virtual moments. From the perspective and the gargoyle I’m guessing the lady on the cover is standing on Notre Dame in Paris with the Left Bank in the background; there’s an amusing moment late on in the video where Lauren realises the date of the story predates Gustav Eiffel’s now iconic tower being constructed and it has to be removed from the Parisian skyline; Blameless is due from Orbit in the autumn. (via BoingBoing)
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
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