Cobblestone Press CoverArt: January 2008

Thursday, January 24, 2008

January 25 Covers: Fool's Gold and Midnight Bride

Covers for January 25, 2008 Releases. Click on image for larger view, click on the title links to find out more about the books.

The Covers for FOOL'S GOLD and MIDNIGHT BRIDE were created by Sable Grey

Friday, January 18, 2008

January 18 Covers: Snowdrift and Kane

Covers for January 18, 2008 Releases. Click on image for larger view, click on the title links to find out more about the books.

The Covers for SNOWDRIFT and SPECIAL BRANCH: KANE were created by Sable Grey

Sunday, January 13, 2008

January 11 Covers: Obscure and Frostbite

Covers for January 11, 2008 Releases. Click on image for larger view, click on the title links to find out more about the books.

The Cover for OBSCURE was created by Melissa Findley
The cover for FROSTBITE was created by Cris Griffin

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

January 4 Covers: Light of Day & Pay Dirt

Covers for January 4, 2008 Releases. Click on image for larger view, click on the title links to find out more about the books.

The Cover for LIGHT OF DAY was created by Emma Petersen

The cover for PAY DIRT was created by Croco Designs

WIM Conference 2008 Art Awards

Cobblestone Press held it's first annual Words in Motion Conference on January 2-6 in the Cobblestone Press Mainstreet Forums. The conference was a success and ended with special award presentation for Cobblestone Press authors and artists.

Among the awards given was first, second, and third place for Best Cobblestone Press Cover Art of 2007

First Place was awarded to Croco Designs for her stunning cover creation for Darkly Loyal

Second Place was awarded to Emma Petersen for the cover created for Chailali's Curse

Third Place, the Publisher's Choice Award, was given to Melissa Findley for the cover created for The Ice Princess.

Meet the Cobblestone Press Artists

About Sable Grey, art director
Sable is dedicated to bringing quality work to each of her clients by working hard to give them the best designs she can. She is an artist in several mediums but creates most of her cover art using photo manipulations. You can visit her site at http://www.sablegreydesigns.com/ or http://sablegrey.deviantart.com/

About Dan Skinner, Cerberus Inc., cover artist
With five years of photography and working as a cover artist for over twenty-seven print and electronic publishers, Dan Skinner brings a unique digital combination of original photographs and creative art to Cobblestone Press. This young St. Louis artist, inspired by the art of Boris Vallejo, is recognized by his vivid use of color and the intense emotional expressions of the characters on his covers. http://www.cerberusinc.com

About Louisa Gallie, cover artist
Louisa Gallie is a freelance illustrator and computer arts student from Scotland. With a lifetime of experience in traditional media and six years of practice in digital painting, she strives to captivate viewers with vivid, detailed work with a focus on the human figure and fantastical themes. http://phuriedae.deviantart.com/

About Cris Griffin, cover artist
Christine (Cris) Griffin is a mom, wife, artist, and eternal seeker of the perfect hair color. She has a Masters Degree in Painting and a cat who thinks sharing the computer chair is her God-given right. For more examples of Cris' work, please click over to http://quickreaver.deviantart.com/. Cris is available for commissions, as time permits....and if pay involves chocolate.

About Croco, cover artist
Behind CrocoDesigns is one woman who loves crocodiles as much as her design work. She holds a degree in veterinary medicine and has worked in all kind of jobs related to publishing and book promoting yet. Design was a hobby that’s now taking over to be a full-time job and she enjoys every minute of it. So if you can’t find her reading the latest romance novel, she sits in front of her computer working on the next project. Visit Croco's site: http://www.crocodesigns.com/.

About Leita Stevens, cover artist
I have been drawing ever since my mother drew a quick sketch of a horse for me when I was five. In high school, I ventured into drawing the human form, and eventually aimed my eye at penciling comics until life took an unexpected twist in the form of my son. Recently, I have transitioned from traditional to digital mediums, which has given new interest in my art work. In addition to working and my art, I study karate and ride dressage competitively. I live at home with my husband, two cats, and two horses. http://raven207b.deviantart.com/

About Simon Boxer, cover artist
Simon is an Australian illustrator with a keen interest in concept art. Self-taught in the digital realm, with a degree in Graphic Design and foundations in fine art media, he constantly grows through observation and experimentation. Inspired by leading next-gen concept artists, Simon is determined, and very ambitious. http://www.cognitiondesigns.com.au/

About Melissa Findley, cover artist
Melissa Findley thought she wanted to be an Egyptologist, a hot air balloon inflator, a carpet installer, a theater director, an actress, and an elitist writer of literary stories. All along, however, she was dabbling in fantasy art, sketching sexy men, churning out graphic design, and sneaking off to read romance novels where no one could see her. One day, she woke up and realized that she could make a living doing the things that she loved, and has been a graphic designer and fantasy artist ever since. You can check out her work at her ever under development website: http://www.wickedeyedesigns.com/, or her often updated Deviant Art Gallery: http://mercuralis.deviantart.com/.

About Tuesday Dube`, cover artist
Tuesday is a student at CSULA and is working toward her bachelor’s degree is Graphic Design. She started doing cover design 5 years ago by making fanart and creating covers for unpublished fictional stories. Taking a break from school to have a baby, she decided to test the waters in the publishing world and started Purple Ink Graphics and Designs. You can find out more about Tuesday and see her recent work on her website. http://www.dreaminginpurple.net/

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