The one about cover art

I was linked by a fellow blogger to this video of the design process for the cover of a Victorian/Steampunk novel. The cover is quite striking, and so is the creativity that goes into it!

It got me thinking about recent cover art. I am a sucker for a good cover. I have been known to buy books simply because the art was beautiful. Here's some covers that have caught my eye in the last year or so.

Of course, there are things I can't show with 2D pictures. You can't see that the cover of Dreaming of Dior is textured, and you can't see that Enchanted Hunters (besides wearing an incredibly detailed dust jacket) looks good naked.

View on fishpond: Fire, Friendship, Family, Love and Laughter (M.I.L.K), Dreaming of Dior, The Lady and the Chocolate, The Arrival, Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

Fresh M.I.L.K.

The original M.I.L.K. collection was the result of a global photography comptetition to capture humanity's "Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship". If you've never seen it before, it's beautiful. I can't find a proper website, but there is some useful information here.

Now a fresh competition, Fresh M.I.L.K., has resulted in a new collection of beautiful photos. The collection can be bought in book form (of course!). The book is entitled Friendship Family Love & Laughter. The image above is my favourite of the new lot- it looks just like a daydream!