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A Selection of Earlier Works

A Quick Selection of Earlier Works
Book and Magazine Covers for Various Publishers and Authors
haunted futures
Cover for Haunted Futures: Tomorrow is Coming, edited by Salomé Jones, published by Ghostwoods Books 
Credits: "Road-Sky-Clouds-Cloudy" by Ryan McGuire; "Earth, Blue Planet" by WikiImages; "Purple Abstract Blur" by Nic at littlevisuals.co 
For further, detailed credits (including fonts in use etc), please see the credits page inside the book. (As always.)
the boy who spoke to stars
Cover for The Boy Who Spoke to Stars by Reuben Miles, published by Ghostwoods Books
Image credits: Cover images "Look For Hope" by Aslak Wegner Eide, and "A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies" by NASA on The Commons. Cover texture by Mercurycode.
1 cthulhu lies dreaming
Cover design for Cthulhu Lies Dreaming, an anthology edited by Salomé Jones, published by Ghostwoods Books 
Cover credits: Cthulhu sculpture and photo of the sculpture by Lee Joyner; textures by mercurycode and Sirius-sdz from deviantArt.

2 cthulhu lives!
Cover design for Cthulhu Lives!, an anthology edited by Salomé Jones,  published by Ghostwoods Books
Cover credits: Original Cthulhu medallion crafted by Jason McKittrick. Medallion photographed by Dan Wickline. Textures by mercurycode, Sirius-sdz, DivsM-stock.
1 a masquerade of angels
Ebook cover for A Masquerade of Angels by Tim Kennerman, published by Ghostwoods Books
Credits: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) stock photo by Zach 'Ragz Rejected' Shell; textures by mercurycode and Lost & Taken.


2 ashen sky
Cover for Ashen Sky by Thord Daniel Hedengren
Cover credits: A photo by Folkert Gorter, published on superfamous.com, under the Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license; a photo by Caleb Kimbrough, published on flickr.comunder the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license; and various photos published under the Unsplash License (https://unsplash.com/license) on unsplash.com by Caleb George, Dorothy Lin, Romain Briaux, and Sylwia Bartyzel.


3 the doll factory
Ebook cover for The Doll Factory by Tim Kennerman, published by Ghostwoods Books
Credits: Arthur Rackham's public domain illustration (Cinderella) that I've shamelessly remixed into a Frankenstein-inspired nightmare. (Sorry about that, Mr. Rackham.) Textures by Lost & Taken


4 those rosy hours at mazandaran
Cover design for Those Rosy Hours at Mazandaran by Marion Grace Woolley, published by Ghostwoods Books
Cover credits: "To the end" by Babak Fatholahi; arches: 'Abbasi House" by F. Danywww.fabiendany.com; tile pattern: "Décor du harem de Tash Khauli" by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra; masked figure from Il Ridotto by Francesco Guardi

1 divided we stand
Cover design for Divided We Stand by Amy Orr
Cover credits: A photo by Volkan Olmez, published under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0): Public Domain Dedication license; a photo by Jacob Walti, published under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0): Public Domain Dedication license; Touching the lens, a photo by SplitShire; an image by fdecomite, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license; as well as various brushes by z-design.


2 deathless
Cover design for the Hungarian edition of Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente. The book, whose translated title is "Marija Morevna és a halhatatlan" was published by Ad Astra in 2012.
The cover image for this book is based on a Public Domain painting (depicting the Russian tale Cat's book is based on) by Ivan Bilibin, as well as on photos by D. Sharon Pruitt and Maks Karochkin, published under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0 Generic license.


3 deathless, unused
Unused cover design for the Hungarian edition of Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
This image features a photo (published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license) by Linda Tanner (goingslo).

4 vadhajtás
Book cover design for Vadhajtás, a novel—in Hungarian—by Attila Sümegi, published by Gabo
Image credits: I've used a stock photo by Dominik Martin, published on unsplash.com, as well as some textures by Lost & Taken and mercurycode.
1 prae: adaptations
Cover design (full spread, featuring both front and back) for the Adaptations issue of PRAE, a Hungarian literary magazine
The cover artwork is a slightly manipulated photo of an excellent, private installation art piece by Szilvia ( Thanks a million!)

2 red phone box
Online promo image for Red Phone Box, a story cycle (practically a novel) co-written by several authors including Warren Ellis and Tim Dedopulos (and yours truly), and edited and organized by Salomé Jones
Original photograph by Trey Ratcliff.


3 prae: budapest
Cover for the Budapest issue of PRAE
Creative Commons (by) cover photography (rather heavily manipulated by me) by Tinou Bao.

A Selection of Earlier Works
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A Selection of Earlier Works

A quick selection of my earlier graphic (book cover) design work for various publishers and authors.

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