Every time I see a cover like this, I want to say:
“No need to repeat. We got it the first time.”
I don’t get it. I think they apply a cover template to the art plugging in title and author text, then decide to try a different template plugging in title and author text over the cover (not the original art).
People: it makes it look like you aren’t paying attention or just don’t care. Stop it.
Agreed, and what’s worse is, it looks like the original artwork of the Magi might actually have been decent and now it’s utterly obscured by a meaningless clump of faux-paper. I mean…WHY?????
The, er, mage? magus? on the right of Anderson’s book cover is the one in the middle of this, only squished. The one in the middle of the cover is the one on the left of this, only flipped and squished. And the other one is, well the other one.
Alamy have got it for use as a stock image – £48 if someone wanted to stick it on a book or magazine.
Oh, god, of course it is. I thought it was pinging my noggin, but today was SUCH an awful day here I just keep right on plugging. DUH. Hey, $48 isn’t bad, or even 48 pounds, but the rest of what was done to it is criminal.
For THAT matter, Wikipedia has it, plenty large enough for a book cover. Any bets where he got it?
That’s really a shame. That’s a lovely image, if you crop it down to the 3 Maguses. (lol! Yes, yes, I know that’s wrong, folks, playing along with dtw).
Every time I see a cover like this, I want to say:
“No need to repeat. We got it the first time.”
I don’t get it. I think they apply a cover template to the art plugging in title and author text, then decide to try a different template plugging in title and author text over the cover (not the original art).
People: it makes it look like you aren’t paying attention or just don’t care. Stop it.
Agreed, and what’s worse is, it looks like the original artwork of the Magi might actually have been decent and now it’s utterly obscured by a meaningless clump of faux-paper. I mean…WHY?????
…actually on the first page of image search results for “magi” once I excluded manga/comic content.
Ooops, and that is, what? Exactly?
It’s Journey of the Magi (1894) painted by James Tissot.
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1785/journey-of-the-magi-james-tissot
The, er, mage? magus? on the right of Anderson’s book cover is the one in the middle of this, only squished. The one in the middle of the cover is the one on the left of this, only flipped and squished. And the other one is, well the other one.
Alamy have got it for use as a stock image – £48 if someone wanted to stick it on a book or magazine.
Oh, god, of course it is. I thought it was pinging my noggin, but today was SUCH an awful day here I just keep right on plugging. DUH. Hey, $48 isn’t bad, or even 48 pounds, but the rest of what was done to it is criminal.
For THAT matter, Wikipedia has it, plenty large enough for a book cover. Any bets where he got it?
That’s really a shame. That’s a lovely image, if you crop it down to the 3 Maguses. (lol! Yes, yes, I know that’s wrong, folks, playing along with dtw).