I am seeing artist Todd Lockwood this weekend at NorwesCon, so I thought it would be fun to feature one of his newest covers.
Here is the cover to The Grave Thief by Tom Lloyd!
Mr. Lloyd is a Pyr author. The Stormcaller, his first book, is quite good. I loved the two previous covers in the series but I’m sad to say this cover just doesn’t work for me.
Overall I give it 3/5 stars.
I love the artwork and especially the unique angle of the scene, but the general layout of the cover is wrong in my mind. The fonts are wrong. And the painting just seems washed out.
So, what do you think of it?
Am I just way off base here? Am I biased because of Todd and the cover art itself isn’t good? Or is there something to my opinion?
Still, the cover is better than most out there! Tom Lloyd is a lucky, lucky author to have such covers grace his US editions!
I'll tell you what I like about it: the composition is fantastic. Very dynamic, esp the way the monster and wall seem to be falling on the hero.
But those fonts....
I have to agree, Shawn and Harry -- I love the art, but the design of the cover isn't overwhelming me. Why is there all that blank space on top? It just looks unfinished to me.
It does look a tad unfinished, but I love the angle of the artwork. But there seems to be something flat about it too, meaning the colors seem sort of bland. But otherwise it doesn't look that bad. Todd is a pretty good artist.