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Hags in the Nether!

  • Mar. 27th, 2008 at 1:17 PM
jacket, pub photo, final Jacket
Here's a quick little update for you. I thought I'd share this incredibly cool new painting by world-renowned fantasy artist Stephen Hickman (in fact, he's going to be the artist guest of honor at this summer's Conestoga fantasy convention, which I'll be attending).

It's based on a scene in NIGHTMARE ACADEMY Book 1 where a flock of Hags snatch up our heroes and fly them off to their crumbling mansion in the Nether.

You can click on the pic a couple times to get a much bigger look:



In other news, CITV website in the UK just posted a really fun interview I did with them. It's a great site and I had a blast doing it. If you're interested, you can check it out HERE.

And that's all for now!

Take care...

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[info]sarah_prineas wrote:
Mar. 27th, 2008 09:55 pm (UTC)
Oh my gosh. That picture is incredible!!! The detail is so fine...
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[info]guslad wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 12:08 am (UTC)
Isn't it? Steve Hickman is just brilliant.
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[info]bret_jordan wrote:
Mar. 27th, 2008 10:50 pm (UTC)
That is an awesome picture.
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[info]guslad wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 12:11 am (UTC)
Thanks, I really love it!

It's also kind of cool to compare it to J.P. Targete's portrait of the Hag on the MONSTERS page of my website. They're both illustrations of the same creature, both extremely cool, and both completely different from one another. I love to see how great artists interpret things in their own, unique way.
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[info]stormywriting wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 12:57 am (UTC)
What an awesome picture! The hags are great. SO much cool art has come as a result of your book. It's got to be absolutely amazing. Well, I take that back- it IS absolutely amazing!
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[info]guslad wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 06:51 pm (UTC)
I can't begin to tell you how much fun it is to see great artists like Steve take a whack at stuff from the book. They tell me they're inspired by the story but, the truth is, I'm really inspired by their art. :)
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[info]stormywriting wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 10:45 pm (UTC)
Well... It's like the cycle of art, isn't it? Everybody feeding off e/o, supporting e/o... it's what makes the artistic community so great.
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[info]brennas_life wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:54 am (UTC)
That is amazing!! The details are incredible. So what is going to happen with this art? Is it hanging on your wall? ;)
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[info]guslad wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 06:53 pm (UTC)
Well, it's not hanging on my wall yet but it will be as soon as I get it framed! It's really big -- something like 3' x 4'.

I'm a fantasy art junkie and I have tons of original art hanging in the house. A long time ago (on a long dead blog...) I wrote a piece about collecting fantasy art. Maybe I'll dig it up and repost it here some time soon. :)

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[info]roolily.wordpress.com wrote:
Mar. 29th, 2008 06:14 am (UTC)
Good stuff
Congrats on the painting - fantastic!

I must admit, I'm partial to the Targete vision of the Hags, but to each artist his own hag, right?

Fun CITV interview. Gee, those Brits sure do spell, "pyjamas" strangely.

We'll look for you at the Festival of Books - My Christmas-Halloween-Valentine-Birthday-All-Rolled-Into-One- favorite event of the year!

Cheers! - R
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[info]guslad wrote:
Mar. 29th, 2008 02:05 pm (UTC)
Re: Good stuff
The Targete Hag is so different from Hickman's Hag, but I really love them both. J.P.'s is probably closer to what I had in mind when I was writing, but I really enjoy being surprised by wild interpretations.

And it would be great to see you at the Festival of Books! I'll be there will Elizabeth and the kids.

Take care...
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