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by **DaveC** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:10 pm

Oh well, if it has that effect on everyone it'll stay near the top.

by **Tristan** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:18 pm

Those covers are absolutely brilliant. Love every single one of them. Do I dare to say it... aah well but just as well do it. They're better than Kirby's as covers. Josh makes illustrations, not covers (and we all agree they are superior as illustrations).

In regards to the Maskerade cover, is it just me, or is it an allusion to Rafael's The school of Athens? With Granny pointing up? If so, then it's a terrific comparison: Granny/Nanny as Plato/Aristotle. Two completely different ways of handling the witchcraft, no?

Impossible to pick a favourite... Next time I'm in France, I'll make sure to buy one! (with the bonus of practising my fantastic french... ahum). Can't wait for Hogfather!

Chapeau!!

by **kemar** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:55 am

Thanks all!

Tristan, you nailed it! In fact when I started the maskerade cover my wife was pregnant, and we had a new born called Raphael before I finished it... That's where the idea comes from originally...

A new one: The wee free men!

http://kemar.blogs.3dvf.com/2011/10/25/ ... es-libres/

by **Tonyblack** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:11 am

Fabulous!

I love the way you've captured a wildness to the Feegles that I think is missing to a degree in other illustrations I have seen of them.

by **kemar** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:21 am

Ahah thanks,

I just took a photoshot of our president Sarkosy as a reference for the aggressive feeling, he truly has everything needed to be a good Mc Feegle :]

Mel Gibson in braveheart too, but he's a good actor.

by **Tonyblack** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:34 am

kemar wrote:Ahah thanks,

I just took a photoshot of our president Sarkosy as a reference for the aggressive feeling, he truly has everything needed to be a good Mc Feegle :]

He's about the same height too! :lol:

kemar wrote:Mel Gibson in braveheart too, but he's a good actor.

Well there we'll have to agree to disagree. :wink:

by **kemar** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:55 am

a good yelling actor?

by **Dotsie** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:59 am

Tonyblack wrote:
kemar wrote:Mel Gibson in braveheart too, but he's a good actor.

Well there we'll have to agree to disagree.

Actually, his Hamlet I remember thinking was very good. Shame he's so wierd and unpleasant.

Great pic of the feegles

by **DaveC** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:13 am

Awesome!

Is that the mouse bagpipes near the top right corner?

by **kemar** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:19 am

DaveC wrote:Awesome!

Is that the mouse bagpipes near the top right corner?

It is!
Dotsie, I do agree with that.

by **Sjoerd3000** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:34 am

Very good! I like it!

by **Tonyblack** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:53 am

Just realised that's a frying pan next to Tiffant's head.

by **Penfold** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:28 am

Stunning work again Kemar.

by **Who's Wee Dug** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:24 am

Pity there was not "Electric Soup" at the top of the label on the bottle as that is what it's colloquially called.

Still very good though but the pointed teeth need filing down looks a bit too Vampire-ish. The book in the bottom R.H. corner is it Snuff because it looks like a porthole on the cover. :lol:

by **Tonyblack** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:27 am

Who's Wee Dug wrote:
Still very good though but the pointed teeth need filing down looks a bit too Vampire-ish. The book in the bottom R.H. corner is it Snuff because it looks like a porthole on the cover.

The French version of Jolly Sailor I suspect. :wink:

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