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From what I recall, Sweet was working from pretty general notes, or through intermediaries and that's what he interpreted trollocs as being? hence the horns etc E: answers somewhere in here: https://www.theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kwt=%27art%27 EE: Robert Jordan posted:With regard to the covers, both my editor and I have fought long and hard to get them to be the way they should be. And obviously with a high futility quotient. Countless descriptions of Trollocs, pointing out that Rand is approximately 6'5"–6'6" tall, descriptions of the swords, of Perrin's axe, etc. Brolander fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Feb 6, 2021 |
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Feb 6, 2021 01:58
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Torrannor posted:Except that those are not trollocs on the cover of The Great Hunt. I have this sneaking suspicion that the reason TGH is the only book where the ebook cover depicts the exact same scene as the original is because someone, somewhere, really wanted to go "no, idiot, Trollocs look like this" https://dragonmount.com/gallery/image/3065-the-great-hunt/
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Feb 6, 2021 02:06
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Syncopated posted:
He looks like a Lost Boy. Bangarang, Rand.
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Feb 6, 2021 02:20
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The Gathering Storm is great because it's like Rand yelling at the clouds. The eBook covers came out pretty awesome, specially Lord of Chaos.
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Feb 6, 2021 03:14
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sweet did a sketch for A Memory of Light before dying, it always gets me a little, you know. In my feels
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calandryll posted:The Gathering Storm is great because it's like Rand yelling at the clouds. They used to be awesome. Amazon changed them all to these ones a while ago. There not bad, but they're trying a little too hard to be modern and minimalist in my opinion. The artistic covers from a few years ago were way better in my opinion. 
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Feb 6, 2021 04:18
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Soysaucebeast posted:They used to be awesome. Amazon changed them all to these ones a while ago. There not bad, but they're trying a little too hard to be modern and minimalist in my opinion. The artistic covers from a few years ago were way better in my opinion. blaaaaaahhhhh
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Brolander posted:sweet did a sketch for A Memory of Light before dying, it always gets me a little, you know. In my feels i actually kind of wish they'd used this, it would have been a nice tribute
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calandryll posted:The Gathering Storm is great because it's like Rand yelling at the clouds. To be clear: Rand does shout at the sky in The Gathering Storm. The Gathering Storm, ch. 11: The Death of Adrin posted:“Burn you!” a voice bellowed. Aviendha looked up. Rand al’Thor strode through the broken hole that now formed the front of the mansion. He stared at the sky, shaking his fist. “I am the one you want! You will have your war soon enough!” fake edit: Actually, looking at the cover, that's exactly the scene being depicted.
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Feb 6, 2021 04:43
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Isn't that the one they had to have him redraw from scratch because at first he drew Rand facing the house? e: 
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Feb 6, 2021 04:59
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I’m not crazy! Insists the man talking to himself and yelling at clouds.
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Sweet was good at landscapes but increasingly terrible at people. If you take away the romance cover humans his Lord of Chaos cover kicks rear end
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Data Graham posted:Isn't that the one they had to have him redraw from scratch because at first he drew Rand facing the house? That's the one I remember, and had on my books. Vavrek posted:To be clear: Rand does shout at the sky in The Gathering Storm. This one is much better, and honestly I have no recollection of the Sanderson books since I only read them once.
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Feb 6, 2021 11:27
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Eh! Frank posted:edit: Or take Gordon from Agents of Shield and give him a bald cap and some makeup to male him pale Ironically, this is exactly how I pictured my first fade, and I never watched Agents of Shield. Just change the hair color to black!
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Feb 6, 2021 13:54
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Same. Like a creepy tall dude, that then turns around and has no orbital sockets
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Data Graham posted:Isn't that the one they had to have him redraw from scratch because at first he drew Rand facing the house? That leg! "How does he bear the pain..."
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Soysaucebeast posted:They used to be awesome. Amazon changed them all to these ones a while ago. There not bad, but they're trying a little too hard to be modern and minimalist in my opinion. The artistic covers from a few years ago were way better in my opinion. Because it's literally a ring that Aes Sedai wear. e: or am I a dummy that never noticed the chapter icon was a snake? Jury is out, I don't have a book to look at. bio347 fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Feb 7, 2021 |
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bio347 posted:They... are aware that the serpent-eating-its-own-tail is just a circle, right? Not an infinity? Infinity snake through a spoked wheel is the Series Icon.
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Feb 7, 2021 17:44
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 or aes sedai just wear goofy rear end rings
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The original cover art was poo poo and I’m glad in Australia we mostly got the plain covers with a simple wheel of time motif. But the original ebook covers were excellent and I’ve always been disappointed they never used them for physical books. The one of Mat that was used for the cover of book 4 I think is my favourite piece of WoT art.
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The Lord Bude posted:But the original ebook covers were excellent and I’ve always been disappointed they never used them for physical books. The one of Mat that was They were actually! I'm not sure about out of the US availability, but if you look for the paperback (not mass market paperback) editions, they use that art. Here's the book 4 one for example: https://bookshop.org/books/the-shadow-rising-book-four-of-the-wheel-of-time/9780765334671 I was looking for years after spotting them in a local book store a while ago and finally figured out the right edition and got the set this past summer: 
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passionatebeaver posted:They were actually! I'm not sure about out of the US availability, but if you look for the paperback (not mass market paperback) editions, they use that art. Oh wow. That's the first I've heard of it. I'm impressed.
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passionatebeaver posted:They were actually! I'm not sure about out of the US availability, but if you look for the paperback (not mass market paperback) editions, they use that art. drat, I might have to pick those up. My collection is so patch work at this point that I might as well just replace the whole set. Mat Cauthon fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Feb 7, 2021 |
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Feb 7, 2021 19:32
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passionatebeaver posted:They were actually! I'm not sure about out of the US availability, but if you look for the paperback (not mass market paperback) editions, they use that art. Yea, I worked at a book store years ago when all those came out. I really debated getting the entire set, but at that point I was in the middle of converting my collection from physical to digital and didn't want to spend the money. The art for those covers is easily my favorite though, and I wish I could convert my ebook covers to those. Amazon doesn't let you swap out covers though.
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They used to be that way I wonder why they changed. Probably rights or something.
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Mat Cauthon posted:drat, I might have to pick those up. My collection is so patch work at this point that I might as well just replace the whole set. Yeah that was my thought too. Half the hard covers, the rest MMPB, mostly all worn to hell. Sadly I felt like I had to get them through Amazon in the end, ended up being like $150 cheaper.
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https://www.wotseries.com/2021/02/10/scoop-amer-chadha-patels-role-revealed/ Ingtar.
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Shinowans are clean-shaven right? They should really let him keep the beard anyway, that thing is glorious.
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Mat Cauthon posted:Shinowans are clean-shaven right? They should really let him keep the beard anyway, that thing is glorious. I don't remember that being the case for Shienarans, the only appearance thing I remember about Shienarans is I think their warriors and nobility have topknots. Going by the leaked shots from the filming, Agelmar (most likely) also has a beard.
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Alright, let’s make a deal!
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I'll be honest, I always thought the ruby was a hell of a lot bigger than that
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Looks like a cheap prop  Wasn't one of the major plot points that he didn't know it was cursed?
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It's supposed to be curved!
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e^^: You can see that the tip is slightly curved if you look closely.The Glumslinger posted:I'll be honest, I always thought the ruby was a hell of a lot bigger than that Me too, but I always expect for things to not look like I imagine them when they get brought to television. I somehow can't currently upload pics to imgur, is there an alternative? You can see the trading card depicting the dagger here: http://wotccg.mahasamatman.com/Premier/Gallery/266.JPG
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I like the look of the golden material but also that knife is very explicitly described as having a fairly large ruby in the pommel so I'm curious what design decisions went on there to change such a prominent (and frankly easy to fabricate) item.
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Feb 17, 2021 20:50
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They probably made a mock-up and thought it looked kinda silly.
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They probably didn’t give a poo poo and that’s a prop from another show.
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