Is there a reason the author/publisher can't tell the artist something like "a jhereg is a winged lizard, with 2 legs and 2 wings. Vlad is a mid-twenties male human with brown hair and a mustache."? If the artist is just told to go draw a jhereg, how does he find out what a jhereg looks like in the first place? > On 2/4/06, Sokerchick <sokerchick777 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > While we're on the subject of cover art... > > > > Who did the cover art for "The Book of Taltos"? > > The cover art for that book is the same as the art on the original Ace > PB of /Taltos/, and the copyright page for that says that the art is > by Kinuko Craft. > > > Vlad doesn't have moustache. I was under the assumption > > that this was one of his distinguishing features and he grew > > it spicifically because Dragereans can't. > > True, but that would require that the artist read and understand the > books very closely indeed. Which is unlikely if it's just another > commission. > > Nevertheless, I think her art is Cool: > > http://www.kycraft.com/ > > I just don't think it's appropriate for the Vladiad.