How Bob Eggleton Created the Cover Art for Writers of the Future Volume 35
The cover for L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35 is not one, but two paintings by world-renowned artist Bob Eggleton.
We found a piece of art that Bob had painted years ago which had never been on a book cover. The painting itself is a perfect example of the power of illustration and one we really wanted to use for the book cover. But, there wasn’t enough art to be able to wrap around a book.
Original artwork “Super 7 Robot” painted by Bob Eggleton.
Working together with Bob, we sketched out how his art could be transformed into a cover for Writers of the Future.
Based on this sketch, Bob painted a second piece of art to be combined with the original.
Detail had to be given to match the waves and sky to the original art while expanding the dimension of the overall painting.
The two paintings combined provided sufficient art to wrap around the entire Writers of the Future book.
Finally, we matched the colors to make it a seamless combining of the two images. The result is the painting “One of Our Robots Is Missing” by Bob Eggleton.
Bob said, “It was fun to revisit a painting I did 12 years ago and expand on it. It was a wonderful job melding two paintings together to make a wholly new one.”
And with this final art, we are able to reveal the cover for L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35.
Bob Eggleton was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1960 and became interested in science fiction art at an early age. Today he is a successful science fiction, fantasy, and landscape artist.
Winner of seven Hugo Awards and eleven Chesley Awards, his art can be seen on the covers of numerous magazines, professional publications, and books in the world of science fiction, fantasy, and horror across the world including several volumes of his own work. He has also worked as a conceptual illustrator for movies and thrill rides.
Of late, Eggleton has focused more on private commissions and self-commissioned work. He is an elected Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and is a Fellow of the New England Science Fiction Association.
He has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 1988 when the Contest first started.
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