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My Process for Creating a Book Cover

Miranda Meeks

Today, we're going to walk through the process for creating book covers (specifically mine; everyone has a different method). This one was for Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly Powell, with the amazing help and art direction of Sonia Chaghatzbanian from Simon & Schuster. It isn't so different from my process when creating personal work, but it is a little more organized, fortunately! With that, the first thing I look for when starting a project…

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Artemis II is Go For Launch

Gregory Manchess

January 21, 2026 - NASA is well into their preparations to launch Artemis II, the first manned space flight to go to the moon in over 50 years. The rocket has been rolled out to pad 39B and, if all tests go well, will launch as early as February 6th. And I’ll be there to witness this next great adventure in human history. I’ve spent the last year working closely with the crew to design their mission patch. It’s an amazing part of my career as an artist to find myself on a zoom call laughing and joking with four NASA astronauts. If you told 14-year-old me, riveted to the family television set during the Apollo 11 mission, that I'd be here, I think I could have flown to the moon on my own energy. They all understand: art has the power to change…

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