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Interview With Cover Aritist Kelley McMorris


Kirbi Fagan

I connected online with Kelley, admiring her career in book cover art. Her work was everywhere I looked. We met in person in Seattle at a portrait workshop run by Muddy Colors Founder, Dan Dos Santos. I made sure to snag a seat next to her! Since then, Kelley has worked on book covers for all the major publishers such as Abrams, Disney and Simon & Schuster, primarily using her Cintiq Wacom. She’s repped by…

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Sandy Kossin, American Illustrator


Gregory Manchess

October 2, 2024 - Sanford “Sandy” Kossin is one of the best. You may not remember him as he stopped working professionally some years back, preferring instead to draw from the live model to keep his formidable drawing skills sharp. Selfishly, I never agreed with that. I wanted more and more from him. I wanted to keep running into his work on paperback covers or Boy’s Life, like I had as a kid. Sandy hit his stride through the 60's and 70's, working for major corporations, major magazines, major movies, and about every major project that appeared over those years. He was hot and in high demand. Many paperback publishers then enjoyed using covers of a white background with a splash of colorful illustration enticing the potential reader to pick it up. Sandy’s work was especially suited for this…

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