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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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Interior Illustrations – To Green Angel Tower

Donato Giancola

January 14, 2026 - These past few years I have had the honor to interpret a classic fantasy trilogy from the 1990's, Tad William's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series for Grim Oak Press. This trilogy culminates in the final massive tome To Green Angel Tower, and is so large it has historically been published as two volumes due to issues around binding that many pages in one book. Luckily for me as an illustrator tackling this project, it meant that the amount of artwork for that 'third book' would be doubled to 12 images, compared to the first two books with 6 each. Each tome would have 6 interior full color plates as well as signature page title illustrations. Given the freedom, trust and time Shawn Speakman and Jeff Larson, the publishers of Grim Oak Press, gave to me,…

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