Comments on: The three covers http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:19:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: elise http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-10877 elise Fri, 20 May 2011 22:01:36 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-10877 Hi Alessandra! Thanks :-) Actually they were done as one piece but I ruled in where the pictures met and scanned and printed the tree halves and worked on them progressively... It's a little hard to explain! It was so hard to get that level of detail to work in a picture that big. There were certainly a fair few painful restarts. Just had a look at your website - wonderful work! Congratulations!! Hi Alessandra! Thanks :-) Actually they were done as one piece but I ruled in where the pictures met and scanned and printed the tree halves and worked on them progressively… It’s a little hard to explain! It was so hard to get that level of detail to work in a picture that big. There were certainly a fair few painful restarts.
Just had a look at your website – wonderful work! Congratulations!!

]]> By: Alessandra Kelley http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-10870 Alessandra Kelley Fri, 20 May 2011 15:01:31 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-10870 Congratulations! I just heard you've won the Best Designed Children's Series at the 59th Annual Book Design Awards for these covers. It's well deserved -- they're truly stunning works of art. I thought you had actually drawn them as one piece. To find that you did three -- with photocopies -- matching up. Wow. Just, wow. I love when artists take that level of care and attention. Thanks also for the watercolor-and-brush suggestion for finest details. I can't think of the number of ink drawings I've done where there's that terror of the pen suddenly going blort in some delicate spot. It's a wonderful idea. Congratulations! I just heard you’ve won the Best Designed Children’s Series at the 59th Annual Book Design Awards for these covers. It’s well deserved — they’re truly stunning works of art.

I thought you had actually drawn them as one piece. To find that you did three — with photocopies — matching up. Wow. Just, wow. I love when artists take that level of care and attention.

Thanks also for the watercolor-and-brush suggestion for finest details. I can’t think of the number of ink drawings I’ve done where there’s that terror of the pen suddenly going blort in some delicate spot. It’s a wonderful idea.

]]> By: Yet More Congratulations for Elise Hurst and Allen and Unwin! | All Things Moorehawke and Otherwise http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-8474 Yet More Congratulations for Elise Hurst and Allen and Unwin! | All Things Moorehawke and Otherwise Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:55:16 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-8474 [...] all know my love for the marvellous, wonderful, mindblowingly awesome Miss Elise Hurst . So you can just imagine my smiley face when I [...] [...] all know my love for the marvellous, wonderful, mindblowingly awesome Miss Elise Hurst . So you can just imagine my smiley face when I [...]

]]> By: The Moorehawke covers live on! http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-8375 The Moorehawke covers live on! Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:37:20 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-8375 [...] Kiernan. You can tell I’m happy about that! It was a big undertaking and it was my decision to go all-out in their design and style to really shoot for something memorable that would also engage with the [...] [...] Kiernan. You can tell I’m happy about that! It was a big undertaking and it was my decision to go all-out in their design and style to really shoot for something memorable that would also engage with the [...]

]]> By: cover love: the moorehawke trilogy | http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-4545 cover love: the moorehawke trilogy | Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:03:29 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-4545 [...] Adele emailed me the link to cover artist Elise Hurst’s website, where she goes into some background about how all three covers of Celine Kiernan’s Moorehawke Trilogy were [...] [...] Adele emailed me the link to cover artist Elise Hurst’s website, where she goes into some background about how all three covers of Celine Kiernan’s Moorehawke Trilogy were [...]

]]> By: Winding up 2009 | Art Journal http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Winding up 2009 | Art Journal Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:15:25 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-164 [...] glorious book in the Moorehawke trilogy by Celine Kiernan. And joy of joys the covers match up as they should! They’re also starting to get some attention, the first one being voted one of the top 5 [...] [...] glorious book in the Moorehawke trilogy by Celine Kiernan. And joy of joys the covers match up as they should! They’re also starting to get some attention, the first one being voted one of the top 5 [...]

]]> By: elise http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-159 elise Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:14:51 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-159 Thank you! PJ, I'm not sure if you will get these covers over there. The Irish edition is already done and not by me, I'm afraid. How funny that you have the same relationship with page-space. I am so inordinately proud of myself whenever I manage to do a sparse and light-filled picture. Or one that floats. Still, people enjoy sumptuous detail and that's certainly one of the things I love about your work. I can recommend the trick with the page flaps, though. It works for leaving surrounding space, but won't stop you filling what's visible... Best, e Thank you!
PJ, I’m not sure if you will get these covers over there. The Irish edition is already done and not by me, I’m afraid. How funny that you have the same relationship with page-space. I am so inordinately proud of myself whenever I manage to do a sparse and light-filled picture. Or one that floats. Still, people enjoy sumptuous detail and that’s certainly one of the things I love about your work. I can recommend the trick with the page flaps, though. It works for leaving surrounding space, but won’t stop you filling what’s visible…
Best, e

]]> By: The Poison Throne Australian Cover! http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-162 The Poison Throne Australian Cover! Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:30:49 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-162 [...] The Poison Throne Australian Cover! Commenta 27th April , 2009 I could go on for hours about Elise Hurst and how amazing her art is and how much I love the fact that she’s my illustrator for the Australian edition of The Moorehawke Trilogy, but even I didn’t expect anything as incredible as the covers she’s produced! Elise has designed all three Moorehawke covers at once so that when they are laid side by side they add up to one big picture! For a detailed and fascinating explanation of the process involved check out her blog here http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399 [...] [...] The Poison Throne Australian Cover! Commenta 27th April , 2009 I could go on for hours about Elise Hurst and how amazing her art is and how much I love the fact that she’s my illustrator for the Australian edition of The Moorehawke Trilogy, but even I didn’t expect anything as incredible as the covers she’s produced! Elise has designed all three Moorehawke covers at once so that when they are laid side by side they add up to one big picture! For a detailed and fascinating explanation of the process involved check out her blog here http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399 [...]

]]> By: PJ Lynch http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-160 PJ Lynch Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:17:16 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-160 A beautiful drawing, and a very interesting piece on your process. You said "One of my faults is that I can’t help but fill all available space", I'm the same. It's a habit I've been trying to shake for 25 years. I'm looking forward to seeing your finished covers in the bookshop. Best wishes PJ A beautiful drawing, and a very interesting piece on your process.

You said “One of my faults is that I can’t help but fill all available space”,
I’m the same. It’s a habit I’ve been trying to shake for 25 years.

I’m looking forward to seeing your finished covers in the bookshop.
Best wishes
PJ

]]> By: The O’Brien Press Blog » Blog Archive » An artist talks about creating covers http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/2009/04/the-three-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-163 The O’Brien Press Blog » Blog Archive » An artist talks about creating covers Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:34:47 +0000 http://www.elisehurst.com/journal/?p=399#comment-163 [...] is a lovely piece here by Elise Hurst, the artist who has created the new covers for The Moorehawke Trilogy in Australia. [...] [...] is a lovely piece here by Elise Hurst, the artist who has created the new covers for The Moorehawke Trilogy in Australia. [...]

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