A weekly feature on my blog where I post up cover images that fit a weekly theme - art styles, artists, colour schemes, etc. In essence, this is a meme that celebrates book covers as pieces of art. Covers link to larger images and titles to goodreads summaries.

This week's theme: Jason Chan (concept artist)
artist website | artist gallery
Another artist feature! This artist technically hasn't done a lot of book covers (that I know of), but feel free to leave in the comments any of his other works that you think would work well with a specific book =)

1) Theatre Illuminata (novels) #1 Eyes Like Stars #2 Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev extra: author's interview with the artist

3) selections from gallery (names are all my doing, sorry) women from chinese fantasy fantasy game sorceress+beast bloodthirsty elf woman noble dude w/ flower petals mr.romero+zombies dark mecha-angel big friendly giant mermaid x octopus-man kid+unicorn vs. kid+dragon warrior woman riding panther characters posed as skull vampire twins junkyard angel dramatic dystopia modern girl w/ mp3 girl(?) pissing while standing space opera ensemble

2) other covers X-men Exiles: Wolverine (graphic novel) by Jeff Parker The Hunger Games (novel, UK ed.) by Suzanne Collins

The artist's name was mentioned in a post last week about the cover image for The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter. I was thinking about what theme I should have for my next Cover Cravings at the time and decided to look the artist up. Turns out he is also the artist for the Eyes Like Stars cover, which I'm sure many people have seen and adored. Of course I checked out his gallery and immediately decided I need to feature his work here. It's not apparent from the cover samples on the left column, but if you peruse his gallery a little (or click on the selections I've linked to on the right column), you'll see his art is very flexible in theme and style. I'd love to see more of his art featured on book covers, especially since there's potential for fantasy, sci-fi, contemporary, steampunk, asian fantasy, paranormal romance, children's fantasy, and humour/comedy.

So, which are your favourites from his gallery? =)

update on 50 followers giveaway poll
If you haven't voted on my 50 followers giveaway poll, please do (it's at the top of the page)! I need votes from at least half of my followers (25 in this case) to vote for either option 1 or 2 before I actually host the giveaway. I'm at 19 votes at the moment (2 votes for option 3), so I'm thinking of extending the poll until Monday. If I still don't get 25 voters for options 1 or 2, I'll postpone the giveaway until I reach 75 followers.
It looks like there's a pretty close tie between the giftcard vs the layout, so I'm thinking maybe I'll host a contest where the winner gets to choose the final prize? Either way, I'm in the process of setting up a sample layout design catalogue that highlights all the extra accessories I am offering to include. I'll link to it here when I'm done =)