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| How A Book Cover Is Created ... |
Did you ever wonder how a book's cover is created? Does an artist draw a picture in his mind? Does the author tell the artist what he wants? How do the artist and author ever arrive at "the perfect cover?"
Well, here's a look at how the cover for Space Academy was "born."
The artist for both volumes of Space Academy was Kliford, a recent graduate of Cal Poly, who specializes in science fiction pictures. He started with these pictures of the models for Kirsten and Silver|
The model for Silver was Joey, a Maine Coon cat rescued by Jane Christine. She named him "G. I. Joe," or "Joey" for short, since he looked like he'd been in a major battle. |
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The model for Kirsten was Amanda, the authors' niece. Amanda was fifteen in the picture on the left, and fourteen in the picture on the right. |
| From these pictures, Kliford began to create the book cover. The pictures below are three of the preliminary covers, along with the final cover on the right. | |||
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