These covers for the French editions of Terry Pratcett’s Discworld novels are spectacular. Take a look at the full gallery on the artist’s website. I think these work equally well for selling the book both to new readers (Gorgeous! Eye-catching!) and to readers looking for an old favorite (Full of lots of details from each book.)
Guards! Guards!
Moving Pictures
Soul Music
These are excellent. As much as I hate to dump on the Kirby/Kidby art, they never matched my idea of Discworld. Too childish and busy.
I really want a full-sized movie poster for Blown Away.
Good find! Luggage having toddlers’ legs is kinda creepy… Also, the backgrounds somehow look too sketchy; you’d probably have to see the actual covers to see if it really works.
Both artists? I was never a fan of the Josh Kirby covers either, for precisely the same reasons, but I do appreciate Paul Kidby’s work. I think it strikes a nice balance between portraiture and illustration with some sly nods towards art history as well.
I think the sketchy backgrounds you are noticing are bits of the illustration that are going to be partially obscured by text anyway.
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