Dr Who and the Curse of the Daemons
Obverse Books charity novel
An ancient burial site is about to be opened in a small English village. Dr Who is convinced that the strange happenings occurring around the dig are signs of a grave danger to the world... and of the greatest evil mankind has known is seen... and the most evil man Dr Who has ever seen...
The Devil and his dæmons are walking the Earth...
Notes:
The thing about Target novelisations is that they usually had fabulous painted front cover art by incredibly taented artists like Chris Achilleos, Andrew Skilleter, Alistair Pearson, Jeff Cummins and a bunch of others. These books were all for charity so we couldn't go out and hire an artist for big bucks. Likewise we couldn't ask an artist to do a load of work for no money.
Now, I'm not an artist. I can't draw and I can't paint. However, I am a fairly decent graphic designer thanks to the wonders of Photoshop, Illustrator and a bunch of other design programmes. So, I decided to take the financially prudent route and designed the covers for these faux Targets myself. I couldn't do them in the style of the Targets but I could give them a style that was recognisable. I use silhouettes a lot in my design work because they're the limit of my abilities as an artist and also because they can be very effective. I didn't hit a home run with every cover in the series but I think a couple of them really do work well and served their purpose. You are, of course, entirely free to disagree.
But if you do I'll send the lads round to stamp on all your toys, got it? (And yes, I more or less did nick that line from Gene Hunt.)
The Devil and his dæmons are walking the Earth...
Notes:
The thing about Target novelisations is that they usually had fabulous painted front cover art by incredibly taented artists like Chris Achilleos, Andrew Skilleter, Alistair Pearson, Jeff Cummins and a bunch of others. These books were all for charity so we couldn't go out and hire an artist for big bucks. Likewise we couldn't ask an artist to do a load of work for no money.
Now, I'm not an artist. I can't draw and I can't paint. However, I am a fairly decent graphic designer thanks to the wonders of Photoshop, Illustrator and a bunch of other design programmes. So, I decided to take the financially prudent route and designed the covers for these faux Targets myself. I couldn't do them in the style of the Targets but I could give them a style that was recognisable. I use silhouettes a lot in my design work because they're the limit of my abilities as an artist and also because they can be very effective. I didn't hit a home run with every cover in the series but I think a couple of them really do work well and served their purpose. You are, of course, entirely free to disagree.
But if you do I'll send the lads round to stamp on all your toys, got it? (And yes, I more or less did nick that line from Gene Hunt.)