Yeah... unfortunately, the only guy I've yet seen who can do manipulated photos *and* action is Michael Komarck, and a lot of publishers have clearly decided they'd rather have photo-realism than action, so watered down knockoffs of Christian McGrath it is. I do like the simple, design-y covers when done well (like the Night Circus cover) but I can only think of a handful of books with those.
(Much like movie posters, all the illustrators and artists I know loathe the trend of stock photo + background stock photo + dark, but we aren't in charge.)
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Date: 2013-05-08 07:41 pm (UTC)(Much like movie posters, all the illustrators and artists I know loathe the trend of stock photo + background stock photo + dark, but we aren't in charge.)