How the book cover came about
Posted in Blog by Twenty Major on March 18th, 2008
With thanks to Mulley - this was all new to me too.
Apart from the bit where I posed like Kate Winslet in Titanic with my tits out. He managed to make it less sexy though, which is quite the achievement.
it is quality…..you should get a tattoo done…..no really you should
March 18th, 2008 at 12:31 am
That’s class. I fucking hate colouring in Photoshop. But then I hate colouring. You might have noticed.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:35 am
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the coarse humour of the book and blog
He’s a cheeky cunt!
March 18th, 2008 at 12:51 am
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Red Links 18/03/08 : Alexia Golez says:
[...] Twenty, the story behind his cover art. Nice to see the progress through the [...]
March 18th, 2008 at 1:27 am
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[i]the coarse humour of the book and blog
He’s a cheeky cunt![/i]
Cheeky cunt!
March 18th, 2008 at 1:41 am
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I’m so embarassed. Someone tell me how to do italics and bold formatting in comment boxes, please?
March 18th, 2008 at 1:43 am
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That’s class. The cover is deadly. I just finished reading the book earlier. Really enjoyed it!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:27 am
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Far Cry - had to remove your comment, the html fucked up the comments box.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:00 am
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Was it coarse Twenty ?
March 18th, 2008 at 9:09 am
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MB - use rather than []
March 18th, 2008 at 9:10 am
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Try again - use rather than ]
March 18th, 2008 at 9:11 am
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Use fucking pointy bracket things
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March 18th, 2008 at 9:17 am
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I spotted the book in the shop the other day. I read a random page (having read the taster intro here already) and almost gave meself a hernia trying to stop my self falling around with laughter.
I’ll read another page next weekend. Promise.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:32 am
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Fascinating stuff, Twenty. I hope he was paid extra for making you look considerably younger?
March 18th, 2008 at 10:18 am
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I was genuinely taken aback by what you look like in real life, I was expecting a more nerdy type. You look so rough (I mean that in the nicest possible way). All in all I’d say the illustration does you justice. Did the guy know what you looked like before he drew you?
March 18th, 2008 at 10:35 am
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March 18th, 2008 at 11:48 am
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I’m curious to see what all you blogger folk look like I must say. I should have turned up at the blogger awards and taken pictures of everyone.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
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or did everyone appear in spiderman costumes?
March 18th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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Twenty turned up dressed as an owl
March 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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Why don’t you all do your best illustration of what you think Twenty looks like and we’ll judge the best!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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Hodder Headline commissioned me to do an illustration for the cover of Twenty Majors first book the order of the Phoenix based on characters from his profanity filled popular blog: twentymajor.net
At least he got the title right on the cover itself.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
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March 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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March 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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March 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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Have you had a stroke Peadar?
March 18th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
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Stop it please, Peadar.
March 18th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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sorry.
I was trying to figure out how to end italics, bold etc. I have it now
March 18th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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Good artist, made you good looking.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
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Very cool. That site is pretty neat too, though I read “Yeats on a train” as “Snakes on a plane”
March 18th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
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linkage | things I like at David Maybury | Blog says:
[...] the Scamp blog: An interesting book of art drawn by Writers and the step-by-step guide on drawing Twenty Major’s bestselling book [...]
March 19th, 2008 at 6:14 am
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