So, I’m not even sure how I arrived at this, but it turns out the gentleman who designed the cover for Pike, Brian Bowes, has a blog. And on that blog he wrote about the process behind designing the cover. I was never much involved with the cover, and, truth be told, never much interested, but it’s kind of cool to see what he was thinking.
Here’s his first post, with some early sketches and ideas.
And here’s the second with the final product.
Howdy Ben,
Thanks for finding me out here in the cyber-webs!
Thank you for the links back to the blog posts about the creation of this cover. It was really a great learning curve for me, and I am so happy that the cover has made an impact. I’m looking forward to doing some more here in the near future, stay tuned, and keep writing that gritty noir.
Cheers,
Brian Bowes