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My Process for Creating a Book Cover

Miranda Meeks

Today, we're going to walk through the process for creating book covers (specifically mine; everyone has a different method). This one was for Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly Powell, with the amazing help and art direction of Sonia Chaghatzbanian from Simon & Schuster. It isn't so different from my process when creating personal work, but it is a little more organized, fortunately! With that, the first thing I look for when starting a project…

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Good-bye 2025

David Palumbo

December 31, 2025 - It is my randomly assigned honor to close out this calendar year for Muddy Colors and I would like to look back on some works which caught my eye in 2025.  This is not a "years best" or in any way claiming to be a complete survey of the field.  These are merely a selection of pieces that were made or released this year, so far as I can tell, which I felt deserve a little extra kudos. Before getting to the images, one very obvious issue kept hitting me in the face as I pulled this post together: social media is broken. I suppose it would not be a "good-bye 2025" post without taking some time to thrown my hands up in despair, so I'll take just a moment to elaborate.  Trying to find…

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