Feb 19 2009
Media forms converging; another instance
I’m following Tor Books on Twitter, and noticed something interesting today. At their Art Department blog they’ve got notification of a new DVD that’s just become available, in which science fiction/fantasy illustrator Dan Dos Santos does a book cover demo, using one of Tor’s books as his model. The DVD must have a lot of technical detail in it, since it’s five hours long. (It’s available both as a DVD or a download at his site, for US $50.)
This is a fun convergence of the various media. Twitter linking to the blog, linking to Des Santos’s site, where you can click to go to the photo of the book cover, or to the YouTube trailer for the DVD, or to PayPal to order the DVD.
All while sitting with the book (Warbreaker , by Brandon Sanderson) — and cover illustration — in your hand. Or at least, after June 9th, when the book is actually released for sale.
The lines are blurring between physical and online products and life. Fascinating.
And check out the trailer below. That is some talent, I tell ya.
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And don’t forget, the whole thing is about a traditional art media!
Dan Dos Santos is the artist that did the cover for Patricia Briggs’ latest book.
Aha! I know who you mean now. So many more reasons to pick up her books.