Book Cover Idea (John Cox Art)

Book Cover Idea

Played with an original drawing in PhotoShop. This feels like a Richard Ford story of a entomologist's epic fall from grace.

UPDATE: Took a hint from Terwiliger for a new take on the idea. Thanks, T

Posted on October 20, 2007 12:35 PM | Permalink

Comments (17)

Kevin K.:

I'm not well-read enough to know who Richard Ford is, but the idea of a story about an entomologist's epic fall from grace sounds worth reading.

Posted by Kevin K. | October 20, 2007 1:24 PM

Posted on October 20, 2007 13:24

Adam:

Just be careful because the image of a face with a moth covering the mouth mirrors the cover of "Silence of the Lambs."

Posted by Adam | October 20, 2007 5:10 PM

Posted on October 20, 2007 17:10

john Cox:

HEY ADAM

Yeah....it's a DIFFERENT moth?

Posted by john Cox | October 20, 2007 5:29 PM

Posted on October 20, 2007 17:29

GarandFan:

Of course it is, and it's FEMALE!

Posted by GarandFan | October 20, 2007 9:43 PM

Posted on October 20, 2007 21:43

Terwiliger:

For symbolic reasons, why not replace the moth with a scarab (dung) beetle?

I'd be partial to seeing a dragonfly (it could be embossed & raised, maybe finished in blue/green color-shifting paint).

OR--you could change the moth to a tobacco moth--they're bright yellow & they're huge, so it wouldn't look anything like the one in Lambs (& of course the association with tobacco would make it the most infernal moth of all).

Posted by Terwiliger | October 21, 2007 6:28 AM

Posted on October 21, 2007 06:28

Terwiliger:

You are certainly welcome. Please allow me to express my thanks to you for:

(1) A forum that affords us some interaction with an inspired creative person without getting caught up in the celebrity worship/a$$-kissing mill.

(2) An outlet to participate in some small way in a creative process that reaches beyond the usual small coils we "lesser mortals" shuffle through (& while I would like to have a larger impact on the collective consciousness than I do, I've tired of the "gatekeepers" who won't let better ideas than theirs get past them [unless, of course, they can rip off the creators for all they are worth--talent/literary agents, this means YOU]--& I don't care one flip about being "famous").

(3) Years of primo political cartoons.

Thanks to you as well, Mr. Forkum, wherever you are.

Posted by Terwiliger | October 22, 2007 4:39 AM

Posted on October 22, 2007 04:39

john Cox:

HEY TERWILIGER

My pleasure, man. I'm trying to keep the approach that I'm throwing a party and you guys are invited. I try to host this thing with the idea that everyone enjoys participating and bouncing ideas off other energetic types.

So far, it's been a gas. Very inspiring. Your views have been entertaining and you seem to get the give-and-take of the language of art. It's MEANT to inspire social interplay.

Posted by john Cox | October 23, 2007 1:52 AM

Posted on October 23, 2007 01:52

bret:

Forgive my intrusion, and being unfashionably late here, but it would appear that the insect IS a dragonfly, and not a moth.

But what I saw at first glance, for some reason, was a resemblance to John Lennon in the profile...

Posted by bret | October 23, 2007 12:06 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 12:06

john Cox:

HEY BRET

You missed the initial post.

My FIRST take at this illustration WAS a moth, then I went back and changed it to a dragonfly based on an intriguing suggestion from Terwiliger.

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