![]() ![]() He has an awful lot to say or else he might explode. After a while with me, you would hear crickets. ![]() Jim was cool! What else is there to say? I’m glad he can talk up a storm because I wouldn’t be able to get the ball rolling with a crowd like that. It may have been right after I did the White Night cover. I met Jim at Icon in NY several years ago. What was it like, meeting Jim Butcher a couple years ago at NYCC? Had you met him before then? ~ from: Ranting Dragon: Interview Quotes ![]() The image for his first book cover is titled " The King" for Ace Books which he painted in oil. His second Urban Fantasy cover was Nightlife by Rob Thurman from the Cal Leandros series. ~ Beginnings as a Cover Artist Ĭhris McGrath's first Urban Fantasy commission was Dead Beat by Jim Butcher from The Dresden Files. After graduating from The School of Visual Arts in NYC, Chris gave guitar lessons for several years before beginning his career in 2001. Since then he has done covers for the New York Times best selling authors such as: Jim Butcher, Brandon Sanderson, Kat Richardson and Rob Thurman to name a few. ![]() After seeing the art work of Frank Frazetta at age 12, he knew right then that he wanted to be a book cover illustrator for science fiction and fantasy novels. At an early age he quickly became interested in art, especially science fiction and fantasy. Type of Cover Art Ĭhris McGrath was born in the Bronx and has lived in and around NYC his whole life. ![]()
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