Covers & Concept Art

Book Covers and Concept Art from the Worlds of Michael Siemsen

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The Many Lives of Samuel Beauchamp – Full-res 2016 Cover

Original stock photo base for Samuel Beauchamp 2016 cover. Copyright Dreamstime

2015 internal title page for The Many Lives of Samuel Beauchamp

Samuel Beauchamp 2014-15 cover with silhouette’s stock photo bases (merged to form one head)

Intended Original 2013 Cover for The Many Lives of Samuel Beauchamp (never used).

Stock photo basis for the unused, original 2013 Samuel Beauchamp cover.

A Warm Place to Call Home – A Demon’s Story – Full Res 2016 Cover

A Warm Place to Call Home – A Demon’s Story 2016 cover with original stock photo basis (copyright Dreamstime)

The first (and only) in an old intended series of promotional spoof covers for A Warm Place to Call Home.

2014-15 cover for A Warm Place to Call Home.

Original 2013 cover (supposed to sort of spoof a touching modern romance novel)

Special Collector’s Hardcover Edition cover, 2014. 1000 printed.

Stock photo basis for the original 2013 cover of A Warm Place to Call Home. Copyright Shutterstock

Original 2014 release cover for Exigency. Made in Photoshop entirely from scratch.

Two digital paintings by Andreas Raninger, inspired by Exigency. Later the basis for the 2015 Exigency cover.

A mock-up example I made in Photoshop using art from two separate Andreas Raninger pieces, asking if he could combine his works into a cover for Exigency. (He said yes.)

Exigency cover art by Andreas Raninger

Exigency Original 2015 Cover (2015.v1)

Exigency – 2015 Full-res Cover (2015.v2) – original art by Andreas Raninger

Epsilon C Mission Station – Exigency by Michael Siemsen

Epsilon C Mission Station Alt – Exigency concept art

Hynka Country Landing Site – Exigency – Concept art by Andreas Raninger

Hynka Country Landing Site Escape – Exigency – Concept art by Matthias de Muylder

Minnie and Hynka – Exigency – Concept art by Matthias de Muylder

Threck Thinker – Exigency – Concept art by Matthias de Muylder

Threck Thinkers Chambers – Exigency – Concept art by Matthias de Muylder

Threck Thinkers Chamber Close-up – Exigency – Concept art by Matthias de Muylder

Original Threck sketch by Michael Siemsen, 2014 – Exigency

Pwin-T Maille Fragment concept art

Pwin-T Funeral – The Dig – Original concept art by Drew Troxell, modified for 2015 Edition

Pwin-T Valley – The Dig – Original concept art by Drew Troxell, modified for 2015 Edition

Pwin-T House Cluster – The Dig – Concept art for 2015 Edition

Pwin-T “Cutter” Utility Knife – The Dig – Concept art for 2015 Edition

Pwin-T Valley concept art from The Dig first edition and modified version for 2015 edition

Pwin-T Funeral concept art from The Dig first edition and modified version for 2015 edition

Pwin-T cutter concept art from The Dig first edition and modified version for 2015 edition

Pwin-T house cluster concept art from The Dig first edition and modified version for 2015 edition

Pwin-T K’yot Glove – The Dig – Concept art for 2015 Edition

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Have you created art inspired by any of Michael Siemsen’s novels? Let us know! You could make it into the gallery (or even … gasp … a book!).