A BARNES & NOBLE PRESENTATION BY STEPHEN YOULL
Barnes and Noble has just featured Stephen as their "Cover Story" on their website. Watch this five-minute video and hear Stephen talk about his work and his technique, as well as some of his favorite covers and his philosophy on what a book's cover should do for the prospective reader.
THE ART OF STEPHEN YOULL:
PARADOX
is a beautiful 128 page hardcover coffee table book with over
100 large full color images, a special section of sketches,
and a mesmerizing look into the artist’s techniques.
With an
array of some of the most startling and imaginative paintings
created in the last decade, PARADOX was voted as one of the
top five art books of 2001 by Locus magazine. This book is
destined to be a collector’s item for all fantasy and
science
fiction fans.
It was published by the British publishing house, Paper
Tiger,
and can be found at your favorite book store or order on line
from Amazon.com
PRAISE FOR THE
ART OF STEPHEN YOULL
”STEPHEN YOULL’S EYE FOR DETAIL AND VIBRANT
COLOR SENSE HAVE HELPED GIVE A SONG OF FIRE AND ICE
A LOOK ALL ITS OWN — COVERS LEAP OFF A BOOKSHELF FROM
TEN FEET AWAY, AND YET SIMULTANEOUSLY EVOKE ECHOES
OF LEIGHTON AND THE CHIVALRIC ART OF ANOTHER AGE. AND
HIS COMMITMENT TO VERISIMILITUDE IS THE ANSWER TO
MANY A WRITER’S PRAYER.”
—George R. R. Martin
“IT HAS BEEN MY RIVILEGE AS AN AUTHOR TO WORK
WITH SOME OF THE GREAT FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION ARTISTS
OF THIS GENERATION.
I PLACE STEPHEN YOULL AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.”
—Margaret Weis
“STEPHEN YOULL’S ARTWORK CAPTURES THE SPIRIT
AND TONE OF THE VARIED CHARACTERS, INCLUDING MENACING
BOUNTY HUNTERS AND EXOTIC ALIENS, FOUND IN
THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE.”
—Lucy Autrey Wilson, Director of Publishing at Lucas
Licensing