Paul Richmond Blog

I just reached a fun milestone -- completing my 100th novel cover illustration. Inspired by classic pulp covers , my approach to creating artwork for the world of gay fiction involves dreaming up delightfully dramatic scenarios to help bring the characters of each story to life -- and if they happen to lose their pants in the process, all the better! I've enjoyed working on every single illustration, and am incredibly grateful to Dreamspinner Press for the opportunity to work with so many fabulous authors. I look forward to creating many more covers in the years ahead. Here are a few of my favorites: And here's a slideshow of the whole kit and kaboodle. Enjoy! Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR .

It's been a while since I shared any of my illustration projects on here. Let me post a few of my recent favorites, all novel covers for Dreamspinner Press :      

It's been forever since I shared any of my novel cover illustrations for Dreamspinner Press . I love working on these! Here are a few of the latest:

I finished a few more covers this week for Dreamspinner Press . Here's a peek:

I just realized that I've been so busy depantsing celebrities lately that I haven't shared any of my latest novel cover illustrations. For shame! So here's a great big old round of catch-up, all of which are being published by Dreamspinner Press : And next up on the drawing board:

Here's my latest novel cover illustration which is for the upcoming book Rockstar by J.M. Snyder .

I just received a preview copy of "The Golden Age of Gay Fiction" by MLR Press , for which I was thrilled to illustrate the cover a few months ago. The book seems incredible, and I'd encourage everyone to check out this fascinating history lesson when it is released later this month. In the meantime, here's a preview of the cover (featuring fabulous inspiration courtesy of Dennis and Brian -- nice hair, guys!): Check out my previous post, A Cover is Born , for a peek at the reference shots and progress pics.

Here's my latest cover illustration -- it's for "Shades of Gray" by Brooke McKinley (Dreamspinner Press).

In the tradition of classic pulp novel covers that I find endlessly entertaining, I'm proud to present some of my latest contributions to the gay literary world - a series of novel covers for Dreamspinner Press . Don't they just make you want to curl up in bed with a good book (or perhaps a sexy, yet sensitive, cowboy)?