CHRISTINE CLAVEL

by elisarolle

1) You use 3d images for your covers, so is your work all made by computer or still do you do something by hand?

2) I read you love sci-fiction. You don't say romance sci-fiction, but your covers are used also for this genre (Ellora's Cave and Samahin Publishing are romance e-publishers). Have you ever read a romance? Do you like it?

3) You arrive to cover art after 8 years as a journalist. Now what is your primary work? And what do you prefer?

4) You use a lot of warm colour in your covers, this is the main reason you have attracted my eyes. It's more difficult doing so?

5) Your images are pretty much realistic than the other digital cover art I have seen: do you use some special software?

6) Your covers are very romantic, they remind me the fairy tales of my childhood but they are used often for x-rated books like those by Ellora's Cave... It's a strange coupling. What is your art background?

7) You live in France, but all the covers I have seen by you are for american e-publishers. How do you succeed to sign a contract with those e-publishers and do you work also for european publishers?

8) What is your favourite artist (not only cover arstist, of course)?

9) You say that you work with your husband... but also for your romance covers? I find strange to think to a man who draws this type of covers. What does your husband think of this part of your work?

10) Your latest covers are for Samhain Publishing and recently this e-publisher has signed a partnership with Kensington to print and market their books, but I think I have never seen a print romance book with a digital cover... Do you know why?

Commissioned work for a "Fantasy" book cover. (front, spine and back)
Characters and clothes modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser.
Medallion with Bryce. Backgroung with Bryce, Painter and Photoshop.
Postwork on 3D renders, texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a "Sci-Fi" book cover. (front, spine and back)
Characters and clothes modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser. Skins textures (and tattoos) with Photoshop.
Backgroung with Bryce and Photoshop.
Postwork on 3D renders, texts and lay-out with Photoshop

Commissioned work for a Romantica book cover.
Characters, clothes and jewels modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser.
Nature background with Bryce and Painter.
Glastonbury Tor modelled with Bryce (see below).
Postwork, texts and lay-out with Photoshop and Painter.

Commissioned work for a "Fantasy Time-Travel" book cover. (front, spine and back)
Characters, clothes and dragon modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser.
Backgroung with Bryce and Photoshop.
Postwork on 3D renders, texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a Romantica-Historical book cover.
Characters (Daz3D's models) modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser.
Castle modelled and rendered with Bryce.
Postwork, sky, moon, texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a Romantica-Historical book cover.
Character modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser and Victoria 3.
Postwork (hair, lipstick, jewels...), background, texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a Romantica-Historical book cover.
Character modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser and Victoria 3.
Postwork (hair, dress, jewels...), texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a "Vampire-Romantica" book cover...
Character modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser from Daz3D's, Michael 3 et Victoria 3.
Postwork (hair, FX...), texts and lay-out with Photoshop and Painter.

Commissioned work for a "Fantasy-Romantica" book cover...
Character and unicorn modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser, from Daz3D's Michael 3, and the Poser horse. Background also rendered with Poser.
Postwork (hair, mane, FX...), texts and lay-out with Photoshop and Painter....

Commissioned work for a fantasy romantica book cover...
Characters modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser from the Daz3D's Michael and Victoria.
Postwork (hair, FX, painting), texts and lay out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a fairytale romantica book cover...Not so Grimm.
Character modelled (morphed) and rendered with Poser from the Daz3D's characters.
Background with Bryce and Painter. Characters and clothes textures, postwork (hair, FX, painting), texts and lay out with Painter and Photoshop.

A commissioned work for a Romantica book cover : Vampire-Regency genre...
Characters modelled and rendered with Poser from Daz3D's characters.
Painting (hair, FX and other postwork), texts and lay-out with Painter and Photoshop.

A commissioned work for a Romantica book cover, first book of
a serie inpired by "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".
Characters modelled and rendered with Poser from
Daz3D's characters.
Background, painting (hair, scarf, and other postwork), texts and
lay-out with Painter and Photoshop.

A commissioned work for a Romantica book cover. Third book of a 'Vampires-Werewolves' serie.
Characters modelled and rendered with Poser from Daz3D's characters.
Painting (hair, FX and other postwork), texts and lay-out with Painter and Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a fantasy romantica book cover...
Characters modelled and rendered with Poser from Daz3D's characters.
Background with Bryce and Photoshop
Tower (The Glastonbury Tor) modelled with Bryce Final improvements -painting-,
texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

Commissioned work for a paranormal romantica book cover...When Rapunzel meets her vampire...
Characters modelled and rendered with Poser from Daz3D's characters.
Balcony and sky with Bryce
Final improvements -painting-, background,
texts and lay-out with Photoshop.

A commissioned work for a futuristic romantica book cover.
Characters and Hawk modelled and rendered with Poser from
Daz3D's characters. Characters textures and "living silver tattoos"
with Illustrator and Photoshop.
Painting (hair and other postwork), background, texts and
lay-out with Photoshop.