The official webforum of the The-Leaky-Cauldron.org LeakyNews.com: Leaky Info | Potter News | Features | Interactive | Galleries | The Books | The Films | For Fun

Leaky Lounge

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

The Rules : FAQ : Search : Member List : Sitemap

Forum News: New Book Nook now open, discussing J D Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"
Hot Thread: Stand In Line! The Harry Potter Theme Park/Ride!
Mod Thread: Nominate an Actor/Actress of the Month to discuss

Reply to this topic

Start new topic

Amazing book art for "Half-Blood Prince", *in the TLC Image Gallery*

Hagiographer13 View Member Profile	Oct 21 2008, 12:04 AM Post #1
Hogsmeade's Butcher Posts: 6,454 Joined: 1:25pm July 10, 2005 Location: Sharpening my cleaver for photo-chopping	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as the sixth book in the series, featured some of the most diverse and even frightening cover art from around the world. The Bloomsbury UK "adult" cover was unique in featuring the HBP's potion book itself -- Here in the TLC Image Gallery Many artists chose to feature Harry and Dumbledore in the cave, which is, without a doubt, one of the most chilling and terrifying sequences in the entire series. The Ukranian artist, Vladyslav Yerko, offers his amazing vision of this scene -- Here in the Galleries Possibly the strangest international cover is this one from Finland. Other than Harry morphing into Pinnochio, I have NO IDEA what is going on here! Here in the Galleries The US artist, Mary GrandPre produces both the book covers as well as the inside chapter art. For the final 3 books she also produced unique full-cover dust jackets which had completely different art from that on the actual book cover. Here is the wrapper for HBP featuring Bob Ogden's memory from the pensieve -- Here in the Galleries And from chapter 19 ("Elf Tales") we see Dobby and Kreacher reporting to Harry -- Spend some time in the TLC Book Cover Gallery as well as amongst the chapter art. Come back to tell us which ones you liked best, and which ones that were way off-mark! This post has been edited by Hagiographer13: Oct 21 2008, 11:16 PM -------------------- Art by Caladan

Start new topic

Replies (1 - 7)

WaggaWaggaWerewo... WaggaWaggaWerewolf View Member Profile	Nov 3 2008, 03:11 AM Post #2
Madame Pince's House Elf Posts: 4,607 Joined: 5:46pm January 28, 2005 Location: In HP Book Club 4, awaiting the HBP film's release	QUOTE(Hagiographer13 @ Oct 21 2008, 04:04 PM) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as the sixth book in the series, featured some of the most diverse and even frightening cover art from around the world....Many artists chose to feature Harry and Dumbledore in the cave, which is, without a doubt, one of the most chilling and terrifying sequences in the entire series. The Ukranian artist, Vladyslav Yerko, offers his amazing vision of this scene -- Here in the Galleries Oh how I agree! That Ukrainian cover says it all, even though the script is Cyrillic. QUOTE Possibly the strangest international cover is this one from Finland. Other than Harry morphing into Pinnochio, I have NO IDEA what is going on here! I don't know what is happening in this picture exactly. Harry seems to be looking up the Half-blood Prince book, with Dumbledore and perhaps Ginny Weasley looking on. The house in the background looks suspiciously like a Moominhouse. (Tove Janssen wrote the Moomin series, a most enjoyable read, even in English) QUOTE The US artist, Mary GrandPre produces both the book covers as well as the inside chapter art. For the final 3 books she also produced unique full-cover dust jackets which had completely different art from that on the actual book cover. Here is the wrapper for HBP featuring Bob Ogden's memory from the pensieve -- Yes, I really like this picture of following Bob Ogden in the first Pensieve memory. A pity it is that this memory won't be included in the film. QUOTE And from chapter 19 ("Elf Tales") we see Dobby and Kreacher reporting to Harry -- Isn't it great to see these two house-elves together? I have to emphasize that the British edition doesn't have chapter art, even in the Children's edition. I do like seeing Dobby and Kreacher together, and I bet Peeves did too. But unfortunately this time, I am completely unable to say which book art picture I liked best out of the Ukrainian one and the one which includes Bob Ogden. -------------------- Check out the Beedle the Bard Book Club

keola sombra View Member Profile	Nov 3 2008, 06:47 AM Post #3
Disgruntled House-Elf at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 437 Joined: 2:11pm June 21, 2008 Location: shopping in Diagon Alley	QUOTE(Hagiographer13 @ Oct 21 2008, 06:04 AM) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as the sixth book in the series, featured some of the most diverse and even frightening cover art from around the world. The Bloomsbury UK "adult" cover was unique in featuring the HBP's potion book itself -- Here in the TLC Image Gallery I love this cover! It's so elegant and beautiful QUOTE Here in the Galleries Haha.. the finnish covers allways look so funny Why do they have SOOOOO long noses? haha I like the cover though, it's nice.. -------------------- One who doesn't have determenation doesn't have a future...

hannah abbot ;) View Member Profile	Nov 4 2008, 01:37 PM Post #4
Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 249 Joined: 12:42pm May 6, 2008	Possibly the strangest international cover is this one from Finland. Other than Harry morphing into Pinnochio, I have NO IDEA what is going on here! Here in the Galleries Is it me or does harry look like a pig? And is that ginny? and why are they wearing blue and yellow scarves... that's ravenclaws colours. The US artist, Mary GrandPre produces both the book covers as well as the inside chapter art. For the final 3 books she also produced unique full-cover dust jackets which had completely different art from that on the actual book cover. Here is the wrapper for HBP featuring Bob Ogden's memory from the pensieve -- Here in the Galleries I think Mary Grandpre's art work is amazing. The way she draws is beautiful! I'm not sure why it hasn't came up with the quote box, i think i've done it wrong :S This post has been edited by hannah abbot ;): Nov 4 2008, 01:39 PM -------------------- You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! - Albus dumbledore GOF

Dragonsun View Member Profile	Nov 4 2008, 07:56 PM Post #5
Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 57 Joined: 8:27pm August 1, 2007	The Ukrainian cover is amazing. My favorite cover i've seen yet. For ALL the books even.

Deathly Hallower View Member Profile	Nov 4 2008, 08:11 PM Post #6
Expert Wand-Waver at Ollivander's Posts: 2,125 Joined: 10:58pm January 6, 2007 Location: Curled up with a book	QUOTE(Dragonsun @ Nov 4 2008, 06:56 PM) The Ukrainian cover is amazing. My favorite cover i've seen yet. For ALL the books even. I agree. It's not my absolute favorite (I'm partial to the American editions, being from the US), but it's quite beautiful. I really like the different artwork for HBP, a lot more than other books. --------------------

Heavenly_Horcrux View Member Profile	Nov 11 2008, 01:40 PM Post #7
Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 19 Joined: 6:36pm November 10, 2008 Location: At Hogwarts, playing Quidditch for Gryffindor	QUOTE(Deathly Hallower @ Nov 4 2008, 08:11 PM) QUOTE(Dragonsun @ Nov 4 2008, 06:56 PM) The Ukrainian cover is amazing. My favorite cover i've seen yet. For ALL the books even. I agree. It's not my absolute favorite (I'm partial to the American editions, being from the US), but it's quite beautiful. I really like the different artwork for HBP, a lot more than other books. I pretty much agree. The Ukrainian cover is very nice, but I also like the American editions. In addition, I think the Denmark cover is quite stunning. -------------------- Pround member of M.A.F.I.A. and Gryffindor house Page 533 = the page I love

moony_lupin View Member Profile	Nov 25 2008, 06:02 PM Post #8
Galleries Official Grape-peeler Posts: 5,450 Joined: 10:36am April 5, 2007 Location: Trying to sneak into Leavesden studios.	QUOTE(Hagiographer13 @ Oct 21 2008, 05:04 AM) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as the sixth book in the series, featured some of the most diverse and even frightening cover art from around the world. The Bloomsbury UK "adult" cover was unique in featuring the HBP's potion book itself -- Here in the TLC Image Gallery I have always liked the style of the UK Adult cover for HBP. The publishers have gone to a lot of effort with this one, in designing the book and taking the photograph. It matches my idea of what Snape's old potions book would look like, all dog-eared and well-thumbed. Also I think the Danish cover stands out, style-wise. Harry's face is all concentration and fear as he leans over the water to fill the goblet for Dumbledore to drink, while the Inferi creep up on them. Here in the Galleries Yay!! 5,000 posts! This post has been edited by moony_lupin: Nov 25 2008, 06:07 PM -------------------- Siggie avatar by Hagiographer13

« Next Oldest · Harry Potter Book Club: The Half Blood Prince · Next Newest »

Reply to this topic

Start new topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)

0 Members:

Display Mode: Switch to: Standard · Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

Powered By IP.Board 2.3.6 © 2009 IPS, Inc.
CommunitySEO 1.1.4 P1 © 2009 IPB SEO Module

Sorting for Half-Blood Prince is open! Click here to join!

Coming Up:
Join the chat! Saturday 1-3pm Of Power, Magic, and Government

Come right in to the Shrieking Shack Arcade!

Shopping at the Cauldron Shop supports this forum!

IPS Driver Error

IPS Driver Error
There appears to be an error with the database.
You can try to refresh the page by clicking here