sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer’s Chat #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:57:50 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:58:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:58:17 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Aug 16 00:58:30 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. Our guest has deadlines so chat will be 1 hour tonight #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:58:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Future Guests 8/22 @JeanJAuthor 8/29 Roundtable:Outlining with @robynmcintyre 9/5 @ KDMcEntire 9/12 @carrievaughn #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:59:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest is a current World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award nominee & past World Fantasy Award & Chesley Award winning artist.#sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:59:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@johnpicacio illustrates #scifi #fantasy & #horror, w/ diversity & range in his work, combining trad. Drawing, paintng & digital #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:59:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His covers appeared on books by Michael Moorcock, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, L.E. Modessit, Jr., Frederick Pohl, & more #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:00:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He�s won four Chesley Awards, the Locus Award, two Int�l Horror Guild Awards and nominated 8 yrs consecutively for the Hugo. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:00:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His illustrations have appeared in SPECTRUM: The BEST In Contemp. Fantastic Art and he did the 2012 Game Of Thrones calendar. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:00:25 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Active on Twitter, @johnpicacio can be found at his websitehttp://t.co/IfivfsTT, the associated blog, and Facebook. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:00:33 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He and his wife live in San Antonio, TX. Welcome @JohnPicacio! Thanks for joining #sffwrtcht We’re so excited to have you! (Thu Aug 16 01:00:56 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: Welcome to #sffwrtcht, @JohnPicacio . Great to see you in this venue. (Thu Aug 16 01:01:14 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio First things first, where�d your interest in science fiction and fantasy come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:01:38 +0000 2012)
JohnPicacio: Hi, @PrinceJvstin. Good to see you too. What’s shaking? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:02:24 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: I was a child of cinema and comics before I moved to sf/f novels and prose. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:03:31 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @JohnPicacio I’m one of the regular people who attend these little gatherings @BryanThomasS gets together 
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BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Who are some of your favorite authors and books that inspire you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:03:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Ah yes, perhaps I should have asked favorite movies and comics. Feel free to throw those in too #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:04:11 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: So STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER, and STAR TREK would’ve been my first onramps. #sffwrtcht #childhood (Thu Aug 16 01:04:13 +0000 2012)
Jaleta_Clegg: @JohnPicacio Hi, John. Met you at a convention last year. I love your work. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:04:26 +0000 2012)
JRVogt: @johnpicacio Have you ever had a personal artistic vision clash with an author’s? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:04:28 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: Hey, @JohnPicacio , how much knowledge of the book do you prefer to have when doing the cover art for it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:06:14 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @JRVogt Yeah, that’s happened a few times, but not very many. And sometimes those clashes turn into some of the best covers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:06:17 +0000 2012)
LeahPetersen: Good question.–>RT @JRVogt: @johnpicacio Have you ever had a personal artistic vision clash with an authors? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:06:19 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome @PrinceJvstin @Jaleta_Clegg @shadowflame1974 @Wyld_Dandelyon and @kodermike #sffwrtcht #regulars (Thu Aug 16 01:06:19 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio When did you develop an interest in art beyond appreciation and into actually wanting to create your own work? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:06:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio That leads to a question I had for later. How much input do authors have on covers typically given a pub hires you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:07:13 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Dan Simmons & I had some heavy discussions on my cover for DROOD and that ended up being a favourite of both of ours in the end. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:07:20 +0000 2012)
followthelede: @JohnPicacio Materials? Ink or paint? Surface? Scale? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:08:05 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: I love Simmons. When he emails thoughts on a cover, they’re some of my favourites b/c he lays it out there. I can deal w/ that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:08:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: Hi. =) RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede Hey there #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:09:03 +0000 2012)
petersnede: Checking into #sffwrtcht — Checking out @JohnPicacio artwork for the first time (or so I thought bc I recognize it) (Thu Aug 16 01:09:09 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: But he also knows how to get out of my way so I can do my best stuff. And that’s why he and I work well together. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:09:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @LouAnders I’d have Lou Anders at @chicon_7 instead of DragonCon so I could finally meet him 
#darnit #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:10:04 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: I wanted to create my own work since I could read. But I didn’t know I wanted to be an sf/f cover artist until I met Moorcock. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:10:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Really? Moorcock. That must be an intriguing story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:11:20 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: I give Moorcock, Rick Klaw & Ben Ostrander the credit for ‘discovering’ me, when I was self-publishing comics. #1stbreak #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:11:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Very cool. Go fellow Texans helping each other (Well Moorcock & you at least) #notsureofothers #1stbreak #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:12:39 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: When you’re dealing with big houses, authors rarely have direct input to covers. It doesn’t happen often. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:12:49 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio I suppose the bigger name the author is, the more input they might get perhaps? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:13:18 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: However, with many publishers, it does, and I work well with authors because I treat their books like people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:13:25 +0000 2012)
kodermike: @johnpicacio Are you given excerpts or arcs to draw ideas from, or just concepts and generalities? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:13:31 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio How did you get started learning your craft? #sffwrtcht Was there a particular medium which drew you first? (Thu Aug 16 01:14:15 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: @JohnPicacio Do you work with independent publishers as well as big houses? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:14:24 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: The best work happens when ADs and clients understand what comes out of my brain is as valuable as my right hand. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:14:38 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: And when you look at the great art directors they understand that, such as @IreneGallo and @LouAnders, for example. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:15:27 +0000 2012)
IreneGallo: RT @JohnPicacio: The best work happens when ADs and clients understand what comes out of my brain is as valuable as my right hand. #sffw … (Thu Aug 16 01:15:38 +0000 2012)
LBardugo: RT @JohnPicacio: And when you look at the great art directors they understand that, such as @IreneGallo and @LouAnders, for example. #sf … (Thu Aug 16 01:15:49 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Materials: anything goes. I’m definitely a hybrid of traditional and digital means. Every piece is trad. dwg. and painting. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:16:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio @LouAnders is @Pyr_Books Art Director as well as Editorial Director? Interesting… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:16:43 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: But I also tend to layer and sandwich my traditional dwgs and paintings in Photoshop and the final is a sandwich of those layers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:17:14 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: My 1st cover was Mike Moorcock’s BEHOLD THE MAN: THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Never done a book cover or book illo in my life. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:18:34 +0000 2012)followthelede: Do you do any larger scale pieces or all book folio sizes? MT @JohnPicacio: But I also tend to layer and sandwich my dwgs … #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:19:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio So what you’re saying is your first cover was low pressure… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:19:10 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Mike had faith in me from the beginning and he’s been one of the best friends I could ever ask for in this business. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:19:31 +0000 2012)followthelede: @JohnPicacio And, do you get a say in typography? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:19:45 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Back to authors and cover leverage — big houses really keep a tight grip on that. I tend to work closely with my ADs. #itworks #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:21:02 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @kodermike I read the books, if they’re available. Sometimes they’re still being written. But I read whatever is available. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:21:55 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @kodermike And my MO is I tend to generate my own ideas after listening to what the company is driving for. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:22:52 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio So the AD hires you, then you look at the book, then they pitch ideas, you pitch ideas, then what? #guessing #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:23:53 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Drawing — pencil on paper surface — is still what jazzes me every day, just like it did as a kid. Never goes away. #sffwrtcht #1stlove (Thu Aug 16 01:24:01 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @Wyld_Dandelyon I sure do. I work with independent publishers & big houses, both. My cover schedule is intense & I juggle a lot. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:25:15 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @JohnPicacio I like this part of your MO! (“I read whatever is available”) #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:26:14 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @LouAnders is a bad, bad man. Editorial AND art director for Pyr. Hugo-winner in the former, Chesley-winner in the latter. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:26:20 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio @Pyr_Books does have some great covers. I get a lot of their books. And the Ian McDonald YA’s are among my favs #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:27:37 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @JohnPicacio Your pencil work is absolutely stunning. #sffwrtcht #1stlove(Thu Aug 16 01:27:38 +0000 2012)
DionLong1: @JohnPicacio #sffwrtcht Do you like music when you do your work or prefer to stay in a quiet environment? (Thu Aug 16 01:27:46 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @followthelede Sizes vary. But I tend to work way bigger than publication size. I’d say from 13×19 to 18×24? Depending? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:28:27 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @followthelede And ghodforbid, if we’re talking a shadowbox assemblage cover, then the size can be much, MUCH larger. #sffwrtcht #notoften (Thu Aug 16 01:29:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: #sffwrtcht please hold questions for a bit so the guest can catch up. We have a lot out there… #lethimbreatheplease (Thu Aug 16 01:29:18 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @followthelede A lot of say on type with some houses. But with others, I leave it to their designers. Depends on client’s needs. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:30:28 +0000 2012)
john_zeleznik: Have you ever had a writer NOT like what you’ve created for a cover? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:31:00 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: After I listen to the client — thumbnails. Then we decide on which direction from those. Then a comp. And than a final. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:31:20 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @john_zeleznik Asked and answered. Holding questions so he can catch up #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:31:27 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @john_zeleznik you can catch up here #sffwrtcht http://t.co/Aaho2WmB(Thu Aug 16 01:32:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @john_zeleznik No worries. Just filling you in #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:32:12 +0000 2012)
Flipsidepub: Right now there’s a live chat going on w/ one of my favorite artists, @johnpicacio, over at #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:32:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio How much of cover layout do you get involved in or do you just deliver the images & let the ADs do the rest? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:33:26 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @john_zeleznik Sure. But in a 15-year career, only a couple of times. That’s a pretty good batting average. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:33:30 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: I think I caught up. Did I miss any questions so far? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:34:03 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio We had a question about listening to music as you work or other rituals? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:34:06 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS If we toss enough questions for you to hold, will you get overloaded and drop them all? “-p #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:34:14 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: As far as layout, I tend to indicate layout in my thumbnails. But that’s not intended to tell the designer what to do. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:34:52 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio And then my question about artistic influences. #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 16 01:35:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon I will block you and ask the guest to do the same… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:35:47 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: It’s intended to let ‘em know what I’m thinking. I’m basically leaving space for them to work their magic. But it’s their call. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:36:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @DionLong1: @JohnPicacio #sffwrtcht Do you like music when you do your work or prefer to stay in a quiet environment? (Thu Aug 16 01:36:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Who are some of your artistic influences? How much do you borrow/copy/imitate the work of those who inspire? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:36:44 +0000 2012)
jamesenge: Hi @JohnPicacio, Bryan and all–sneaking in late here. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:36:58 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS Oooh, you’re mean tonight! I’ll remember that! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:37:56 +0000 2012)
heh #sffwrtcht (JohnPicacio: Music –> Depends on the art. Techno, classical, soundtracks, Blade Runner, Dark Knight, Miles Davis, anything goes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:38:48 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Btw all I am giving away some great book packages on my blog and have 1 entrant and 5 prizes. #sffwrtcht http://t.co/xkQ1lsIh #freebooks (Thu Aug 16 01:39:08 +0000 2012)
littlefluffycat: RT @BryanThomasS: Btw all I am giving away some great book packages on my blog and have 1 entrant and 5 prizes. #sffwrtcht http://t.co/x … (Thu Aug 16 01:39:20 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @JohnPicacio Sounds like my writing playlist if you add in heavy metal, polka music, and celtic folk. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:39:23 +0000 2012)
shadowflame1974: RT @BryanThomasS: Btw all I am giving away some great book packages on my blog and have 1 entrant and 5 prizes. #sffwrtcht http://t.co/x … (Thu Aug 16 01:39:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Jaleta_Clegg Sounds like writers, picking mood pieces depending what the scene is @JohnPicacio #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:39:43 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS Oooh, you’re mean tonight! I’ll remember that! #sffwrtcht / You know it’s all tough love… (Thu Aug 16 01:40:02 +0000 2012)jamesenge: @JohnPicacio I’m fascinated by the distinctive faces in your work (especially the Elric images). Do you work with models or…? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:40:03 +0000 2012)followthelede: @JohnPicacio Is the art you do on your own time different from the commissioned work? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:40:13 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @JohnPicacio You say you juggle a lot–how many covers do you do a year? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:40:18 +0000 2012)john_zeleznik: How did what you thought of Ice and Fire vary from what others did (TV show, other artists)? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:40:39 +0000 2012)
sandykidd: @JohnPicacio I like that process. Better odds everyone will be satisfied – client and artist. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:40:48 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @kodermike Only if I get two songs playing at once. I do have disco polka. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:41:02 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Influences: Brad Holland. Gary Kelley. Gustav Klimt. Moebius. Richard Powers. Sergio Toppi. Sienkiewicz. McKean. #manymore #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:41:29 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jamesenge Glad to see ya. #sffwrtcht Gonna read your new book soon, I hope. (Thu Aug 16 01:41:35 +0000 2012)john_zeleznik: @Jaleta_Clegg I became a big fan of the Sherlock Holmes soundtrack when writing city fighting. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:41:49 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @JohnPicacio Your art tends to have a steampunk feel. Do you do a lot of steampunk novels? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:41:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @john_zeleznik The newer Sherlocks with Downey-Law? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:42:24 +0000 2012)jamesenge: @BryanThomasS I doubt my schnozz would sell many books. But it would be weird to run into Elric on the street. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:42:36 +0000 2012)followthelede: Hi, you. =)RT @sandykidd: @JohnPicacio I like that process. Better odds everyone will be satisfied – client and artist. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:42:59 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Jaleta_Clegg Maybe @JohnPicacio is a Victorian soul trapped in a contemporary body… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:43:00 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: No creator comes out of a vacuum fully-formed. We’re all the sum of our influences. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:43:06 +0000 2012)john_zeleznik: @BryanThomasS Yes. Much of the last few chapters of SPRING were written to it. (lots of inside city fighting) #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:43:13 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jamesenge I do think you have a distinctive face…in a distinguished kinda, Latin smartass way… j/k on the last part #maybe #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:43:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio What�s the best and worst artistic advice you�ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:43:52 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: The trick is can you take the vocabulary of the artistic conversation that has preceded you & add something fresh & new? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:44:14 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: Do you have any artistic interests other than drawing and painting? @johnpicacio #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:44:43 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Can you bring some insight or perspective that hasn’t been shared? Or bring a sense of wonder or surprise? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:45:17 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: #sffwrtcht @JohnPicacio has 15 min til he has to go, so I will be cutting off questions soon. FYI (Thu Aug 16 01:45:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @john_zeleznik Cool. I use Raiders Of The Lost Ark and LOTR soundtracks a lot. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:46:20 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Honestly, I always figure if I can turn myself on, then I’ve got a good shot at doing the same for others. #sffwrtcht #easiersaidthandone (Thu Aug 16 01:46:24 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @jamesenge Yeah, I use family and friends a lot as models to find shapes & forms. They’re references for my dwgs and paintings. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:47:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Btw, one of @JohnPicacio’s @Pyr_Books covers is in that blog giveaway I just tweeted #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:47:50 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @followthelede I’m about to do some of my first creator-owned, non-commissioned work. And actually I started it a few months ago. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:48:30 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @JohnPicacio Which is exactly why I like giving our artists so much freedom. We get better art when they warm to their own work. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:48:41 +0000 2012)john_zeleznik: @BryanThomasS I also use Mumford and Sons and Florence and the Machine when I want something modern. Old Dave Matthews too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:49:11 +0000 2012)followthelede: @JohnPicacio Have you ever considered doing a Graeme Base-style picture book for kids (and adults)? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:49:45 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @followthelede Really no difference so far. My personal work is my commercial work – because it’s ALL personal! #seriously #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:49:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Ok, we have four questions out there. So please hold questions until he gets them all & this may be it. #sffwrtcht. (Thu Aug 16 01:50:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio My 2nd to last question: What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:50:26 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Again, active on Twitter, @johnpicacio can be found at his websitehttp://t.co/IfivfsTT, the associated blog, and Facebook. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:50:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Again, active on Twitter, @johnpicacio can be found at his websitehttp://t.co/uCYBir92, the associated blog, and Facebook. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:50:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk #scifi #writing #militaryscifi & more with Philip K. Dick Award nominee @JeanJAuthor of @acerocbooks Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:51:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk #scifi #writing #militaryscifi & more with Philip K. Dick Award nominee @JeanJAuthor of @acerocbooks Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:51:06 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @Wyld_Dandelyon Varies. But from 2001 to 2011, I had 1 major book cover published every month for that span. And I”m still going. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:51:12 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @JohnPicacio thank you very much for chatting with us tonight #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:51:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio 120 covers in 10 years. WOW. That’s a lot of work. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:51:45 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @john_zeleznik The beauty of the 2012 GRRM / ASoIaF Calendar was I didn’t have to worry about HBO or GAME OF THRONES. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:51:55 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk #scifi #writing #militaryscifi & more with Philip K. Dick Award nominee @JeanJAuthor of @acerocboo … (Thu Aug 16 01:52:38 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @john_zeleznik GRRM & Bantam said they wanted a John Picacio vision of GRRM’s books. HBO was only in production at that time. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:52:52 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Nice to have that artistic freedom. Wonder if you’d have it now with such a popular franchise… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:53:20 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @john_zeleznik I just went and did my thing and did the characters as I read them in George’s books. #labouroflove #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:53:40 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS @JohnPicacio That is a wonderful run of work! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:53:53 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @JohnPicacio Yeah but when I envision Melisandre, I don’t think the show–I think of John’s picture #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:54:03 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jamesenge Hope you caught that I was just kidding there, James. You got quiet… #oops #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:54:27 +0000 2012)jamesenge: @JohnPicacio That is cool (about the GRRM calendar). I love TV/movie sf/f but I kind of hate how they usurp the imagination. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:54:34 +0000 2012)jamesenge: @JohnPicacio For so many people, the movies are LotR, etc. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:55:13 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @sandykidd Thanks, Sandy. Publishing is collaboration. No doubt about that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:55:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @eruditeogre Indeed. Nice to see you, J. @jamesenge #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:55:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:56:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:56:37 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Best advice –> Mike Moorcock: “You’re the artist. You’ll figure it out.” And I did. 1st job. He believed. Rest is history. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:57:52 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio My last question: How do you deal with criticism or do you just ignore it and do your thing? #sffwrtcht #final? (Thu Aug 16 01:58:13 +0000 2012)
passionmuse: RT @sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk writing & scifi w Philip K. Dick Award nominee @JeanJAuthor of @acerocbooks Join us! #author #interviews (Thu Aug 16 01:58:26 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @JohnPicacio: Best advice –> Mike Moorcock: “You’re the artist. You’ll figure it out.” And I did. 1st job. He believed. Rest is h … (Thu Aug 16 01:58:46 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @JohnPicacio Too bad you have to leave on time. Thanks for stopping by! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:59:30 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Worst advice –> That diversity is a bad thing. Never listened to that. Diversity of materials & approaches is a strength. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 01:59:31 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: RT @JohnPicacio: Worst advice –> That diversity is a bad thing. Never listened to that. Diversity of materials & approaches is a … (Thu Aug 16 02:00:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon He has to go work. #sffwrtcht @JohnPicacio (Thu Aug 16 02:00:03 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @JohnPicacio Love the advice. Thanks for stopping by! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:00:07 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Well we’re out of time. Thanks for being our guest. Any thing you want to tout before you go? Future work? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:00:39 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:00:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/t66YT75v #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:00:52 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Look for @iannmcdonald’s BE MY ENEMY soon. I’m working on a new Simmons cover right now & a cover for Scholastic. More soon. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:01:35 +0000 2012)followthelede: MT @JohnPicacio: Worst advice: That diversity is a bad thing. Never listened 2 that. Divers. of materials & approaches=strength #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:01:49 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @JohnPicacio That BE MY ENEMY cover is awesome. Look forward to meeting you at @chicon_7 Congrats on your award noms! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:02:24 +0000 2012)followthelede: @JohnPicacio Yes, thanks for answering all our ?s. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:02:28 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: Hunh, this might be the first #sffwrtcht where none of my questions were answered. Oh well, A popular Man, Mr. Picacio is. (Thu Aug 16 02:02:31 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @JohnPicacio: Worst advice –> That diversity is a bad thing. Never listened to that. Diversity of materials & approaches is a … (Thu Aug 16 02:02:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin Sorry. We missed yours? I thought he got them all. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:02:48 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @JohnPicacio: Worst advice: That diversity is a bad thing. Never listened to that. Divers. of materials & approaches=strength #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:03:10 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Any last questions? I think I got everything? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:03:15 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Yes, that was it except for how artists should handle criticism or if they should ignore it #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:03:57 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin Fire those at me, man. Lemme hit those before I sign off. Was having trouble keeping up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:04:07 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio PrinceJvstin: Hey, @JohnPicacio , how much knowledge of the book do you prefer to have when doing the cover art? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:05:06 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @JohnPicacio No worries. One of them was asked by another in a slightly different manner and you caught that. Others unimportant #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:05:34 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @BryanThomasS @PrinceJvstin Was that Paul’s question? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:05:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio PrinceJvstin: Do you have any artistic interests other than drawing and painting? #pauls2ndquest #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:06:25 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin How much knowledge of the book? Everything I can get. I read them & take notes. (1 of 2) #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:07:10 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin And then I research as needed. Almost always needed. Exchange notes w/ my AD. Listen to sales & editorial feedback. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:08:14 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin I try to take in all the info I can. But they’re hiring me for how I see the world just as much as my right hand. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:08:54 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin And that’s my constant advice to young artists — don’t just be a hired hand. Never lose sight of your own vision. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:10:07 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin thats my advice to young artists–dont just be a hired hand. Never lose sight of your own vision. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:11:41 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @JohnPicacio: And that’s my constant advice to young artists–don’t just be a hired hand. Never lose sight of your own vision. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:12:11 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: RT @JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin And that’s my constant advice to young artists — don’t just be a hired hand. Never lose sight of your ow … (Thu Aug 16 02:12:30 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: @PrinceJvstin Influences besides drawing/painting? Ridley Scott. Frank Gehry. Picasso. Dali. Tarkovsky. And lately, David Bowie? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:13:02 +0000 2012)
nrcopas: RT @BryanThomasS: RT @JohnPicacio: And that’s my constant advice to young artists–don’t just be a hired hand. Never lose sight of your … (Thu Aug 16 02:13:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio Dali is probably my favorite artist ever. Love his stuff!!! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:13:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Okay, big thanks to @JohnPicacio who took all of our questions and made sure of it! Thanks so much! Congrats on your award noms! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:14:07 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: Alright. That’s a wrap. Cheers and applause for @BryanThomasS! Thx, #sffwrtcht! Thx, everyone. Great job! See you on Twitter. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:14:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JohnPicacio See you on FB Twitter and @chicon_7 ! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:14:33 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 02:14:37 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 16 02:14:37 +0000 2012)JohnPicacio: P.S. And of course, my sleep-deprived brain realizes that Picasso and Dali drew and painted (of course)…..(1 of 2) #sffwrtchtJohnPicacio: But go look at some of the things they said during their careers…..some of those things matters to me more than their work. #sffwrtcht
JohnPicacio: @BryanThomasS @chicon_7 See you in Chicago, man! Again — great job by you. Thanks for having me. jamesenge: Thanks @JohnPicacio! Interesting conversation. #sffwrtchtJohnPicacio:Back to work. But first, apparently one question I missed during the #sffwrtcht chat, and it’s from the great @LouAnders himself. (1 of 3)JohnPicacio:If I could change one thing about the current industry, what would it be? Wow, damn good question. <thinking> #sffwrtchtJohnPicacio: We’ve cornered ourselves into making price & convenience our #1 priorities over content (ebooks). Fix that & you rule the world. #sffwrtchtsffwrtcht:@JohnPicacio Thanks. Good answer. #sffwrtchtParticipants
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