John Jude Palencar
Encyclopedia
John Jude Palencar is a fantasy
, science fiction
, and horror artist. Over 100 book covers have been adorned by his art, including all four covers of the Inheritance Cycle
series by Christopher Paolini
. He graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design
in 1980.
He was a featured artist for IDEA Magazine in Japan. Many private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe include his paintings. Palencar has created covers for several novels by Stephen King, who also holds Palencar's work in his private collection.
When Knopf published Eragon in 2003, they called on Palencar to draw the cover. He also drew the covers for Eldest
, Brisingr, and Inheritance. Paolini said that he named Palancar Valley after him long before Palencar illustrated the cover of Eragon.
In 2010 Palencar was nominated in the World Fantasy Award
Best Artist category.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
, science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, and horror artist. Over 100 book covers have been adorned by his art, including all four covers of the Inheritance Cycle
Inheritance Cycle
The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy novels by Christopher Paolini. It was previously titled the Inheritance Trilogy until Paolini's announcement on October 30, 2007 that there would be a fourth book...
series by Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance...
. He graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus College of Art & Design is a private college of art and design located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Originally founded in 1879 as The Columbus Art School, CCAD is one of the oldest operating art schools in the United States...
in 1980.
Work
Palencar has exhibited in numerous group shows in galleries, colleges and universities throughout the United States. Demand for his work extends into Europe and the Pacific rim through sales of his original paintings, second-rights usages and commissions.He was a featured artist for IDEA Magazine in Japan. Many private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe include his paintings. Palencar has created covers for several novels by Stephen King, who also holds Palencar's work in his private collection.
When Knopf published Eragon in 2003, they called on Palencar to draw the cover. He also drew the covers for Eldest
Eldest
Eldest is the second book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and the sequel to Eragon. Eldest was first published in hardcover on August 23, 2005, and was released in paperback in September 2006. Eldest has been released in an audiobook format, and as an ebook. Like Eragon, Eldest...
, Brisingr, and Inheritance. Paolini said that he named Palancar Valley after him long before Palencar illustrated the cover of Eragon.
In 2010 Palencar was nominated in the World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
Best Artist category.
List
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- Lord of the Crooked Paths (1987)
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(1988) - Master of the Fearful Depths (1989)
- Blood Storm (1989)
- Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (1991)
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(1993) - Blood Pact (1993)
- Blood Lines (1993)
- The Forest HouseThe Forest HouseThis is about the novel, for Forrest House, see Melbourne High SchoolThe Forest House is a fantasy novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, though the latter is uncredited by the publisher...
(1994) - LoveDeath (1994)
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(1994) - The Forest HouseThe Forest HouseThis is about the novel, for Forrest House, see Melbourne High SchoolThe Forest House is a fantasy novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, though the latter is uncredited by the publisher...
(1995) - Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft (1995)
- Testament (1995)
- Evolution's Shore (1995)
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(1995) - The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness (1996)
- Return to Avalon (1996)
- Attila's Treasure (1996)
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(1996) - The Lady of Avalon (1997)
- Jovah's Witness (1997)
- Blood Trail (1997)
- Blood Price (1997)
- Blood Debt (1997)
- The Alleluia FilesThe Alleluia FilesThe Alleluia Files is a science fiction/fantasy novel by Sharon Shinn, published in 1999. It is the third book in the Samaria series.-Plot summary:...
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(1998) - The Terrorists of Irustan (1999)
- Forests of the Heart (2000)
- Daughter of the ForestDaughter of the ForestDaughter of the Forest is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier first published in 1999 It is loosely based on "The Six Swans" . A girl must sew six shirts from a painful nettle plant in order to save her brothers from a witch's enchantment, remaining completely mute until the task is...
(2000) - The Redemption of AlthalusThe Redemption of AlthalusThe Redemption of Althalus is a stand-alone fantasy novel by David and Leigh Eddings. Its main character is Althalus, a professional thief enlisted by the Goddess Dweia to save the world from the desolations of her evil brother Daeva and his henchman Ghend...
(2001) - The Onion GirlThe Onion GirlThe Onion Girl is a 2001 contemporary fantasy novel by Charles De Lint which takes place in the Newford universe. It is the first Newford novel centering on the recurring character of Jilly Coppercorn, now a middle-aged woman...
(2001) - The Bone Doll's TwinThe Bone Doll's TwinThe Bone Doll's Twin is the title of the first book in author Lynn Flewelling's series of fictional works, Tamir Triad. It is followed by Hidden Warrior and then, lastly by Oracle's Queen.-Plot summary:...
(2001) - Son of the ShadowsSon of the ShadowsSon of the Shadows is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier and the second book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy first published in 2000. It follows the path of Sorcha and Red's third child, Liadan, a girl who lives outside the pattern of the 'Fair Folk', also known as Túatha Dé Danann...
(2001) - Kushiel's DartKushiel's DartKushiel's Dart is Jacqueline Carey's first novel and the first of the novels in her Kushiel's Legacy series. The idea for this book first came to Carey when she was reading the Biblical Book of Genesis, and specifically a passage about "sons of God" coming into the "daughters of Men." Later, when...
(2001) - Forests of the Heart (2001)
- Empty Cities of the Full MoonEmpty Cities of the Full MoonEmpty Cities of the Full Moon is a science fiction novel by Howard V. Hendrix first published in 2001.-Plot introduction:The novel revolves around the near extinction of the humanity by an artificial prion originally designed to help the mentally ill but which becomes a shamanistic pandemic of...
(2001) - Daughter of the ForestDaughter of the ForestDaughter of the Forest is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier first published in 1999 It is loosely based on "The Six Swans" . A girl must sew six shirts from a painful nettle plant in order to save her brothers from a witch's enchantment, remaining completely mute until the task is...
(2001) - Child of the ProphecyChild of the ProphecyChild of the Prophecy is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier and the third book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy first published in 2001. Book Three steps slightly out of the tradition of Sevenwaters, with the young heroine Fainne being raised far from the homestead, in Kerry...
(2001) - Son of the ShadowsSon of the ShadowsSon of the Shadows is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier and the second book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy first published in 2000. It follows the path of Sorcha and Red's third child, Liadan, a girl who lives outside the pattern of the 'Fair Folk', also known as Túatha Dé Danann...
(2002) - Daughter of the ForestDaughter of the ForestDaughter of the Forest is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier first published in 1999 It is loosely based on "The Six Swans" . A girl must sew six shirts from a painful nettle plant in order to save her brothers from a witch's enchantment, remaining completely mute until the task is...
(2002) - Child of the ProphecyChild of the ProphecyChild of the Prophecy is an historical fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier and the third book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy first published in 2001. Book Three steps slightly out of the tradition of Sevenwaters, with the young heroine Fainne being raised far from the homestead, in Kerry...
(2002) - Kushiel's ChosenKushiel's ChosenKushiel's Chosen is a historical fantasy or alternate history by Jacqueline Carey. It is a sequel to Kushiel's Dart and the second novel in the Kushiel's Legacy series.- Synopsis :...
(2002) - Kushiel's AvatarKushiel's AvatarKushiel's Avatar is the third novel in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series. It is often referred to as the last of the Phèdre Trilogy.-Plot introduction:...
(2003) - Shadows Over Baker StreetShadows Over Baker StreetShadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror! is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos...
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(2003) - EldestEldestEldest is the second book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and the sequel to Eragon. Eldest was first published in hardcover on August 23, 2005, and was released in paperback in September 2006. Eldest has been released in an audiobook format, and as an ebook. Like Eragon, Eldest...
(2005) - Four & Twenty Blackbirds (2005)
- The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
(2005)- The Fellowship of the RingThe Fellowship of the RingThe Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It takes place in the fictional universe Middle-earth. It was originally published on July 29, 1954 in the United Kingdom...
(2005) - The Two TowersThe Two TowersThe Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It is preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring and followed by The Return of the King.-Title:...
(2005) - The Return of the KingThe Return of the KingThe Return of the King is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, following The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.-Title:...
(2005)
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (2006)
- Wings To The Kingdom (2006)
- The Black TattooThe Black TattooThe Black Tattoo is a young adult fantasy novel by Sam Enthoven, published in 2006. It deals with a boy, Charlie, becoming possessed by a demon that manifests itself in the form of a black tattoo on his body....
(2006) - Kushiel's ScionKushiel's ScionKushiel's Scion is the 2006 novel by Jacqueline Carey, following on from the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy...
(2006) - The Horror in the MuseumThe Horror in the Museum"The Horror in the Museum" is a short story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for Hazel Heald in October 1932. The story has been reprinted in several collections, such as The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions.- Plot :...
(2007) - Fatal RevenantFatal RevenantFatal Revenant is the second novel by Stephen R. Donaldson in the four book series The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.Linden Avery is taken 10,000 years into the Land's past, where she meets Berek Halfhand.-Plot introduction:...
(2007) - Brisingr (2008)
- Exodus: Dragon Insurgence (2010)
- Inheritance (2011)
External links
- John Jude Palencar.com (official site)