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"Working with Chris is an inspiration. It's not easy to let someone pry into your hidden places, where bones and oil cavort, conspire, create. But to fashion book art, that's what Chris needs to do. He delves. He takes samples, mixes the findings with his own palette, and produces a dreamscape cousin of the author's insides. When PS accepted my collection, I knew of only one artist suited to translate my words into the visual.
The result? Look at his portfolio page."
Robert Freeman Wexler, author of Undiscovered Territories |
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"If Blake remade his visions not just with paint but concrete, paper,
faded posters, forgotten logos and bright bits of our electric fevers,
he would not outdo Chris Roberts."
Jeb Burt, author of Lost Americans |
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"Usually when a writer is asked about a cover, it was designed based on a brief and is a done deal you have to accept. In between the wins,
the results can sometimes be strange, irrelevant or bland.
None of that can be said about Chris' work, which from the first has a care and dedication that raises the whole book from paper and ink wrapped up with glue to something genuinely beautiful and entrancing.
He creates a whole new way, true and expressive, of imagining story through images, and I'm hugely grateful for his skill and imagination."
Claire North, award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August,
The Gameshouse, The End of the Day and 84K |
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"Chris is one of the most interesting artists working in the field today. His portfolio is a madhouse stocked with gorgeous monsters, sheer whimsy, visions delicate, disturbing and endlessly inventive."
Helen Marshall, award-winning author of Skeleton Leaves, Hair Side Flesh Side,
The Sex Lives of Monsters and Gifts for the One Who Comes After |
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"Sometimes you need an artist with ideas, other times you need one with talent and, just occasionally, you need someone who can meet your dagbusted crazy deadline. Well then, look no further cos Chris is the go-to guy in every respect. He'll add extra dimensions to that already-late-as-hell project and have the end result near-on speak to you and whisper your name: heck, every now and then, he'll even make you plain weep with awe and admiration."
Peter Crowther, Publisher, PS Publishing, and award-winning author of
The Longest Single Note, By Wizard Oak and Darkness Falling |
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"I keep Chris' artwork in my office, to look at when I need inspiration. It is witty and sinister, and is simply bursting with strange ideas."
Robert Shearman, award-winning author of Remember Why You Fear Me
and They Do the Same Things Different There |
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"Chris combines brilliant artistic talent with an understanding and love of story. What you get is work that is deeply-layered, thought-provoking, and original."
Kaaron Warren, award-winning author of Slights and Walking the Tree |
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"Chris is a fantastic artist/illustrator, whose imagination and creativity knows no bounds. What's more, his idiosyncratic technique gives his works a distinctive aura, which makes them immediately recognizable. I love the covers he did for my novels. They express their content perfectly. I consider Chris one of the best around. Period."
Seb Doubinsky, author of The Babylonian Trilogy/Goodbye Babylon
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"The first step Chris took in creating the front and back covers of my collection The Pottawatomie Giant (PS Publishing, 2012) was to read the complete manuscript—more than once! His second step was to start sharing his ideas and sketches with me via email. Thanks to Chris' artistry, my collection was one of the best-looking books of the year; thanks to his professionalism, the cover process was, for me, not only harmonious but revelatory, an unfolding of delight."
Andy Duncan, award-winning author of The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories
and Beluthahatchie and Other Stories |
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"As an artist and illustrator, Chris takes a magpie's delight in discovering overlooked gems and making them shine. His designs are both flamboyant and precise, with an immediate appeal that invites all to revel in his gleefully macabre themes."
Tobias Seamon, author of The Emperor's Toy Chest and The Fair Grounds |
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