What happened to good cover art?

[RidgeTop]

seriously! all I see now are photoshopped mcfarlane toys.  before we had great cover art like AVP: Prey, Predator: Big Game, Aliens: Genocide.  those were awesome. why have the standards lowered so much?

[SM]

To be honest I never thought the old art was much chop either for the most part.  i don't recall any novel covers making me go "Sweet!!"

Some comics - yes; but books - meh.

[Corporal Hicks]

I think some of the novels have had some sweet covers and while I do like a lot of Youll's covers, I do miss the drawn the stuff.

[Bishop2]

I think the beautifully painted art they use now look much higher in quality than the comic book-style art they used to use.

[Uncanny Antman]

I think the beautifully painted art they use now look much higher in quality than the comic book-style art they used to use.

  What painted cover art have you seen lately?

[Corporal Hicks]

All the new stuff is photoshopped.

[Bishop2]

Well then I'm blown away, because if these things are photoshopped, that makes them the best god damn photoshops I've ever seen.

[Uncanny Antman]

They're technically a little of both.

It's probably most accurate to say that they are painted within photoshop using photographic elements.

[Bishop2]

Well it does say "digital" on those pages, so I guess you're correct that it's digital artwork.  But it still kicks my ass.

[SM]

So i you use a computer it's not art anymore....  oooookay....

[Uncanny Antman]

Not one person in this thread said that it isn't art.

[SM]

Ah, but one can read between the lines.

[Aeus]

Ah, but one can read between the lines.

And what lines would those be...?

[SM]

The ones one must be able to read between...

[WisePredator]

I think I know what you mean...