Walker Books Designer Discusses New Look to UK TMI Covers

Maria Soler Canton of Walker Books is the designer responsible for the new, gorgeous UK covers. She did a post on Inkslingers explaining the inspiration behind the more mature, yet faithful to the original, look:

Our chosen route was to go with an iconic/illustrative cover look and a more sophisticated/mature approach. The aim with this was to use the following:
 - Beautiful, intricate and ornamental illustrations
 - A subtle color palette
 - A high spec: with foil and emboss on some of the cover elements
 We also thought about the hierarchy of the elements when designing the covers, making Cassandra’s name bigger, to create a stronger and more recognizable branding. We also added The Shadowhunter Chronicles to reinforce it.

Read the rest of the story behind the covers here.

So what do you think? Do we miss the drawn characters? Bare-chested Jace? I love the color palette and the intricate pattern of the drawings in the new covers.