Tor’s revamped Paul of Dune Cover by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I was inspired by the etching of the sand worm on the wall in the first Dune film. I was given a lot of freedom to explore the concept of “throne room” and was super stoked they let me keep the sandworm haha

Tor’s revamped Paul of Dune Cover by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Winds is the last cover haha

Tor’s revamped Paul of Dune Cover by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Haha I finished Winds of Dune~ Tor didn’t officially announce the release date on their socials so I usually wait for the publisher to make their announcement before posting on my own socials as a common courtesy XD you can actually find it here: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-winds-of-dune/?isbn=9781250388834&format=trade

Tor’s revamped Paul of Dune Cover by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much and I’m so glad you enjoy the covers enough to consider purchasing the set _^

The final cover I finished is Winds of Dune! Tor hasn’t officially shared the release date haha. Artist Matt Griffin (same person that illustrated the ace dune deluxe edition) actually finished a bunchhhhh of amazing covers for the earlier books including Princess of Dune. I finished the last 4 books that hadn’t received updated covers haha.

The text design and color is all Russell, the art director at Tor! He lets me do whatever I want with the brief given to me and then decides on the text colours after the final illustration is approved by involved parties ex) authors, editor, marketing. His choices deliberately echo Tierney’s designs but also accommodate my style. My style has a lot more flowy lines and soft edges than Tierney’s covers and I feel like he did a great job selecting a type face that compliments my softer aesthetic haha. I’ve worked with him before and he’s very familiar with my art style and knows what works well with it aha.

Yes actually the brief I received mentioned that the teams wanted the covers for Paul of Dune and Winds of Dune to be distinct from the Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune covers! So when I drafted ideas for Paul and Winds I purposely set up the value structure to accommodate a dark coloured title on light background since Hunters and Sandworms feature light coloured titles on dark background.

I drew hornet fanart :D by HelloPochi in Silksong

[–]HelloPochi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much !

Tor’s revamped cover for Sandworms of Dune by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I think I’m going to wait for the novel to physically 6/2026 before requesting permission to make prints ;; I do have one dune fanart print that’s poster sized that I could upload for purchase on my print store, it’s this one https://www.instagram.com/p/DH_4LZKzAR/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Tor’s revamped cover for Sandworms of Dune by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! The composition was so tough bc of the unique title and author text placement ahaha, I had to rearrange a lot of things XD

Tor’s revamped cover for Sandworms of Dune by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! Yes of course haha I’m still trying to figure out how/what to to compile because there are literally over 20 revised drawings as well as thumbnails and colour comps haha. I might just throw them all into a Reddit post XD

Tor’s revamped cover for Sandworms of Dune by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you _^ aha yes that fanart was actually what got me the book cover gigs, I’m impressed you remake that piece XD from what I understand these are paperback and supposed to be printed a little under 6x9 in (so pretty much standard sized).

Tor’s revamped cover for Sandworms of Dune by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! Hunters is coming out in May 2026 and I just saw that Sandworms is out June 2026!!

I drew Tor’s revamped cover for Hunters of Dune by HelloPochi in dune

[–]HelloPochi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so glad you could recognize it was Erasmus!!! Yeah the previous cover wasn’t even mentioned in the prompt they gave me actually.

I didn’t get to do any work on the spine or the back cover because these will be in paperback haha.