Annihilation book

Annihilation is my go-to rebuttal for every utterance of the maxim “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Please judge this one: Jeff VanderMeer’s novel and the physical volume containing it are just gorgeous. I first caught sight of it amidst a pile of other new releases when it debuted, and I was immediately drawn to its aesthetic. From the gilding of the cover to the stylized scientific illustrations inside and out, this cover is both physically beautiful and just slightly disturbing form to…

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My impression of a passage from the book ‘Annihilation’ by Jeff VanderMeer. The biologist, tainted by ‘the brightness’, seems to float…

We’ve all been guilty of loving something purely for the aesthetic. Or maybe the concept, if not the execution. Or the characters, but not the plot. Or vice versa. Or maybe we love it because it’s so intricate, it’s actually frustrating. Sometimes, all you need from a story is a kick in the imagination box, […]

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is my favorite book and I wanted to paint a cover that encapsulated at least some of the scope and emotion I felt reading it.