I picked up a book recently called THE KING’S NAME by Jo Walton and the cover characters looked familiar, but I couldn’t place why at first. Then, when I was listing the book for sale, and saw the name of the cover artist, I realized why:

Check it out.

Below is a photo of Julie Bell, the cover artist, and her husband Boris Vallejo, another great in the cover art field.

The artist used her own image and her husband’s as basis for the work – that’s why I recognized the faces! (This isn’t the first time they’ve done that – since they’re both into bodybuilding, and they do fantasy/heroic covers, they’ve each used each other as models in the past also.)

I’m happy now – that’s been bugging me for a while, seeing those characters and knowing I should know them… =)