Unfogging the Half-Blood Prince Cover Art

[Morgoth]

Hello all,

I've received two Owls today regarding NBCs The Today Show revealing the covering artwork for the Half-Blood Prince this morning, so we'll use this thread to discuss and speculate what it all means. If anyone can post an image as and when the cover art appears online that'll be groovy.


Thanks

[Mundungus Fletc]

here are the British covers from Bloomsbury

[WoodenCoyote]

That's interesting, both the Brittish and American covers are a scene of Harry and presumably Dumbledore.

[whizbang121]

Wow! Where did you find them? If I hadn't watched the 11 oclock news last night, I'd have missed this completely? No fanfare?

The American is very green and is Dumbledore and Harry apparently looking into a pensieve. Couldn't see and background details on the front as on previous Grand Pre covers. Wonder if they'll show the back.

[Ali]

Wow, sweet.

[Morgoth]

Very nice artwork!!

[Boston_Rob_Rox]

Wow! The American cover looks cool! What a surprise! I had no clue it was coming and just happened to catch it! All green with Dumbledore and Harry looking down into something that looks like it could be a pensieve. The text is purple.

[Mundungus Fletc]

The link to Bloomsbury is here

[WoodenCoyote]

Originally Posted by whizbang121

Wow! Where did you find them? If I hadn't watched the 11 oclock news last night, I'd have missed this completely? No fanfare?

The American is very green and is Dumbledore and Harry apparently looking into a pensieve. Couldn't see and background details on the front as on previous Grand Pre covers. Wonder if they'll show the back.

It might not have been a pensive. The light coming from the basin was green, not silver. Hmm, whatever it is, I wonder why its on the podium..

[jopotter]

The adult version of the HBP cover (very clear picture):

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/im...loomsbury.html

The book on the cover is "Advance Potion Making" by Tiberus Borag (not very clear, I think that's what it says).

[Mundungus Fletc]

And the leaky cauldron child's cover hi res picture here

[WoodenCoyote]

Originally Posted by jopotter

The adult version of the HBP cover (very clear picture):

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/im...loomsbury.html

The book on the cover is "Advance Potion Making" by Tiberus Borag (not very clear, I think that's what it says).

Maybe they're brewing a potion of some sort on the American cover then, if potions are a focus..

[Ali]

http://scholastic.com/harrypotter/ for the US version.

[Morgoth]

Perhaps the green light is "The Power" that Harry has and he doesn't know he has or he does know but isn't sure how to use it or maybe not. Hey I'm good at this theory making stuff...

[Crookshanks800]

Scholastic put out a news release today. See http://www.scholastic.com/aboutschol...tter6cover.htm

It says ~ The cover of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is drawn in tones of eerie greens with purple shadows incorporated into the background. It depicts 16 -year-old Harry looking very attentive and Dumbledore with his hand extended as they look into a basin from which a mysterious green light is emanating.

“In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown,” said Mary GrandPré. “For the cover of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the mood of the art is truly eerie. I wanted the colors to be strong and I chose upward lighting and dramatic shadows to convey a kind of surreal place and time. It is an honor to illustrate for such an amazing writer as J.K. Rowling. She gives me, as an illustrator, so much to work with.”

To see the cover, go to http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050308/NYTU105)

[Corbin Dallas]

could that be a Pensieve?

[filius]

Originally Posted by Morgoth

Perhaps the green light is "The Power" that Harry has and he doesn't know he has or he does know but isn't sure how to use it or maybe not. Hey I'm good at this theory making stuff...

Looks like Dumbledore's pensieve has grown algae to me.

[Lumina]

Advanced potion making? Well, I think we can presume Harry did just fine with his OWL...

[Ali]

Originally Posted by Corbin Dallas

could that be a Pensieve?

I was actually thinking the same thing. Hmm, maybe... they are going to use the pensive to get to know about the Half-Blood Prince's past or something?

[jopotter]

VERY interesting. It seems to me that Dumbledore and Harry will be transferred back in time (that's what always happens when Harry plays ard with the pensieve) by using a different kind of pensieve, more complex and powerful, but how Advanced Potion fits into this I have no idea.