cover artist

English

Noun

cover artist (plural cover artists)

1. A person who creates cover art for a published work.
   • 2020 April 14, Sian Cain, “Dystopia with hot chocolate: Tales from the Loop's author on his low-key sci-fi”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     He learned first from watching his grandfather, then from obsessing over Swedish landscape artists including Bruno Liljefors and Lars Jonsson. In his teens he found the work of Pink Floyd cover artist Storm Thorgerson, then Hollywood sci-fi concept artists such as Ralph McQuarrie (Star Wars, ET) and Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Aliens, Tron).

2. (music) A musical artist who makes a cover version of a song.

See also

• redux, remake (film)
• enhanced remake (video games)