PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

CREATIVE: Alex Valentina
CLIENT: Penguin Random House
ROLE: 3D Illustration

Alex Valentina brings his signature liquid, iridescent aesthetic to the cover of E.V. Woods' "The Ash Trials," conjuring a world of fading magic and forbidden love through deep purples, midnight blues, and glowing candlelight. Dripping candles frame a crystalline typographic treatment that feels simultaneously opulent and haunted, while wisps of violet smoke curl through the composition, evoking the glittering danger of Gallows House and the dark romantasy world within. The result is a cover that stops you cold, atmospheric, luminous, and impossible to leave on the shelf.