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July 24, 2020

Artist John Rocco’s #PercyExtras

by Read Riordan Staff
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If you haven’t been following John Rocco on Instagram, you might want to start. He’s been posting a lot of thrilling art from his lengthy history illustrating Rick Riordan’s books under the hashtag #PercyExtras. Included are early, rejected cover concepts for Riordan novels, special edition sketches and final art, and our personal favorite, a collection of illustrations he needed to use a model for . . . himself!

 

 

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#percyextras !! I often use myself as a model for many of my illustrations. And in the case of the @rickriordan books, I have posed as many of the characters including Percy Jackson, Carter Kane and Magnus Chase…as you can see here. #percyjackson #magnuschase #kanechronicles

A post shared by John Rocco (@roccoart) on Jun 30, 2020 at 2:10pm PDT

We have to admit we’re disappointed he didn’t share the photo he took to model for this giant in a special edition of The Sword of Summer. What a scowl he must’ve put on for that one!

 

 

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#percyextras !! This painting was done for a special edition of Magnus Chase: The Sword of Summer. And yes, I modeled for the giant…can’t you tell? #percyjackson #magnuschase #rickriordan #swordofsummer

A post shared by John Rocco (@roccoart) on Jun 29, 2020 at 11:41am PDT


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