Blacksheep UK
Blacksheep UK is a SoHo, London, book jacket design imaging and illustration company. They are responsible for creating the 2006 - 2007 versions of Redwall covers for Penguin Random House to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of Redwall by Brian Jacques. The books with these covers were published as paperbacks under the Red Fox imprint of Penguin in the UK; they were never published in the U.S. Blacksheep has also designed covers for Redwall books published under the Puffin Books imprint.
In 2003, Penguin first worked with Blacksheep for the design of a Triss paperback cover.
Some Red Fox covers have the subtext "Over 5 Million Redwall Books Sold." These books also have alternate versions with the subtext "20 Years of Redwall: Over 10 Million Redwall Books Sold." Many of the books were re-issued in 2014 and 2021; the subtext became "Over 20 Million Redwall Books Sold."
The Bellmaker has a cover image with two different designs; in one, the mouse is hooded. In the second, he is not. The hooded mouse appears to be the final published design.
In the 2020s, Turkish and Romanian publishers licensed Blacksheep UK's cover designs for their editions of Redwall.
Blacksheep UK Red Fox Gallery
[edit]Blacksheep UK contributed to the design of the following 14 covers for Red Fox:
Redwall, Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, Salamandastron, Martin the Warrior, The Bellmaker, Outcast of Redwall, Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol, Marlfox, The Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree, and Taggerung
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Redwall
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Redwall alternate
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Mossflower
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Mossflower alternate
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Mattimeo
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Mattimeo alternate
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Mariel of Redwall
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Salamandastron
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Salamandastron alternate
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Martin the Warrior
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Martin the Warrior alternate
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The Bellmaker
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The Bellmaker alternate
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The Bellmaker 2014
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Outcast of Redwall
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Pearls of Lutra
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Pearls of Lutra alternate
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Pearls of Lutra 2021
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The Long Patrol
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The Long Patrol alternate
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Marlfox
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Marlfox alternate
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The Legend of Luke
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The Legend of Luke alternate
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The Legend of Luke 2014
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Lord Brocktree
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The Taggerung
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The Taggerung alternate
Blacksheep UK Puffin Books Gallery
[edit]Blacksheep UK contributed to the design of the following eight covers for Puffin Books:
Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, High Rhulain, Eulalia!, Doomwyte, The Sable Quean and The Rogue Crew
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Triss
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Triss, 2021
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Loamhedge, 2021
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Rakkety Tam, 2021
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High Rhulain, 2021
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Eulalia!, 2021
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Doomwyte, 2021
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The Sable Quean, 2021
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The Rogue Crew, 2021
Feature
[edit]- The Blacksheep UK covers were featured in the Redwall Collectors Community series.