Book Covers
Alongside his album cover work, he has illustrated a number of books and magazines, primarily fantasy and science fiction. He worked on the covers for the Witch World novels by Andre Norton and many of the novels by Michael Moorcock who introduces a section in "In Search of Forever". He also worked as the artistic designer on Gerry Anderson's 1998 TV series Lavender Castle.
He also designed the logos for the video game studios Traveller's Tales and Bizarre Creations.
Paper Tiger Books have published several art books of Matthews' work, including In Search of Forever (1985), Last Ship Home (1989) and Countdown to Millennium (1997).
He also designed a set of characters that later derived in the animation series "Lavender Castle". The project took several years to come to reality, making some 20 chapters.
In 2010, Rodney designed the illustrations for Marco Palmer's book The Fantastic Intergalatic Adventures of Stanley and Livingston, a fantasy novel aimed for young teenagers, in a world where plumbing is the centre of society. The two have been friends for a number of years. Marco Palmer is most famous for his comedy duo act with Rodd Christensen, who starred in the children's TV programme "Balamory".
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