Dominik Mayer

Dominik Mayer (born January 30, 1991 in Germany) is a German concept artist and illustrator. For the Star Wars franchise, he created a loading screen for the 2017 video game Fortnite and covers for The Essential Legends Collection reprints of four books in the Star Wars: The Old Republic novel series, as well as for the novel Knight Errant.
==Biography==
Dominik Mayer was born on January 30, 1991 in Germany. His first Star Wars project was loading screen art for Chapter 3: Season 3 of the 2017 video game Fortnite.Fortnite The art, titled "Sith Ascension," was released in Fortnite on June 5, 2022 as part of a cosmetics set featuring the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader. Players could purchase the loading screen and have it appear while they load into matches. On June 6, Mayer published his art on social media, saying that it was a great pleasure to work on the piece. He found it incredibly cool to paint Vader in his personal art style, and later indicated that it was his favorite piece of work for the franchise.
Mayer also created the cover art for The Essential Legends Collection reprints of the 2011The Old Republic: DeceivedThe Old Republic: Revan The Old Republic novels Deceived and Revan, written by Paul S. Kemp and Drew Karpyshyn respectively. Both of Mayer's designs were also used for the audiobook adaptations of each novel.The Old Republic: Deceived audiobookThe Old Republic: Revan audiobook Publisher Del Rey announced Mayer's involvement and revealed his cover art on June 21, 2022. The reprinted novels were published on November 1 of the same year.
In 2023, Mayer created the cover artwork for The Essential Legends Collection reprints of the novels The Old Republic: Fatal AllianceThe Old Republic: Fatal Alliance and The Old Republic: Annihilation,The Old Republic: Annihilation as well as their audiobook adaptations.The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance audiobookThe Old Republic: Annihilation audiobook The novels were authored by Sean Williams and Drew Karpyshyn, respectively. The following year, the artist also completed the reprint cover artwork for the novel Knight Errant, authored by John Jackson Miller.Knight Errant
==Works==
===Bibliography===
Year	Title 	Contribution 	Note
2022	Fortnite 	Chapter 3: Season 3 loading screen "Sith Ascension"	
2022	The Old Republic: Deceived 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2022	The Old Republic: Deceived audiobook 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2022	The Old Republic: Revan 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2022	The Old Republic: Revan audiobook 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2023	The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2023	The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance audiobook	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2023	The Old Republic: Annihilation 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2023	The Old Republic: Annihilation audiobook 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
2024	Knight Errant 	Cover art 	The Essential Legends Collection rerelease
==Sources==
*Fortnite
*The Old Republic: Deceived
*The Old Republic: Deceived audiobook
*The Old Republic: Revan
*The Old Republic: Revan audiobook
*The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
*The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance audiobook
*The Old Republic: Annihilation
*The Old Republic: Annihilation audiobook
*Knight Errant
==Notes and references==
==External links==
*Official website 
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Category:Cover artists