Given a little extra time, Michael Whelan, perfectionist, thought he’d go the extra mile and spruce up the cover art for Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance a bit. This is why he’s the Michael Whelan.

Sales schedules being what they are, the covers need to be created well ahead of when the books hit the stands, but when the release date changed to March 4th, it gave Michael a little extra time to retouch Kaladin a bit. So, new wallpapers!

Without text:

2560 x 1600 – for 30-inch behemoths

1920 x 1080 – 1080p

1900 x 1200

1680 x 1050 – WSXGA

1600 x 1200 – Non-widescreen monitors

1440 x 900

1280 x 800

1024 x 768 – XGA

1024 x 600 – for netbooks

960 x 640 – iPhone 4 or newer

900 x 600 – SVGA

320 x 480 – iPhone 3 or older/HVGA (vertical)

With title text:

2560 x 1600 – for 30-inch behemoths

1920 x 1080 – 1080p

1900 x 1200

1680 x 1050 – WSXGA

1600 x 1200 – Non-widescreen monitors

1440 x 900

1280 x 800

1024 x 768 – XGA

1024 x 600 – for netbooks

960 x 640 – iPhone 4 or newer

900 x 600 – SVGA

320 x 480 – iPhone 3 or older/HVGA (vertical)

Check out the process and various sketches Whelan went through deciding who and what to feature for Words of Radiance.

And, in case you missed it, you can also download wallpapers of the amazing endaper art featuring Shallan.