Ok, so we're already moving into the final stages, but here's an email from Angela to me:
"Thumbnails have finally arrived!
Before you
take a look at them, I must preface your experience by saying that they
are very basic and undetailed at the moment. I am still hammering out
the specific look of the individual characters (which she is doing now) and rather than spend
ages designing each one, but then possibly not using them, I want us to
decide who should go in this image first. So by that notion, everyone,
save for Jak, is a very basic silhouette placeholder, with my intent to
define the space they'll take up and where they should be able to fit
first. Once we decide on our winning thumbnail, then I will go about
doing sketches to define the final characters.
The thumbnails for the most part show three variations for potential front/back cover setup.
(Other promo materials will also be taken, rearranged from these images.)
The front cover
images are pretty self-explanatory as the centerpiece with Jak in the
Vulcan. The back covers require a little more explanation...
****To learn about the characters/creatures mentioned blow, you'll have to read Genesis****
The 'Close Up' Back Cover Variant (1, 4 & 7)
- For this back cover, I've chosen a close-up of Kalijah, with visions
of the Vhendo interspersed between wires and winding tendrils of
darkness expanding from The Vulcan. I chose Kalijah because she is a
very visually striking character, especially her eyes, and I feel her
image would give the viewers a sense of the world of your book because
of her 'alien' nature.
The 'Face Off' Back Cover Variant (2, 5, & 8)
- Two characters face off with the Vhendo. I personally envision these
two characters to be Duward and Lady Sedi. Both have a very unique
look, again providing some context of culture and visual appeal for your
world. I suspect Duward's pose will
change—he's the foreground figure—to show more of his apelike method
of walking and demeanor. Numbers 2 and 5 show them facing off with a
humanoid Vhendo riding another beastlike one, while 8 shows them
fighting one giant menacing creature.
The 'Last Stand' Back Cover Variant (3, 6 & 9) - This back cover features an aerial shot of two characters standing
their ground against a swarm of Vhendo. I envision this to be Hamid and
Kalijah fighting back to back during the confrontation towards the end
of book 1. Again, they have a great visual presence to them and would be
a way to pique your reader's interest with the culture(s) of your world. I
also think the top left corner that's filled with Vhendo peeking in
from the Darkness would be a great place to sneak in The Eye of -------------- as a bit of foreshadowing.
Other Random Thoughts - I had thought
to include Jak holding his father's sword in 1, 2 & 3...it's a very striking image, considering the King Arthur-esque symbolism
of a 'sleeping king' about to wake up and rain down some ass whoopin'."
Awesome, right!
Depending upon certain things in the future, not sure how much more art I'll cover in the blog.
I don't want to give away too much.
Remember, you can see Angela's work and learn more about her at http://www.angelicshades.com/
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