Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Pen-Ultimate Face of "A Mage's Power"


In an earlier post I announced I was ordering a book cover from Probook Covers .What you see below this line is Version #3.


Two and three were mainly tweaks. This has been the basic form from the start. I was impressed at how Mr.Pennington seized the fundamentals from the start. If I were writing High Fantasy I most likely would have accepted the first version, but as I am writing Low Fantasy, I asked for tweaks.  I like this version because it has the mountain in the background: mountains are a reoccuring image in Journey to Chaos so I wanted to allud to them here.  However, there is an appeal to Version #2.


This one lacks the mountain in the background and the middle color in the 'magic arc' is different. I like this one because it puts the focus entirely on the mage and the title. Neither one is quite perfect because of the middle color. I'd like it to be a golden/golden brown color because that color is a plot point.  I'm split between the two. What do you think? You can vote in the poll to the right.
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3 comments:

  1. I'm a big fan of landscapes (and mountains in particular) in artwork. And if they're a recurring image then it fits well with the story. But in truth, both of those covers look like winners.

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    1. That's what a friend of mine said yesterday. I feel even better about this cover now.

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