Sunday, March 15, 2015

Expanded Petty Gods: Preview of Back Cover Illustration

Now that I've had a chance to make sure it looks as good on the printed book as I hoped it might, I can reveal the back cover illustration for Expanded Petty Gods. It's "collage" of sorts that I created by retouching elements from a variety of Nicholas Roerich paintings, and combining them with a starry background that I "painted" in Photoshop. (I actually did the background when I was still testing that loaner Wacom Bamboo tablet a couple of months back.) I tried to pull colors that would hold it together with Thomas Denmark's front cover illustration, and the orange spine and type elements. I was actually pretty blown away by how well it held up when I got the "pre-pre-preview" print from Lulu.com on Friday. I also like how it seems to allude to the original Erol Otus back cover for Deities & Demigods, and acts as a nice visual contrast to the front cover (open/sky/mountains vs. intimate/temple/jungle) while still feeling they work together.



10 comments:

  1. Nice. Very much looking forward to holding the finished book in my clammy paws.

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  2. Fantastic work here, man. Compliments TD's front cover quite well.

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  3. Like it - am really looking forward to holding the finished book in my hands and reading it thoroughly

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  4. As if I was not already throwing money forcefully at the screen...

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  5. Looks amazing. Can't wait to grab a copy. I hope you do make a Hardcover version.

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  6. I love it and I want it. Beautifully done (nice touch with "ORC" there).

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