Chapter 9 Cover
I am taking a break until the start of next year. See you all in 2014 🙂
Random things: Yes that’s the Devil card, reversed. No, that doesn’t mean it’s worse than the upright Devil card. (In fact I’m definitely not going by the definition of the reversed card given by the little booklet that came with my Rider-Waite deck. )
More things: The Fae lady is not evil, but since her spell is the ‘chains’ keeping them bound, she fits. Unlike Ch 8’s cover, where the rose (Beast’s past) is positioned ahead of Beast, here it’s behind him. Still present, but not commanding the image.
side note - the Fae woman’s coloration is a test, since I didn’t really have any specific colours associated with her. The warm/autumn colours here are to stay somewhat in keeping with the original R-W card, and also because Bastian and Beast have warm colours. Fae lady probably has light silver/blonde/purple hair though. But since those were too light and also too cool for what I wanted to do with the colours, I went with light brown/tan for here.
More more things: Yes, the flowers (new growth) and stars (hope) are good signs. :3
…it’s possible I spend too much time thinking about my covers. XD;;;
Once again, your drawing leaves me awed. The amount of details you supply is simply amazing, and I think more people (including myself xD) should spent that much time thinking about and planning ahead with drawings.
Thank you for spending your time drawing this comic!
Thank you 🙂 Something about getting the cover right helps the chapter kick off on the right foot, so I like to weigh all the Major Arcana and fiddle with one might fit the chapter better than the other and all the symbolism and stuff. XD
I’m glad you’re enjoying it! ^_^
Beautiful! I especially love Lady Fae’s dress, both the weight to it (my God, I want a skirt like that) and the colour gradient. As always, I love how crisp all of your colours are. The fact that the chains are around Beast and Sebastian’s necks is quite striking and I like the way all three of them are connected by the past.
Thank you for telling us a bit about why you’ve picked the images you have/positioned themselves in this manner; I would not have realized the significance of all these things on my own and it really adds to my appreciation of the cover to know them.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you ^_^ Yeah, I really liked the ‘bound’ aspect, with all the history and decisions tying them together.
It’s a pleasure. XD I spend so much time poking at the details that it’s fun to share the hows and whys of what made the final picture.
Honestly, the light brown comes across as blonde to me. I also am liking the way milady fae’s skirt echoes the flowers.
Yeah, honestly the light brown is close to what ‘blonde’ would be IRL, but I’m used to anime and such so. XD;
I *love* your covers– I don’t think you overthink them at all (and yeah, I do notice that Beast is holding a red rose (the Tarotic symbol for passion) in one tentacle. :D) Also, just as a random aside: Have you ever heard the song “Strange and Beautiful” by Aqualung? It suits this storyline in some very interesting ways. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgBoJRi9uk The lyrics are below the video.
=^_^= Thank you! Huuuhhn, that’s an interesting song, and yeah, that whole ‘when I wake you’ll be the first thing I see’ is, uh 100% accurate for the next bit. *snerk* Have you been reading over my shoulder? 😛
I just got introduced to your comic a few days back, so sorry about the comments I’ll be leaving on the old pages.
I really like how the Fey lady has been foreshadowed with the Lovers’ card (I’ve mostly seen The Devil referred to as a companion of the Lovers, so it’s quite nice that you kept that).
If you ever decide to make a complete set, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.