Wrath of the Spider Queen cover art
Added 2019-08-09 21:15:23 +0000 UTCHey, guys! Here's the art for the new book from Enia (@eniaart)
What do you think?
I made an edit to brighten the contrast, and I went for a Neverwinter Nights vibe.
Comments
Much better! Though if I may make another constructive critique, I have misgivings about making the inside of the title letters the same color as the background. Something about it doesn't sit right. And that was even before I took a closer look at the Neverwinter example and saw that its title letters are in fact darker than the background color. The letter style is perfect, but you might want some contrast so that the title really pops. Spider Queen went with a lighter title color, which really worked for me. You might experiment with something like that, or perhaps with just making the inside of the title letters only a little bit lighter than the black background. On another hand, Spider Queen took a purple backdrop and made it look like Varassa was in a room. Really cleverly, too. It might be worth considering some subtle alterations to this backdrop to try for something similar. The motif you're going for can really work, and I can already glimpse it. I'd just like more of a sense that the characters aren't standing in limbo. You lost that by losing the floor when you cropped for the cover. That lighting/mist effect around Varassa already does much to mitigate it. Making the titles a different color would eat up some more of that black space at the top, and may help even more.
Vairya1
2019-08-11 18:52:52 +0000 UTCYeah, imagine if the drow had won and conquered the region. An alternate timeline, if you will.
Sarah Hawke
2019-08-11 18:34:45 +0000 UTCI agree; I made a contrast edit that seems to have helped in the edited post here
Sarah Hawke
2019-08-11 16:29:35 +0000 UTCLove the art!! But I'm a bit concerned that the colors might be too dark for a cover compared to your other work. Could the backdrop be a touch lighter? Varassa's a little hard to make out. I had to up the brightness of my screen to maximum for her to become clear.
Vairya1
2019-08-11 15:51:37 +0000 UTChot damn
Valerian
2019-08-11 15:40:56 +0000 UTCLoving the cover!! A lot a lot but curious how this is relating to previous Spider Queen series
Brandon Moore
2019-08-10 00:17:09 +0000 UTC
