An Author First: Custom Cover for The World Shall Rise From Ashes · 2:52am Oct 6th, 2023
In between working on writing to make up for an unproductive August and September, stressing over my medication, and mentally bracing myself for Canadian Thanksgiving coming up this weekend, something delightful happened.
My covers have been a grab bag of screenshots, images taken from the comics, MLP fanart, and random art of other cool stuff. And for The World Shall Rise From Ashes, up until today, it was this artwork of a moonlit castle which I felt struck a good spooky, gothic vibe. But it'd been chosen with the understanding that it would be a temporary placeholder, because HumanUnitNotKilled wanted to commission some artwork for the story.
It took a bit to find an artist, and like all good things, it took time to get everything just right. And boy did they. But don't just take my word for it...
If you'd like to commission the same artist, they've got an Etsy where you can contact them. HUNK has been telling me how great they are to work with, so I'm sure you'll have a great experience.
As for me... first cover that's art drawn just for the story. Hell of a milestone, and I can't stop smiling looking at Chrysalis's smug grin.
Have a grand time, all.
Cool, I tend to avoid stories that have a premise that grim. So I haven’t read it. But judging from your other work I’m sure it deserves a good cover.