New Cover Art! · 11:39am Oct 5th, 2015
In the latest review, enti0 said this:
So... back to the question at the start of this. 'Why? Why does this have so few views, when it's clearly had so much work put into it?'
I've honestly seen far greater view counts for far, far less. I'm kind of surprised that not many people have taken onto it, but that said... maybe it is the first impression? I can't say it's all the reason, but that's what I've come up with.
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And I don't like to criticise your art, since I love the animations and the fun little characters in every chapter, but... maybe there's a bit too much going on in the cover? Try making it simpler; think Game of Thrones, for instance! Hundreds of thousands of words, and yet, the cover art to the first book is as simple as a few mountains. (Or a bronze-looking dragon.)
So, I spent much of my weekend on this:
What do you think?
There's definitely a lot less going on in the cover, and it really does show a lot of what the mysterious "Game" is, but it does way too much of a job villainizing the Mouse King (unless that's your intention). Personally, I like the previous cover due to it showcasing the entire cast, but that's just me.
I love it. It's very cool, attention grabbing, but not to cluttered.
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I was attached to the old one too for the same reasons. The last one showed a lot besides just the new cast. It showed a lot of intricate relationships between the cast. Pinkie was excited, Hauteclaire unamused, Applejack defensive, etc etc.
It took me a very long time to make it and I'm going to find a way to include it. Like an alternate cover to a comic book.
As for vilifying the King, I can understand your point. He's technically not a villain but he is the cause of most of the conflict in the story.
Whether he is actually a bad guy or not, if this cover gets more people to try the story and learn the true nature of the King through the story then it is a success to me.
(And who knows? The story isn't quite done yet. There's still at least 15 more chapters left in the story. (Holy cow! Now that I took a short inventory of events in my mind, I can't believe I still have that much to do!))
Anyway, thank you so much for your comment. There should be much more updates coming your way!
Have an excellent day and stay awesome.
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