So, what do you think? Great, isn’t it? This amazing cover was created by Belinda over at Idiot Writing. She is a great artist and poet. I couldn’t be happier with the cover she created!
Here is the full story behind this great image. I had an idea of what I wanted. I did a couple of quick sketches for the layout and then sat down with color pencils and made a drawing. I thought the drawing was pretty good (I may post it some day). I had my cover! I showed Belinda and she said she could touch it up a bit, get it in shape for publishing. Fine, there were a lot of little issues. She played with it a bit, made some fixes and a few small changes, but it just wasn’t gelling. I made a comment and we realized she had missed one of the points I was trying to make. It was the image’s fault, not hers. With the new knowledge in hand she made major, major changes, pretty much reworking it from scratch. And it was marvelous.
What is cool is that all of the elements I had for the image are there. The layout’s the same. She even brought in a few pieces of the original. But the cover is so, so much more than my original pencil sketch.
Anyway, as I said, I couldn’t be happier with the drawing and all of the help from an artists point of view that she gave me. Thanks Belinda!
As you may guess, the release is coming very soon! (see the blurb here)
Update: It is here! Here are some links:
There are others as well. I can get links for many of them, but it might be quicker to search Amazon for the book title or my name.
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Very evocative cover. Looking forward to picking up your book on Kindle when u release it
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Thanks, I think she did a great job with this. It’ll be out very soon…
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I love the cover! Of course.. looking forward to your book. Will it be released in the US?
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Thanks! She did a great job with it. Yes, it will be on Amazon as Kindle book and as a paperback and also Amazon around the world. I’ll put a link up for Amazon US when I do the official release.
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Thank you Trent. I am so excited for you, and VERY relieved you and your readers enjoy the artwork for your book!! :D
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It is a great image! Thanks. And thanks for the reblog!
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You are most welcome Trent. :)
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Looks great!
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Thanks! i think Belinda did a wonderful job!
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Awesome cover.
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Belinda did a great job on this, didn’t she?
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Absolutely. I wish you good luck with your publication.
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Thanks!
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It’s fantastic! Love the colours and the whole other-worldliness of it. :D
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I know you’re a big fan of Belinda’s art work. She did great, didn’t she?
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Great cover art and excellent picture of scruffy trent!
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Thanks! Yep, scruffy Trent ;)
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Great cover and I like your hints at its evolution, which means I’m curious to see the start point at some point, and trace its development, once you feel ready to reveal to us.
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Thanks. What is interesting, which you’ll see once I do post the original, is the layers of meaning she added in with here changes.
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congrats! love the cover-the seasons represented, the trees- knowledge and growth- and what looks like 2 arms coming down from the top into the face as if they are holding it. You look very serious and intense in your photo- I assume you chose the blue to match your eyes :-)
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Thanks! When given free reign Belinda added more layers of meaning into the cover. I do wear my blue turtlenecks a lot and decided it wouldn’t hurt to bring out the blue in my eyes.
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I like all of the color in it and Alli the levels that make up the whole.
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That cover is brilliant. Really eye catching. You made a good team with Belinda in creating such a stunning cover.
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congrats T
and very nice – I can tell you that the title and the art pair well – and I am sure the content will too.
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Thanks Y! I think the image is perfect, and I’m talking her version, not my original idea :)
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got it – even though I hope you share the other image at some point – but likely ok to not do so right now….
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I will eventually, but as you guess I want to focus on this one for now.
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very wise….
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