So I just finished a great Skype chat with Irene Langholm, who is the brilliant artist who has done all the covers for my books. While the chat ended very well – we were discussing the cover for the soon to be released Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic – it started out a little embarrassingly … for me. You see, Irene requested I send her a sketch of my basic idea for the cover.
Ahem.
I cannot sketch, or draw, or paint … but – in the spirit of cooperative creation – I made an attempt.
Note all the fine details I included – the figure is obviously female, one of her hands is caressing the Y of the word deadly … the glowing ‘door’ is hanging on some sort of grid and the woman appears to be standing (on her heels) on water … um … that’s not right …
I’m surprised Irene didn’t fall over laughing. Well, perhaps she did, it would be difficult to tell during a text based chat, but she was very understanding about my perspective issues, and even thanked me.
I have a feeling the finished cover will be a bit more … hmmm … what do I want to say here … well, perhaps we’ll have to do a comparison when Irene sends me what I know will be a work of art.
At least I spelled everything correctly … beside that ‘D’ … I guess I had trouble with that.
Ah, it’s good to know your shortcomings, no?
Lovely! Well… I’m sure it will be. Why aren’t there any sparkles on your mockup? đŸ˜›
Gertie, I forgot about the sparkles!! I think we are leaning toward a gold glow, but you never know, Irene might get inspired to sparkle it up.