The Search for a cover artist
Thursday, January 15, 2009 (16:45:28)
Posted by KarinaFabian
One thing I'm not enjoying is being sketched for the cover art of the DragonEye, PI books. Let's face it. I'm vain. It's part of the definition of dragon. make me look right and make me look good.
However, no one thought to take a photo of me--hello!--so all the artists had to go on was their imagination and Karina's long-winded, detailed descriptions. Honestly, there are times I think she has elf blood.
The original artists Karina had asked didn't get the feel right. One made me look like a plushie--I don't do soft and cuddly--the other made me look, well, morose and Elizabethan. Now I have a cousin that he just pegged, but he's not me. Karina is going to ask for permission to post them. the artists have talent; they just didn't get my grandeur and stunning and unique personality.
Of course, neither did finalist Gregory Price.
I didn't mean I was this vain! And what's with the anorexia? That's a Mundane standard of beauty--even as Pius's pampered pet, I was more buff than that. And those hands. If I had humanish hands like that, it would make living in the Mendane world a lot easier--except people would expect me to eat with a fork, no doubt. Think I'll stick to my paws.
The next finalist, Justin Shauf was a late-comer and I was the first dragon he'd drawn, believe it or not.
Look at me! I'm a superhero! All I need are tights...not! And if I had horns like that, I'd probably get run out of the universe by the Fundamentalist types. I already have people thinking I'm the Spawn of Satan just because St. John mentioned a dragon in Revelation. Come on, people--count the heads. We have the same scene in our version of the Bible, incidentally. Satan can take any form he likes, and he took a dragon form specifically to cause problems between our species. Tell you that story another time--maybe in the Dragon's Eye View. (Must be registered on the site to view it!)
Monday, I'll introduce you to Roe Mesquita, our cover artist.