I took to heart the comments on my previous post about how the scene appears to be underwater. I was puzzled at first, until I realized it was an optical illusion induced by the width of the river in the background, which could be interpreted as the top of a body of water. I never perceived it like that because I knew what I was looking at. It threw the perspective off (something I'm shaky on anyway) and made the river seem much more significant that it should. So below is my revised version. I narrowed the river, removed the ripples (which I think were a distraction), altered the shape of the hills to emphasize the big flying critter, and added a strip of greenish color to represent more water in the background (this is supposed to be a swamp after all). Let's see what you think of this.
The Seer Thru'tei'ga'ma spoke thus to Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: "This happens to be a myth of the At’ein’zei that we find ourselves in. One manifestation of unreality. Everything is relative to how you see it, you know. Did it ever occur to you that this tale of yours exists in many worlds? Of course it did not."
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Perfect! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Angela! I'm grateful to you for bringing the optical illusion to my attention!
Deletevery striking! Powerful!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sandra! I thought it made a pretty stricking cover. Being an action scene, maybe it will help to attract attention to the book after it's published!
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