Version 1.0 Exode book cover. |
For the version 2.0 cover, I wanted to change the appearance of Ario and D'hab so as to give them a slightly non-human look. Since some models and photographers object to splicing and modifying their photos, I found two stock images from Cathleen Tarawhiti that I could alter to make the model appear slightly alien.
Katrina (background) |
For my character D'hab, I started with a photograph of Toni Moore. I modified her hair, eyes and ear to make a slightly alien look.
For Ario, I used an image of Katrina Chadwick. I experimented with altering the clothing and background (see the image to the left), but then decided to keep those as they were in the version 1.0 cover. In Exode, besides himself, the members of Parthney's megepi are all pek, so they are capable of morphing their facial features into any convenient form. In this part of the story, the pek have fun befuddling Parthney by adopting whimsical "looks".
source image (left), Ario (right) |
source image (left), D'hab (right) |
Version 2.0 Exode book cover. See the image credits on this page. |
Changing Worlds
The image of Earth is a public domain image from NASA. The other two planets are in the galactic core, the part of the galaxy where the pek have little trouble finding suitable planets for their efforts to develop new types of humans. These planets are from images that came up in Google's image search for works that are free to reuse with modification. Both were downloaded from Wikimedia Commons (Noviomagus Celestia, HD 85512 b (Artists's impression)).
Parthney does not realize that he is also in disguise. His biological mother was Trysta, and Asterothrope from the far future. However, during his embryonic development, Parthney's morphological structure was altered so as to conform to a typical human form.
Next: new cover art for Foundations of Eternity.
More Book and Magazine Covers
visit the Gallery of Book and Magazine Covers |
No comments:
Post a Comment