"Yay! Your brain works!"

 I think some of you tagged me and I missed them, so, I'm sorry if I did. If I didn't then, well, I'm not sorry. 
 I decided to give a cover update, since it will be coming out the first. Next Thursday. In a week. *Crawls into a corner and tries to hide.*

 Ahem...

 So, anyways, I'm starting to realize how hard covers really are. I was finally able to get a model to pose for the front, and we got pictures on a non-snowy, early on a Saturday morning day. That sounds like a song...
 We went out on a Sunday afternoon to a city, and walked about with a sword, posing in front of old buildings, with a sword. Thankfully everyone did their best not to look suspicious. We didn't get arrested, though we did get some funny looks. Can't imagine why...

 With the picture at least taken I've been able to throw myself into the actual colouring and design. The easy part I thought. Silly me.
 I will now show you what I've been working with.

 Actually...these are the ones I will not be using. Before I release the cover I will show you my lead up covers, the ones I played around with to get the one I want.
 Right now I am testing colours. I want certain ones to pop and others to fade. I finally figured out how to do this and like the result. Next step is to add words, and make sure they are a of a fitting colour and font. Then I begin work on the back, which will be trickier then the front I think.
 But you can see all of this later. For right now, you can look at William's wonderful pictures.


This is the first building we went to.
I wasn't crazy about this pose. All facial features are almost hidden. This would have suited Isidore, but not Peter.
Again, head turned too far.
So we tried a straight on shot, which I didn't like either.
Picky author that I am.
I LOVE this one! It was too dark to use, and the angles were off, for a book cover, but I love it still. He has a lot of pictures I am fond of and this is one.
Another. I love the colouring, and how mysterious it all looks.
Again. I was sad I couldn't use them.
He tried it with a lighter setting but I still couldn't use it. I sulked for awhile. The angles don't really work for a book cover and it isn't close enough to the model
He tried it again for me, but again, I couldn't use it so we moved on. (And I will show you those pictures next time.)
 Right now I'm going to get back to work. Tomorrow I have something important for all of you. Also, for anyone who would like to add me to your buddy list...I would love to add all of you I just can't seem to find you...here is my NaNo page. (No plot yet, but I'm working on it 8-D)http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/highlandwriter
 Allons-y!