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AnimeCon Harem Cover Progress
🕑 Added 2022-11-22 23:58:43 +0000 UTCOur AnimeCon Harem Volume 3 cover illustration finished this month! That one's planned to start off with Rebecca and Emily rescuing Stephanie in the alleyway and span all the way through the events of Saturday night of the convention:
Since I think the last time I was sharing images it was still a step or two away from completion, here is the finished AnimeCon Harem Volume 2 cover illustration! That one should cover the story events from the very start of Saturday morning all the way to Stephanie being misled into an alleyway by Chloe:
Then, you've all probably seen this one but let's post them all up as a set, the AnimeCon Harem Volume 1 cover illustration... which we may be revisiting to redraw Steph, her posture and body seem kind of wonky still:
Which of course begs the question... what should we do for the AnimeCon Harem Volume 4 cover next month? That one spans Part 9 - Part 12, or the very start of Sunday morning all the way to Steph decking Chloe. Notable moments that could become a cover illustration include:
- Brian and Stephanie embracing in hotel room together.
- Chloe confronting Brian in convention center entrance area.
- Brian and Stephanie morning run together through city.
Then, for AnimeCon Harem Volume 5 there are moments like:
- Emily and Kelly snowball fight/psychohorny journey.
- Rebecca and Brian boffer fight in the atrium.
- Brian and Kelly embracing in vendor's room.
Thoughts? Ideas? It's a tough balance wanting to represent the contents of the volume in a general way without spoiling things too much, and atm I'm somewhat limited to just 2 figures per illustration on each of these so I want each of the characters to get a little spotlight.
I've been borrowing from my living expenses budget to get these covers done so it's been a little tight, but next year when money's hopefully a little better with Aethon income coming in I can look at hiring Deryl for 3 figure cover illustrations and such. If we do that, then the already done 2-person cover illustrations would be insert art or art for the back of the book. I know for sure I want to do a big group shot of everyone that I can have cover doctor MikeWe help me portion up and put on the spines of each book. That way when they're on a shelf together the spines together make up a bigger picture.
Lemme know what you think! I'm just super excited to be publishing AnimeCon soon.
Comments
Fararden
V4 would say Chloe confronting Brian. V5 would like to see the vendors’ room. The voice actors’ panel scene could also make a fun cover.
Zeikfreid
For volume 4 I'd say the Chloe confronting Brian shot, she's the only major character that hasn't been shown yet. As for 5 go for the Brian and Rebecca scene.
Robert E. Poole
Volume 4 - Brian and Stephanie morning run. Volume 5 - Rebecca and Brian boffer fight
FortySixtyFour
Gonna say that she has them but is holding them just out of picture lol
Dashinhi
Very nice - just one minor question on the Emily & Rebecca cover. Didn't Rebecca have her shield and axe? I can't recall the exact chapter, but I thought that once they reached Steph, Mara shield-bashed one of the thugs and smacked all of them with her foam axe? Of course, very few covers are correct with the story inside - Glen Cook mentioned that with most publishers, the Author doesn't get to provide the Artist with any instruction, and the Artist isn't allowed to read the story - part of the reason so many P.I. novels have some line like, "..., I would never, ever wear a hat," and the cover prominently features the erstwhile private eye in ... a hat.
Nchalada
Brian and Stephanie morning run together through city for vol 4
Sebas Tian
I second the Brian Rebecca boffer fight. Fantastic chapter!
Khuri
Chloe confronting Brian would be a great visual for vol 4. Boffer fight for vol 5. Such a great chapter.
White Neko Knight
The art is fantastic. I'd love to see them in their colors as well.
Thomas Stocks
Pink, Red and Blue hair? Or not?
