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This is a cover (and it may get revisions, I don't know yet) for an upcoming novella (in paperback) by Craig Bowlsby. It's an adventure story set in the Okal Rel universe of Lynda Williams, where Horth Nersal (as a junior Navy officer) crash-lands on a remote, crumbling space station-- and discovers it's very much inhabited...and not friendly. When the Okal Rel property was owned by Hades Publications, I did a few of the covers in the series, and there is a format--a single character on a geometric background for each title. Lynda Williams has bought back the property and is planning on re-issuing the books; so they should be easier to find in the US-- so I wanted to keep the "look" the same as the previous series, but make the design more a natural part of the image instead of a designer pattern overlaid on the image. I had several challenges on this one--first off, I just had no reference--I tried setting up a Poser figure to get a general idea of the lighti...

Just a couple of quick pix of Aelfric; been busy--I also had a cover approved! This is a really good series, too, I enjoyed it a lot!

The type will change (there is a legacy font that the publisher will pop on there) and it's possible there are tweaks left to do, but the tenth book in the Okal Rel saga is done. It's a great series--I actually own large parts of it for my own reading pleasure; it has great characters and a lot of adventure. It's definitely an adult reading experience, though, so be warned, though it's not trashy at all.