{"id":4072,"date":"2016-09-14T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T04:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2016-10-12T09:54:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:54:37","slug":"interim-cover-art-dragonspeaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/interim-cover-art-dragonspeaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim Cover Art – Dragonspeaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few months ago, we were very lucky to show off an interim cover of the upcoming book, Heart of the Forest<\/em>. \u00a0Red Pear did us a solid and gave us some gorgeous artwork surrounding a character that she was familiar with, and that helped us to really sell the idea on Heart of the Forest as a Kickstarter stretch goal.<\/p>\n Today, she’s at it again, this time with a new character who I’m certain you’ll love. \u00a0And she provides us with what may be the best art we’ve had commissioned to date.<\/p>\n You’ve all seen Kaiyonani before, but never like this.<\/p>\n Dragonspeaker is the name of Kaiyonani’s first big adventure. \u00a0It’s the first story that’s told without any preexisting characters being seen or mentioned. \u00a0We knew that there was a lot of work on the table for Red Pear, but she floored us every step of the way.<\/p>\n First off, we had to pick from a set of sketches.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n These were all the ones that we ultimately passed on. \u00a0They’re incredible, but we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see Red tackle the next sketch:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n We’ve yet to see a dragonrider in any Tellest art, and this was the perfect opportunity. \u00a0Red was certainly up to the challenge, too, and she gave us a series of work in progress sketches as we neared the final piece.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n We were coming along fairly well, and then Red went into some greater detail and shading.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Every time she added detail, it ended up being that much cooler.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Once color was part of the equation, it started to steal our breath away.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n Seriously… how can you not like that cover. \u00a0It’s one of the coolest things I’ve seen in the longest time, and I could not be prouder of Red for kicking so much butt with it.<\/p>\n