I’m now working on some rough covers for “The Dreaming”. This is my preferred cover, but the art director didn’t like it at all at first (the b&w version, that is). Luckily, with a bit of colour and the blurring effect, he seems to like it more now (I’ll still have to colour his choice in). Since this one didn’t take me long to do (about 4 hours), I’m going to be doing an extra cover or two so marketing can have a choice. The runners-up can be used for the next book.

This was done in Corel Painter 9 – I’m sure people would remember my adventures with this a few weeks ago. After having it for a month, I STILL couldn’t get the watercolour feature the way I want. I’m beginning to suspect the reason is not the software, but because I’ve never done watercolour properly in my life. That may explain why I can never get the effect I want no matter how I tweak it. I find myself growing fond of the airbrush function instead… So far, the grand total of all 3 cgs done in CP9 was airbrushed. Perhaps I should just stop spending my hours on watercolour attempts and try acrylics or other medium instead.

Remember, this is a very rough draft. And a Merry Xmas to y’all!