Podfic Big Bang 2012 - Cover Art Assignments

[helva2260]

So this year has been something of a whirlwind of impressions and flown by ridiculously fast...and I still haven't finished the two major podfic projects from last year. D: Not good.

But cats and free time and health aside, I still love podfics, I still love fandom, and I love being creative, so I signed up to the podficbigbang again this year - but this time

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[deadflowers5]

Great art!

[helva2260]

Thank you! :D

[erica_schall]

I am still so excited about this cover! I love the composition of the cover. The way the picture captures Merlin running is great. That works really well for the story.

I am in awe that you managed to get Merlin his mask (it’s colouring and that it mirrors the colour of the lettering on top of it). Brilliant job!

Thank you for creating it - I’m sure it will go a long way in promoting my podfic :)

[helva2260]

:D Thank you for picking out such a wonderful fic to record. I'm just off to download it, right now! Hopefully lots more people will like it too - are you crossposting to merlinpodfic and merlinxarthur?

I'm still so glad you like the cover. And embarrassingly fond of it myself - it was definitely worth all the hard work and the false starts!

On a somewhat graphics-geeky note, the original mask by Merimask was actually blue, but it was easier to manip in shape and texture to fit Merlin's facial alignment than some of her other masks. In comparison to the shape and angle tweaking, shifting the colour-balance to gold was a (somewhat) easier job. Though I have to admit that back when I was trying to do both Merlin and Arthur with masks, I kept on forgetting which was meant to be red and which was gold (and then I realised that y'know, Pendragon red, and gold to match Merlin's eyes, and felt a bit of an idiot for having to keep on looking it up! XD).

[erica_schall]

Heh, I cross-posted to merlinpodfic, amplificathon and podfic_bingo... I think it's kind of hard to miss now ;)

I cannot even begin to imagine how much work you must have put in the cover over all and the mask in particular - totally worth it though.

[elemgi]

Excellent art, and wow, so many! Thanks for the sharing!

[helva2260]

Sorry for the late reply, but thank you so much for the compliment - I'm glad you like it all :D . I had a lot of fun this year doing cover art for the podficbigbang, and now that it's all done and I have time for a break, I really must make the time to go and download all the lovely podfics that I've been looking forward to!

[tau_sigma]

I am very late replying, but yay! Art :) I particularly love the MUNCLE one - it's so bright and very 60s.

[helva2260]

I am even later replying, but thank you! (I read your comment in my email on holiday, and then completely forgot about it when I got home - sorry!)

The MUNCLE one is one of my favourites, for exactly that reason - it was very much inspired by the book covers :D