Oh gosh, the deer one is amaaaaaazing, the sort of thing I'd really really love to have a print of, if you ever offer them~ I hope you put it on DA, so I can fave it at least?
Love the Earthsea one too!... those are some of my favorite books in the world. *Teeechnically*, Ged is supposed to be dark-skinned (everyone in the Archipelago is, actually; it's the foreigners from the Kargad islands who are pale), but since that's something Le Guin doesn't mention very clearly in the first book, it's okay, and I think your cover is great regardless. ^^
I'm glad you like it! I guess my intention was not to submit it on DA, but I dunno, guess I won't do any harm...
Ah yeah, I did read the first book through before starting to work with the picture, and I noted the skin color...but it seesm that reeeaallly many artists didn't depict him being dark (I checked dozens of different cover versions of the book) and decided that I'd draw him the way I feel works the best. In this case, I wanted to draw attention to him and make him kind of "shine" (like his staff). I wanted stress the shadow vs Ged fight here by making Ged "light" and the wave "dark". Also, his cape should be gray (or blue) but I chose red for aforementioned reasons.
Ergh tl;dr sorry ^^; anyway I just wanted to say that it was a conscious decision, though I understand that sometimes it is annoying when characters look off >_>
Oh goodness, you don't need to put it on DA if you don't want to! I've let you know I love it here, after all~ ♥
And yeah, there's a definite trend of depicting Earthsea characters as white on covers even when they're not. Some of the time that's a case of a cover artist only being given information by a publisher's art director, so they don't know better... but mostly (sadly), it's because publishers are simply afraid a cover with a dark-skinned character won't sell as well. And of course this (understandably) really bothers Le Guin, but despite her efforts, she hasn't been able to get anyone to change the trend. I do totally understand your decision from an artistic standpoint though (as light vs. dark, and red/blue contrast), and I really love the visual impact of that decision. And I'm happy to hear it was a conscious choice - that makes it totally legitimate in my book. :)
Ah, I didn't know before that Le Guin was bothered about that...perhaps if I had known, the end result might be different ^^; Man, her stories have been ruined so many ways before too (anime+TV series)
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Love the Earthsea one too!... those are some of my favorite books in the world. *Teeechnically*, Ged is supposed to be dark-skinned (everyone in the Archipelago is, actually; it's the foreigners from the Kargad islands who are pale), but since that's something Le Guin doesn't mention very clearly in the first book, it's okay, and I think your cover is great regardless. ^^
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Ah yeah, I did read the first book through before starting to work with the picture, and I noted the skin color...but it seesm that reeeaallly many artists didn't depict him being dark (I checked dozens of different cover versions of the book) and decided that I'd draw him the way I feel works the best. In this case, I wanted to draw attention to him and make him kind of "shine" (like his staff). I wanted stress the shadow vs Ged fight here by making Ged "light" and the wave "dark". Also, his cape should be gray (or blue) but I chose red for aforementioned reasons.
Ergh tl;dr sorry ^^; anyway I just wanted to say that it was a conscious decision, though I understand that sometimes it is annoying when characters look off >_>
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And yeah, there's a definite trend of depicting Earthsea characters as white on covers even when they're not. Some of the time that's a case of a cover artist only being given information by a publisher's art director, so they don't know better... but mostly (sadly), it's because publishers are simply afraid a cover with a dark-skinned character won't sell as well. And of course this (understandably) really bothers Le Guin, but despite her efforts, she hasn't been able to get anyone to change the trend. I do totally understand your decision from an artistic standpoint though (as light vs. dark, and red/blue contrast), and I really love the visual impact of that decision. And I'm happy to hear it was a conscious choice - that makes it totally legitimate in my book. :)
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(I know it's just a book cover for class but uh... Ged isn't white in the story, hahah)
edit: oh whoops, beaten
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plus jee homestuck
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Jaa joo piti nyt hypellä bandwagoniin tuon homestuckin kanssa, mutta minkäs teet kun se on niin kiva xDDDD
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