Hello fellow earthlings,
I hope you're all doing well and are having an awesometacular day.
Alright, I'm going to be blunt: I really need your help with something, namely the cover for my book.
After seeing some of my illustrations I've had lying around in my office, my publisher thought it would be a great idea if I painted the cover for my book myself instead and well, I felt flattered so without really thinking about the consequences I just said yes. Now I feel utterly overwhelmed by the task at hand and. I'm fine with rendering, lighting and so on but am really struggling with basic composition and the structural base of my drawings. Which is why I am hoping that you guys might help me through this, guiding me through the many steps until I've got something I can work with.
Please have a look here for the summary for the first part of my book if you'd want a little bit of context:
Critique Request - Sycra Forum
What I'm trying to achieve with the cover illustration:
The cover should contain the house in the woods which would be heavily covered by leaves and should be reminiscent of a hidden hunters cabin. I wouldn't go too much overboard with the foliage and fences for the cover since it still needs to be clearly visible for the reader.
Since the amputation is such a key scene in the book, I'd like to include only the legs of the character, standing in front of the cabin in a rather relaxed manner. He will be carrying a backpack, a Beretta 98 as well as a machete that dangles on a leather shoulder strap.
It would be nice to fit in two characters but I doubt that will be possible without screwing up the composition.
I'd be very grateful for every kind of input you guys could give me and if someone is going to overdo him/herself with helping me I'll of course make sure to mention this to my publisher.
Thank you very much for taking the time!
Best wishes to you
Rahel
