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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7933409" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Hmm… am I right in thinking this is a wraparound cover - front cover art on the right, back cover art on the left?</p><p></p><p>Layout wise the alternate cover works a lot better for that - the hydra on the front, the Supernatural-Whoever-They-Ares floating in the void on the back (gods? titans? high level NPCs cosplaying?). There's a sizeable space above the hydra for the book title and below the S-W-T-As for some credits/teaser text. If the regular cover was a wraparound the book title would likely obscure some of the hydra's heads and I'd find the back cover a bit uninteresting - it's mostly vegetation and a building.</p><p></p><p>Artwork wise, the regular cover is better executed in some ways (it's more detailed and the various anatomies on display look very "real") but the perspective and shadows are perplexing. I'm unable to decide how big the hydra is or how far it's standing away. Its shadow on the temple-like building in the background (plus the chunk the beast's just taken out of its roof) suggests its fairly far away level with the gap between the buildings on the left, while the triangulation of the five heads staring at the warrior suggest it's not back there but more in the midground, which explains why its tail (or one of the heads) was simultaneously able to shatter what is presumably an example of the new medusa PC races in half. The angle of their gaze suggests its brachiosaur-enormous while the building roof-chomping indicates its kaiju-colossal scale. I guess if the warrior was several times taller than an ordinary human it'd make sense.</p><p></p><p>Not sure why both the medusa archer and warrior have their backs to the monster and are aiming their weapons away from it. That seems inefficient.</p><p></p><p>The warrior in the alternative cover also has his back to the hydra while apparently standing on one of its necks. His pose seems rather too casual for such a precarious position and he's either lost his right foot or somehow has warped space (or his hip) to somehow put it on the far side of that hydra neck. I'll give him kudos for having the good sense to wear a helmet though, unlike his counterpart on the regular cover.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the alternative-cover warrior is a demigod with the ability to float in the air and fight as if he had secure footing? It'd explain the ease with which he's just standing there. The regular-cover warrior appears to have just jumped into the air to throw a spear. He's not doing a 180-degree spin to hurl it at the hydra though, since his hair and cloak are billowing straight behind him. So he must be throwing his main weapon at something off to the left.</p><p></p><p>Hmm, overall I like the regular cover better as to how "good looking" the artwork is, and would likely prefer it as an illustration in a book, I would likely pick the alternative art for a wraparound cover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7933409, member: 57383"] Hmm… am I right in thinking this is a wraparound cover - front cover art on the right, back cover art on the left? Layout wise the alternate cover works a lot better for that - the hydra on the front, the Supernatural-Whoever-They-Ares floating in the void on the back (gods? titans? high level NPCs cosplaying?). There's a sizeable space above the hydra for the book title and below the S-W-T-As for some credits/teaser text. If the regular cover was a wraparound the book title would likely obscure some of the hydra's heads and I'd find the back cover a bit uninteresting - it's mostly vegetation and a building. Artwork wise, the regular cover is better executed in some ways (it's more detailed and the various anatomies on display look very "real") but the perspective and shadows are perplexing. I'm unable to decide how big the hydra is or how far it's standing away. Its shadow on the temple-like building in the background (plus the chunk the beast's just taken out of its roof) suggests its fairly far away level with the gap between the buildings on the left, while the triangulation of the five heads staring at the warrior suggest it's not back there but more in the midground, which explains why its tail (or one of the heads) was simultaneously able to shatter what is presumably an example of the new medusa PC races in half. The angle of their gaze suggests its brachiosaur-enormous while the building roof-chomping indicates its kaiju-colossal scale. I guess if the warrior was several times taller than an ordinary human it'd make sense. Not sure why both the medusa archer and warrior have their backs to the monster and are aiming their weapons away from it. That seems inefficient. The warrior in the alternative cover also has his back to the hydra while apparently standing on one of its necks. His pose seems rather too casual for such a precarious position and he's either lost his right foot or somehow has warped space (or his hip) to somehow put it on the far side of that hydra neck. I'll give him kudos for having the good sense to wear a helmet though, unlike his counterpart on the regular cover. Maybe the alternative-cover warrior is a demigod with the ability to float in the air and fight as if he had secure footing? It'd explain the ease with which he's just standing there. The regular-cover warrior appears to have just jumped into the air to throw a spear. He's not doing a 180-degree spin to hurl it at the hydra though, since his hair and cloak are billowing straight behind him. So he must be throwing his main weapon at something off to the left. Hmm, overall I like the regular cover better as to how "good looking" the artwork is, and would likely prefer it as an illustration in a book, I would likely pick the alternative art for a wraparound cover. [/QUOTE]
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