Cover artist bingo 2020 August challenge: wait

[annapods]

The July challenge is still up and will be for a while, so our final challenge has been relegated to the last week of August. Which wouldn't be fair if it was only worth a swap cheat, so it'll be worth a special cheat: it'll enable you to choose one (any) square of your card and call it filled!
(Technically, you could totally use the July challenge to fill squares, since its about creating meta about cover art, but that wouldn't be /any/ square, so)

Good luck with your cover arting!

Ancient Art, Free Square, Pantone color of the year

[greedy_dancer]

Description: On a light grey brackground, Joe and Nicky's picture superimposed with fire, in a round medallion; white text.

Square: FREE SPACE
Link: Fever of Light
Fandom: The Old Guard




Description: A white feather on a solid "Classic Blue" background; light coral and white text.

Square: Pantone Color of the Year
Link: Messengers
Fandom: The Old Guard
Summary: “Do you think we might be angels?”

Yusuf’s mind is not unlike a sudden abyss. “That we might be . . .”

“Angels,” Nicolò says again.

Notes: I used the colour of the year 2020 and tried to evoke the story's quiet, reflective mood with the font choice and colour. I tend to gravitate towards the same colour schemes a lot when left to my own devices (light grey background for everyone!) so this was really cool!




Description: On the left, a bas relief representation of Gilgamesh and Enki; on the right, text that attempts to replicate the 3D effect.

Square: Ancient Art
Link: In the House of Dust by Chantress
Fandom: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Summary: Men and cities are made of clay and turn to dust.

Notes: Thanks to Chantress for volunteering this voiceteam project for my cover needs! I found this depiction of (probably) Gilgamesh & Enkidu, cleaned it up so they would be the sole focus, replicated a smooth background by layering textures and effects, and then tried to figure out a way to make text resemble the "sculpted" effect. This worked really well until I realized that I totally forgot the "In" from the title, and by that stage I couldn't reverse or remember exactly what I'd done, so I had to frankenstein the word from the other letters already in the text >.> But I'm pretty pleased with the result!

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