Book Cover Illustrations

This is the concept art I did to create the background for my Tree Clan illustration. Actually, it’s two or three sketches combines… First, I got the sky figured out, then a separate layer forming the tree-like structures and bridges, another for the small figures standing on the structure (useful for giving it some “scale” to the eye).

When everything was more or less right, I put the layers together and added glowing areas and stars. A slight variation (flipped and with different colors) then because the background behind the Tree Clan gal and her monkey (which can be found in this blog).

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Duncan Long is a freelance book cover illustrator and concept artist. His book cover artwork has appeared on titles from HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Paladin Press, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See more of his work at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
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