Incognito-Traveling-Deep-Space - Proposed book cover illustration by Duncan Long

A “just for fun” piece I did over the weekend; a good demo of concept art and/or a book cover illustration (and, yes, all rights are still available as I write this).

Since the cloaked figure is supposed to be traveling (through deep space) incognito, I placed the figure on the left, causing it to fight the tendency (as least for those who read alphabets from left to right) of the eye to travel toward the right of the picture. At least in theory, this should cause the viewer to “avoid eye contact” with the stranger in the cloak.

Hopefully that also evokes an uneasy emotion in the process.

I added an octopus-like creature (I think it has more than eight limbs so it may be a nine- or ten-a-pus) and a small green lizard for a splash of color; the lizard looked lonely so a spray of vines went into the mix. The exhaust-fan looking inserts were designed after the top of my lawn mower. Yes, spring is here and it’s time to think of yard work (in the real world).

I should also note that “BobbiStock” provided the reference photo for the cloaked figure.
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Duncan Long is a freelance illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Ballistic Publishing, American Media, and many other presses and self-publishing authors. See more of his work including book cover illustrations at: DuncanLong.com
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