art for a cover

[asakiyume]

I'm slowly getting ready to self-publish a longish short story, "The Bee Wife," about a bereaved beekeeper and the swarm of bees that loves him. I've made some cover art for it. Let me show you in four steps, broadening out to the whole picture:

Step 1:



Step 2:



Step 3:



Step 4--the complete image:



It may still be a while before it's out in the world, but I hope when the time comes, people will enjoy Florian, his many children, and his bee wife.

Comments

[summersgate]

I love your painting! And appreciate getting to see it evolve.

[mallorys_camera]

Wow! I love your cover art!!

[zdenka]

That's beautiful! And I like it better than plenty of traditionally published cover art I've seen.

[sovay]

It may still be a while before it's out in the world, but I hope when the time comes, people will enjoy Florian, his many children, and his bee wife.

I look forward to it very much.

[sonia]

The art is lovely! (And just a little creepy, to my eye.)

I thought of you when I saw Timor Leste on a list of countries that don’t use postal codes. I used them as my example in the code I was writing in your honor.

[amaebi]

That looks wonderful, and I look forward to it.

[smokingboot]

This is beautiful. I can't wait to read it.

[wayfaringwordhack]

Hooray for cover art and stories, my many-talented friend! I am looking forward to reading it. Art geekery: What media did you use? (ETA appropriate user icon!)

[med_cat]

A good illustration, and looking forward to the story :)

[littlerhymes]

That is amazing! I love the textures.

[athenais]

Oh that sounds great. I love the art.

[osprey_archer]

Oh, yay! I'm so glad that you're going to self-publish this story - it's such a good one, one of my favorites of yours.

[adore]

It's beautiful! And I look forward to the story!