The Serapis Fraktur - cover art & design by AidanaWillowRaven
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Are you one of those people that just don't seem to think well 'outside the box'? I have always felt I fit in that group ... lol.
Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on how I look at it), this project made me do just that. You may look at it and think 'but, there isn't much to it,' and you'd be right. Most of my images tend to be filled with much more detail and more elements. But most of the elements in my scenes are ready-made, and all I am really doing is directing the scene. I don't do well creating something out of other things that were not intended to work together.
However, the author had a specific look in mind for his space station and elevator. Had I been hired to draw or paint it, it may have been simpler, but I was challenged to find models suitable to the book's needs.
Since I could not find what was needed already constructed, and I do not have the time or knowledge to build my own model, I had to think outside my comfort zone.
Can anyone guess what three models I used for the station and the elevator, two of which have nothing to do with space structures in any way? The only clue you get is in the credits. The other two elements were free downloads from some time ago, and just sitting in my runtime. I 'Frankensteined' it ... lol. Even the approaching ship is not what it seems. A close-up can be seen on my website: The Serapis Fraktur
As far as the book is concerned ... the back cover blurb:
A collector awakens from cryogenic sleep in 2460 to find himself the elected leader of a galaxy-wide business conglomerate based on his strong sense of ethics and integrity – just as a time machine comes online. Because of his interest in history, art, and antiques, he uses the time machine to extract artifacts from inevitable destruction, including the lost contents of ancient libraries of Alexandria and Serapis. Once the extraction process is perfected, historical figures like Copernicus, Hypatia, Edison, Leonardo, and Pershing are extracted from the past to help colonize planets across the galaxy. All goes well until idealistic terrorists attack an orbital city and the collector is forced to revert briefly to his Marine Corps training. In order to defeat the threat, the use of overwhelming force is mustered.
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Comments (45)
Wonderful image and graphism, superb work for this cover!
Intriguing bookcover, excellent work !
Very well done whatever you used!
Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing image my friend, excellent space scene, creative piece! Well done!
Fantastic work!
It's tough using someone else's concept. You did a fine job with this.
Superb work!! great art!
Great song!
Looking from this cover, you want to discover the inside...of the space outside ! Is it a para"db"ox ?
I would like to keep a book with such cover at home for sure - great design!
Well made and very creative. Your verbal descriptions are very good, and I enjoy reading them as much as looking! George/Teffo
Good composition.
superbe image j'aime le tarvail aussi sur l'avent derniere bravo
At first I thought it was a pin but now I can see a domed platform and an elevator into central Australia. A excellent vision to create this image!