Cover of the new book... done!

Tis done, baby! Other than some text refinements and t and i dotting...

And yes, it is upside down. 

This went through a number of iterations. My first approach didn't work at all. Neither did my second. Not even my third. It burned down, fell over, and sank into the swamp.

But my fourth attempt! Ah, that started to come together. Embellishments built up until voila, it was rolling into the flow state and done before I knew it.

The title text still needs to be worked out. Alignments and such. And the colour... it's gonna be dicey, doing a purple cover. Like the Spanish Inquisition, purple never turns out as you expect.

I haven't done a purple cover, though, other than one issue of Rex Libris, and that was more magenta. I've had black and white covers, red covers, green covers, yellow/gold covers, but not a purple cover. Okay, I haven't had a blue cover either, but I wanted an Imperial Purple for this. Well, at least purple, the colour of so-called royalty, for... reasons which will become apparent. 

Now, back to my print prep nightmare. This is the part I hate the most. And I mean I really, REALLY hate it. Alas, it's a necessary evil, and we must all suffer for our art.

Apparently, Photoshop on the iPad doesn't cover bitmapping or greyscale or anything, you know, useful. Downloaded and deleted the app immediately. Totally useless. 

At least it was free.