Extras - September 2022
Added 2022-09-12 22:56:27 +0000 UTCHi Everyone!
I promised an extra post that included the new cover. I was supposed to post it last week but I didn't have the files at the time.
The artist I worked with is Kittra McBriar. She writes and illustrates Stonesong and is a really amazing artist.
I gave her this image below which is an initial concept I worked on. It's very rough and needs a lot of fixing.
Kittra came back with this really badass cover...
The thing was that I wanted more arrows and she is so busy that I just decided to do it myself. So the final version is this one!
Comments
The artwork is lovely although I would personally place their ages at a bit older than 13, particularly our MC, but a lot of that could be chalked up to the fittingly mature expression on her face. The boy looks like a young teen to me.
Melting Sky
2022-10-08 04:34:00 +0000 UTCI might be wrong about this but I believe that since the rest of the world doesn’t do that, they’ve been transitioning how they talk about age to fit the international standard. That said, in one of the most recent Manhwa I read where the three year old looked 2, she was definitely 3 because in the beginning of the novel she was around 10 months, then there was a 2 year time jump after she reached 1.
Dragon of Rochester
2022-09-16 00:59:16 +0000 UTCI mean, when people born they are already one year old! And then they grew one year older when the new year begins, not on their birthdays. So you have a difference between 1 and 2 years with respect to how we count age, the average should be aroung 1.5 years more or less. Baloney.
skewness7
2022-09-14 20:22:29 +0000 UTCFunny that you mention Manhwa, when I read one of those and someone mentions some character's age I never know if the translator took into account how the koreans count people age. I guess the translator shouldn't change it, but I am never sure.
skewness7
2022-09-14 20:17:42 +0000 UTCTBH, Age is hard to portray in stylized art. Like when I read Manhwa, the kids there always look way younger than their actual age to me. Like, they make 3-4-year-olds look like 2-year-olds. 8-year-olds look like they're 6. And 13-14-year-olds look like they're 10 to me (because they're always shown as 1-2 feet shorter than the adults). Then again, maybe it's a cultural difference or just the artist going "how can my readers tell that they're children unless they're short?" Like, when my niece was 10, she was only a few inches shorter than my 5'4" self, but her Manhwa version would probably be shown as 1-1.5 feet shorter than me. My son, who is in the 97th percentile in height for his age is 4 now. His head reaches my stomach. His manhwa version would reach my thighs, which was how he looked when he was 2. Or maybe the kids in my family just grow faster... Which is possible.
Dragon of Rochester
2022-09-14 00:32:09 +0000 UTCThat is a kick ass smile! Love the cover
Vega
2022-09-13 13:23:24 +0000 UTCThanks for art! It is really good. They look around 13 there..
skewness7
2022-09-13 12:52:28 +0000 UTC
