IMMORTAL Cover

Sorry guys, this is not a real new comic.

I made this fairly quickly as something else to get the animal comic world thinking more creatively. I see a lot of covers that are merely echoes of other animal comics.

I think there are plenty of ways you could get creative with making a cover. Surprisingly, despite the love of manga, I see very few manga-themed covers. This isn't to say that this is the way you should do things, but just simply an example.

IMO, a cover should be something that stands out but -also- reflects what is inside. Don't make the cover TOO different from the artwork inside, or you will throw people off depending on what the cover was. :/

Don't ever ever have someone else draw the cover (UNLESS it is representational...I'm sure this cover here would work for any style artwork). This was named as the #1 pet peeve of comic lovers in polls I read about cover artwork. Especially when the cover artwork was better than what was inside.

It should have at least a loose theme. My theme was close ups of characters faces drawn in a painterly style. When you set all of my covers together, they will look like they -belong- together. I drew this cover as another example of a themed cover. If I were to make this series, each issue (the first being atonement, second similarly named), and all featuring a black and red cover...with a new wolf silhouette drawn in each time.

You don't have to go wild with covers, simple ones will do.

Mostly, get creative with the text layout! I see a lot of covers with the title and author's name at the bottom and/or top. This isn't wrong, but just know it isn't the only choice!


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