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Feel free to comment and give some input, I’d love to know ✨

The title I’ve come up for this short volume is Transforming Ink, due to it being about TF and worked solely on black ballpen ink. It’s a long title though, so if you have any suggestions I’m all eyes.

Earlier I sketched the lettering and some cover ideas.

The first one depicts two mid TF hands, I’ll try to make one more rough and the other more delicate, but they would preserve the pose and intention.

The second idea is one based on the books’s host, so it’s like the silhouette of a person (me) transforming into a bat amidst a cloud of magic smoke. Has a lot of texture but I think it would be confusing; it looks like the main story is about this character and that’s not the case.

The third idea is a dark hand-claw, touching the title, hence making some magical mist come swirling out of it. Amidst the smoke, four mid TF hands rise. I think this one makes the content pretty clear thought it might have too many elements.

I think my preferred option so far is #1, but I’m thinking #3 wouldn’t be a bad idea either. What do you think?

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Not Here

These are so cool! I think #1 is my pick, for sure.

cjaxxhaww

I really like 1 a lot! But it seems like 2 is close to your heart as it depicts apart of you. so to me it seems the most personal. Then again I love 3 as it depicts the different types of paws. All are great depictions of your creativity. If I had to choose it would be 1. 🙏🏻

Dave Sanders

I'd lose #2 first if you're talking about a literal silhouette. It would have to be a readable shape which limits the possibilities of how you can pose it, and also obscure what's actually happening without the detail of a midway state. The magic smoke as the negative space background would also become the primary context and I don't feel as if you want to do that, as this is what the viewer's mind will focus and draw conclusions from.

Dave Sanders

I'm inclined to go with #1 since even in the early stage you have it here, it's a case of less-is-more. Something can be happening via added extra details to cause a physical shift but it's left to our imagination as to why. The keyword that springs to mind is 'possibilities'.