Comments | seanan_mcguire: CHAOS CHOREOGRAPHY cover reveal.

seanan_mcguire

CHAOS CHOREOGRAPHY cover reveal.

Nov 20, 2015 08:52

Psst. C'mere.

So it's no secret around here that I love, love, love my DAW covers, or that showing them off is one of my true pure joys in life. Aly Fell, the artist who does the art for the InCryptid books, is incredible at capturing and presenting these characters. Want proof?

Go ahead. Take a peek.

( Cut-tagged for the protection of your friends' list, which really doesn't need something this huge suddenly showing up without warning. But trust me, you should totally click. )

art, chaos choreography, cheese and cake, incryptid, good things

Comments 63

cgbookcat1 November 20 2015, 17:21:02 UTC

Oooh. I am so excited for this book!

bkwrrm_tx November 20 2015, 17:31:24 UTC

::squeee::

That is *awesome*! I love Alice's tats - that butterfly is beautiful and they both look just like I pictured them.

/ makes grabby hands at next March to hurry up and get here /

danceswithwaves November 20 2015, 17:40:45 UTC

That's just in time for my birthday! :-) And the cover is definitely gorgeous.

And don't answer if this is a spoiler, but I'm wondering if I missed information somewhere because Alice and Verity look about the same age...

seanan_mcguire November 20 2015, 18:28:52 UTC

You missed information! Verity has talked about it before.

jenfullmoon November 21 2015, 02:24:47 UTC

Hopping through portals does thing, apparently.

ebartley November 20 2015, 17:44:38 UTC

It's very pretty, but the glaring lack of basic gun safety makes me want to scream, or back away very slowly and never be around either of them in a dangerous situation.

reedrover November 20 2015, 18:09:04 UTC

Authors have very little power over publishers' choices in artists and artwork, so I know not to be unhappy with McGuire for the cover. The perpetuation of bad gun-use stereotypes are, sadly, to be expected even with enlightened cover artists. Consider it a teaching moment when you loan your copy to friends.

seanan_mcguire November 20 2015, 18:29:35 UTC

Covers are iconic/symbolic in most cases, rather than narrative/representative. IE, they have good trigger safety, but the artist is trying to portray immediate danger, which translates into poor trigger discipline.

ebartley November 20 2015, 18:35:15 UTC

Yes to all of that, but awareness that this is a symbol doesn't change the visceral reaction to the actual image my eyes see. And I'm only *lightly* indoctrinated in the cult of gun safety.

Ironically, my reaction is because the cover is so good. Usually the gun isn't depicted clearly enough to see if the finger is on the trigger or along the barrel.

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gorgeousgary November 20 2015, 17:52:43 UTC

Shiny!

Now we just have to figure out where to get a 4-story version printed to hang in the Chessiecon hotel atrium (*grin*).