I managed to find a cover artist! One I am very excited about. Their previous work (all human designed, human drawn, human coloured) is stunning. Making cool looking spaceships is a tiny bit outside their wheelhouse, but they’ve done a tonne of work making cool looking mecha and robots, and they’re confident they can do spaceships just as well.
I am also confident of that! I can’t wait to let everyone see the cover after they make it! Excited!
It’s considerably more expensive than my old AI-generated covers, but as much as I like James’ old work, the world has come a long way and I just can’t in good conscience continue to support AI-art for my covers. And with some luck this cover will make my new novel stand out just a little more. I have to sell about 100 copies to cover the cost of the art alone… hopefully I can do that in a few weeks (that would be a step up from my previous releases, but not a big step up).
It’s also just a weight off my mind. Cover is now functionally done, and I can focus on polishing the last few edits into the story and preparing the e-book for release. Phew!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!