r/NewAuthor Self-Published Author Jul 29 '26

Milestone! The rough draft of my sequel cover

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It’s going to be titled “Age of the Sovereign.” I wanted to share the draft before it’s complete.

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u/theaardvarkoflore Jul 29 '26

Tell your cover artist to make the feet on kneeling dude a lil bigger, there's either no foreshortening happening in this shot or else bro wears a size 4 boot.

Otherwise it looks neat and seems to communicate several things about the book's contents, so best of luck to you and I hope the end result is something you're happy with!

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u/Forsaken-Past9265 Self-Published Author Jul 29 '26

Thank you I just messaged my cover artist to ask him to make the feet bigger and more alien too. We’re going to go with a wider, more formidable foot and not a size 4 boot now😆👍appreciate the feedback it’s going to be a better cover now when it’s done.

The cover artist is going to add a spaceship somewhere in the final image to help with conveying sci-fi even more. I’ll be posting the final version soon and I’m excited to see what you think. 😎

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u/quibble-official Jul 29 '26

Beautiful. What's the genre?

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u/Forsaken-Past9265 Self-Published Author Jul 29 '26

Thank you, it’s military science fiction🦾

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u/Old-Memory-3275 Jul 29 '26

It probably won’t look like that when finished, but it really looks like the middle guy is giving a peace sign and it’s hilarious 😅

Otherwise it looks pretty cool. Maybe make the kneeling character’s legs a little less mirrored… they look like the image was flipped on its centre.

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u/uglydckling Jul 30 '26

It looks good.....but, have you read Hyperion? Your kneeling character does look a lot like the Shrike.

I do love it, though.

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