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King of RPGs vol. 1 Cover Thumbnails
Posted in sketches on 08/11/2009 09:42 am by jasonAfter the first cover for volume 1 was rejected, Victor and I took it back into the shop. I came up with a list of cover ideas and Victor, with his usual blinding speed and work ethic, did thumbnails for each cover that very day.
And here is what we submitted to our editor:
Here are some of my notes to Victor which he used as input:
* Make the chain of Theo’s necklace thicker and the 20-sided die bigger, more rapper-bling-like? -_-
* One idea… I like the extreme red background of that Chamillionaire album cover.
* Shesh gesturing at the camera with brass knuckles made out of four six-sided dice on the knuckles? (like in the Bun B “Trill” album cover?)
* Shesh and Theodore (and Jen or Mike or Callie? One other person) breaking out of the top of a 20-sided die like in the “NERD_Fly_or_Die” album cover.
* Something with them standing around/leaning on a car (like on so many rap covers). There’s lots of good poses like this. A Black Escalade.
* Shesh and Theodore walking through a doorway towards the camera, lit from behind, like on the cover of the Kanye West album “Late Registration”. Only cooler-looking. (?)
Victor also wrote extensive notes, which are online on the flickr page. At any rate, one of these images was chosen to be made into what would eventually become… A REAL COVER IMAGE. Please stop back next week for more artwork!