illustration (no text)

the entire design (with text)

front cover

illustration (no other elements)

illustration (darkened)

original composition sketches (others i will finalize are 3, a mix of 4 and 9, 10)

original sketch and first colour try (colour changed later because it made little sense for the story)

first clean(ish) sketch

first row: trying to figure out what direction to go colour-wise with textures. 2nd and 3rd row: stages of colour/rendering