Sunday, December 24, 2017

Which is better? Double covers and more

I made a cover for this book forgetting that I had started another one previously. So now I have too.

Which one is better?

Justice Begins cover two but finished first.

Justice Begins cover one but finished last.

I asked a couple of siblings, and all them pointed at the second cover, stopped and said, "No wait." Then we start comparing people.

Double covers 
I suppose you all remember me posting this cover. Well, I made the mistake of drawing it before I wrote the book. It could work for the book, I suppose, but Peony was hardly in the book at all, and there were two other boys and a horse who deserved to be on the front more then her so I made another cover.

Cover Two.
Invaders in the Winter.
From left to right: Bark Hardwood, Radish, and Fall Laughingbrook. Winter Farsight is standing in front of Radish.

There should be a horse on here two, but I'm terrible at drawing horses so, I didn't do it. Sorry Syrenia.

More New covers
Title: Rebellion
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Star Warriors book 2
Characters: Stephen.
Top row: Johnathon, Rubin, Pascal.
vertical row from top to bottom: Ral the Doborman, the Twins, Shore and Bay.
Synopsis: Stephen, Johnathon and Rubin return to Misery and find things just as bad as ever. They decide to start a rebellion and kick all the grownups out.

Title: The Ranger's Apprentice (No this is not anything like John Flanagan's series, they aren't even the same kind of Rangers)
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Apprentice Warriors
Characters from left to right: Kelsie, Elvin, Elsa, Morte.
Synopsis: Elvin is being forced to train and become a Ranger. His worst trainer is the Fairy Morte. Fairies and Rangers don't mix. Then one day while going for a walk in the woods to cool some steam off, Elvin meets old friend Kelsie, and discovers that he has a fire power. He fails to tell the rest of the Rangers and laughs at them while the wonder why he has not gained any power. But Elvin is about to learn the disturbing truth about his family. Of course it is extra odd, that the girl Kelsi that he grew up with, is actually his niece, and the villain that tried to kill his friends is actually his brother.

Explanation of Rangers: The Rangers of Trendland are not like the normal rangers that people are used too. I believe I came up with them before reading John Flanagan's series. They are like wizards, but born with their powers. The Wizards of Trendland are bad, and have spent years learning from books what the Rangers know by instinct. There is no love between these two groups. Normal Rangers are born with one power each. But their is legend that one with multiple powers will be born. Elvin had two powers, but it was actually his nephew Daniel Grant that the legend talked about. This book takes place maybe a few months before Dan's birth.

Character Drawings
I had a bit of help from Galadriel with these drawings.
 Name: Jeremiah Dulzer
Age: Fourteen
Justice Hero Name: Captain Justice
Skill: Scientific inventions (Whatever they are called, I wouldn't know, I'm not scientific)

 Jerry's first Captain Justice uniform. A Douglas Towers uniform over his prison pajamas and a hat pulled low over his eyes. He invented the wrist crossbow himself. Although in the book he didn't wear the the crossbow when he wore that outfit.

Name: Johnathon Dulzer
Age: 11
Justice Hero name: Mask
Skill: Everyone would say it is being annoying. But besides having a quick mind, he can also shapeshift, a skill that he gained after an accident.

 Johnny's first Mask costume. A battered green rain coat and a hospital Mask. He was one that came up with Justice Heroes and the names for all his friends.

Fun fact: Some of you might remember a grownup version of this man as Mr. John Smith from "Thunder in the Academy." 

Fun fact 2: I used a picture of the little brother of some friends of mine, to draw what you can see of Johnny's face.

Name: Alice Douglas
Age: 12
Justice Hero name: Star Queen
Skills:  The Same accident that turned Johnny into a shapeshifter also gave Alice a fire power. Something that she was not really thrilled to get.

 Alley's first Star Queen costume. A bulky winter coat and thick gloves. This was supposed to help her stop from shooting fire everywhere. It didn't really work though.

 Name: Katherine Dulzer
Age: 3
Other: While Kathy will not go on to join the Justice heroes, she does join Government as an agent and later a Captain. She is Jerry and Johnny's sister.

 Name: Kristoff Disney
Age: Seventeen
Justice Hero name: Iron Fist
Skills: He has cyborg hands and arms made out of Venus Iron. So he has a powerful punch. He deserved it after getting his hands squashed by a pair of very heavy shoes.

 Kristoff's first Justice Hero suit, was actually a ripped suit coat, and bandaged arms. He is wearing broken glasses, just because he got in a car crash and that's what happened to his glasses.

 Name: Ra'negir
Age: Who knows, he is an alien from Venus
Justice Hero name: Moth
Skills: He can fly, and is an alien.

Moth's first Justice Hero costume was a suit with a moth design cloak. He is the tallest in the group and maybe the most intelligent. Jerry might argue otherwise because he probably still resents Moth throwing his phone out the train window.

 Name: Professor Igor Shelmen
Age: somewhere in his late 20s or early 30s, I don't want to look it up right now.
Justice Hero name: Snakeman
Skills: He did an illegal experiment on himself giving himself nifty snake powers.

I'm sorry for all of you who have read "Thunder in the Academy" none of you will like this character.

Name: Emma Dulzer
age: She is a mother
Other: Emma and her husband Orville had five children, but after their two oldest girls were killed, Orville sent Emma and the three remaining children to a small town in IL where he thought they would be safe. The only problem with that was they never got to see Orville any more. Emma is Jerry, Johnny and Kathy's mother.

Name: Orville Daniel Dulzer
Nickname: ODD
Other: Orville is a Government soldier who is stationed in California. He is part of the Overworld staff. The people charged with the protection of the planet. Their number one enemy is Underworld. A group that is trying to take over the planet. The Underworld agents started attacking the families of the Overworld workers, killing most of them. This was the reason Orville hid his family in Illinois.

Name: Frank Douglas
age: 14
Other: Before there was Liberty, Silver, and Governor Douglas, there was Douglas Towers. Frank lived at Douglas Towers, which were owned by his dad. But he had dreams about owning the world.

Fun fact: In the far future, Frank ends up marrying Katherine Douglas in spite of the eleven years gap in their ages.

Name: Mr. Douglas.
Status: Owner of Douglas Towers, millionaire.
Family: Frank and Alice.
Other: Mr. Douglas and Frank are quite similar. The two biggest regrets of Mr. Douglas' life are that he didn't shoot Johnny Dulzer when he met and he let Frank take over Douglas towers.

Name: Aladdin Disney
Age: 14
Family: Father: Jack Sparrow Disney. Sisters: Drizilla, Elsa and Kanga Disney. Brother: Kristoff Disney. (Are you starting to notice something here?)
Other: Aladdin has two loves in life, TV and food. Surprisingly he is very skinny. He wasn't very important in the book though.

Name: Beth Dean
Age: 17
Status: Prison guard
Other: Beth works in the prison at Douglas Towers, but she dreams about being a nurse.

Name: Elizabeth Ra'negir
Family: Husband: Ra'negir. Daughter: Thelma.
Other: Elizabeth is Ra'negir's first wife. She like Orville is very worried about Underworld attacking her family.

Name: Thelma Ra'negir
Nickname: Fog
age: 2
Power: Thelma because she is part Venusion has a power. She can create a fog, not that her power is very useful.

Name: Fre'delthir Shelmen
Nickname: Fire
Family: Husband: Igor Shelmen. Son: Alan Shelmen
Power: Fre'delthir is also an alien from Venus. She has a fire power.
Other: Fre'delthir was a princess on Venus. She can still be very bossy. Ra'negir is the only one who bothers remembering her rank. But that is just because he used to be her guard.

Name: Alan Shelman
age: 2 (I know he looks like a teenager, but I can't draw little kids)
Power: Can enter other people's dreams
Other: Yes, he is also from Venus.

Name: Phillipa McLean
Family: Husband Don McLean. Son: Jackson McLean
Other: As the town gossip, Phillipa is not above opening the letters in her husband's mailbag and reading her neighbors' letters. She does not get on really well with either Emma or Jerry Dulzer.

Name: Agent DT
Other name: JD
Other: JD stole Jerry's identity and pretended to be the Dulzer boy, so he could weasel his way into Douglas Towers.

~E

6 comments:

  1. Your characters are very well-drawn and very interesting, Eowyn!

    I'll be honest, I like the second cover of Justice Begins better.

    I like your new theme - especially your header :)

    Catherine
    catherinesrebellingmuse.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you Catherine. I do have some weird characters. These ones are my version of superheroes. Spoof heroes. :D

      I think I like the second one better too.

      Thank you. I actually was inspired by the headers on your blogs. :D

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    2. Aww! You're welcome!! It fits your blog well :)

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  2. I know it's probably a bit late to chime in, but I agree with Catherine. The second one is better!
    -Liz

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    1. It's never to late to comment. :D I think everyone likes that one best. Have you read the book, yet?

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