Carpe Diem: A Digital Painting
The Book Cover
The following digital painting was commissioned by the award winning author, RD Ronald for his book Carpe Diem. The painting and title are very relevant to the book and actually made sense; however the publisher had other ideas.
The book briefly mentions a business called The Zombie Room which has nothing to do with actual zombies. Ultimately, the publisher decided that they wanted the title of the book to be called The Zombie Room instead of Carpe Diem, which really didn't make any sense. They also wanted their own artists to create the cover.
My assumption is that they were just looking for an excuse to get more royalties out of the book by using their own artists. Even though the cover was never used, I still like the painting and thought I'd share it with the Hive community. What do you think?
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extraordinary art
Thanks!
That publisher's behaviour kind of reminds me of why I decided not to pursue that route a hundred million years ago when I thought I might want to be a writer or something and was investigating options XD
It's a nice looking painting, would definitely have looked great on a book.
Also when I was doing my checks I came across your website, any chance of getting your peakd profile on the social media icons? :) (helps our mod team here so we know you're actually you and not someone pretending to be you and profiting, and also helps hivewatchers)
The cover was mostly a favor for a friend, but it was a bit frustrating that they didn't end up using it.
I will look into adding Hive to my social media icons. I tried to do it quickly, but the site is built with a crappy Godaddy template and I can't figure out a way to add Hive since it isn't in the built in options. I'll have @nuthman try to sort it out, he is more technical.
Oh templates x_x hope they let you edit the code. Good luck :)
@afturner That's because someone (not saying who) had to build it on her own! 😂
Cheeky monkey.. Had I waited for you it would never have been done, so yes, sir!
The book business can be tough, the drawing is lovely, I like the warm palette of colors
Indeed it can be tough. That is what I am hearing from many people! Thank you for your comments. I like the colors as well. You'll notice the darker areas at the top, this is where the book title was supposed to go. It makes it look a bit odd as a stand alone painting.
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