[A retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.] Years ago a Queen was cursed by a powerful wizard who transformed her beauty into an ugly beast. Horrified by what she had become the Queen hid herself away within her castle. As the years passed her kingdom slowly began to weaken. Attacks from outside forces became more and more common. Despite it all, the Queen remained locked within her castle, growing cold and bitter with each passing day. That is, until she showed up.Check out Elliot's Figment page.
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Attribution: Cover design by Starflower. Background texture courtesy of MJK-Stock on deviantART (http://mjk-stock.deviantart.com/). Stock used for silhouette courtesy of jlior on deviantART (http://jlior.deviantart.com/).
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The design process:
You left this really open, and I love doing fairytale retelling covers, so this was a lot of fun. I knew I wanted a silhouette on a background straightaway to convey the feeling of the Queen's mystique, since she's hidden away in her castle, as well as to show how unclear the Queen's appearance was. I also loved the hand placement in this stock photo and snatched the opportunity to slip in a rose. After experimenting with some background and text effects, I settled on Perpetua Titling for your title and italicized Perpetua for the author text. I decided on the reflection for the "Beast" title to sort of show how the beastly side and the beautiful side of your Queen are just two facets of the same character - hopefully that worked!