The Cover Saga

Chris Humpherys worked tirelessly to come up with the perfect cover for Beyond the Map’s Boundary. It took quite a while, a lot of thinking and she took it through quite an evolution. Here is the saga of the cover:

First Draft: This was a thinking layout. Quick and dirty!	Second Draft: Basic play. Nothing serious.
Third Draft: First result of background exploration. Whispy; dreamy!	Fourth Draft: Finding the elements of the map itself and organizing them.
Fifth Draft: Playing with lettering and developing the first round of characters.	Sixth Draft: Further background exploration. Deeper colors.
Seventh Draft: Distributors wanted a different lettering style. TM Design input.	Eighth Draft: Darker background preferred. Still uncomfortable with lettering.
Ninth Draft: Distributors wanted bolder lettering style. Too Harliquin Romancy.	Final Cover: Clear, bold, fresh look. Bright, yet rich background and fun map that tells the whole story!