The author wanted me to achieve a similar look to the first book, The Founders. We were having problems coming up with a concept and then finally we combined a couple of ideas and blended them together. The result is this cover. The author provided me with some of her illustrative work (the flower and wild cat face) and I
After much discussion with the author, we decided that it would be interesting to go this route, because the asteroid hitting the planet and its after effects played a major role in her story. I ended up photomanipulating the entire cover. 2012.
A simple photomanipulation. I wanted to create something that looked a little contemplative and added balloons to the cover to help achieve a sense of childhood nostalgia. 2012.