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Y. S. EMERY
PICTURE GALLERY
This was the first drawing that I had drawn up for me.First off the clothes were not what I had in mind and I had forgot to mention that they were all carrying backpacks.
This is the second picture where the clothes have been updated and the backpacks added. I loved the small details that Alex added, ie: the spider on the tree trunk, the creature peering out the hollow in the tree, the monkey at the top of the tree and the mouse near Ethan's foot.
This is the final picture now in colour, the one found on the front cover of Into Xenitha. This is where Trobate, Jack, Ethan and Abigail first arrive at the Forest Dwellers house, set deep in the forest.
I saw these sandals on the internet, when trying to find inspiration for the sandals that belonged to the goddess Ophelia. I knew instantly that these were exactly what I was looking for.
This was the first draft of the castle in book 2, here you can see I forgot to mention that the walls were in ruins.
Now the walls have been through the wars a bit, this was exactly what I was looking for.
Alex has added the children, Abigail and Ethan. Also notice the light shining from the window at the top of the tower, where Rosa has been imprisoned.
Now the dragonfly has been added to finish off the picture. I loved the way Alex portrayed the blind head, brilliant.
We soon realised that the final picture came out too dark when downloaded, so Alex lightened it, which now looks absolutely fabulous.
With Alex being so busy with his new enterprise, Kumar from maadesigns stepped in to do the final cover. Here the first drawing had two mistakes, one the open doorway and two the ropes that the twins are hanging from.
The ropes have now been removed, as the twins, Kelton and Tyrone were suspended by magical forces. Also the doorway has been replaced by the small barred window.
Whoops! me again, I knew there was something missing from the previous picture, then it hit me. I forgot to mention the weapons that the brothers had dropped when attacked by the old crone.
This family tree was created by a family friend Graham Gare. I would have liked it in colour in the book, but unfortunately having it in colour would have made the book a lot more expensive to buy. So I've put it on here for every one to admire in colour.
These pictures show how we progressed from the first sketches to the final illustration used on the front covers of the books
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