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  • Jan. 9th, 2013 at 8:00 AM
Krohe
Want to see the preliminary cover sketch for the Siren's Curse in Beyond The Gate?

Ship_01

The Siren's Curse is a ship that has been sailing the seas since the first sea filled. It has elements of several eras in seafaring history. I am in love.

It's got a ways to go yet--like the Curse actually sails ABOVE the sea on a nefarious sort of mist. The mast head is a wise old mermaid (my tattoo, below) not a dolphin. We're going back and forth right now, and it's soooooo exciting.

The Siren's Curse

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queenoftheskies
Jan. 9th, 2013 01:29 pm (UTC)
Wow, beautiful. Both the ship and your tattoo.
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bogwitch64
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:27 pm (UTC)
The tattoo is quite a few years old now. It was the beginning of a whole mural that now takes up most of my skin from the knee down!
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j_cheney
Jan. 9th, 2013 01:31 pm (UTC)
NIce tattooe ;o)
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bogwitch64
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:28 pm (UTC)
T'anks! It has...expanded since then.
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j_cheney
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:30 pm (UTC)
I hear they do that...
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maryjdal
Jan. 9th, 2013 07:44 pm (UTC)
great concept, nice sketch, love the tattoo
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bogwitch64
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:28 pm (UTC)
Thank you, thank you, and thank you! :)
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seachanges
Jan. 10th, 2013 04:33 am (UTC)
Oooo, nice! Both of them. :D
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bogwitch64
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:28 pm (UTC)
T'anks!
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peadarog
Jan. 10th, 2013 08:01 pm (UTC)
Nice! I love those sorts of drawings...
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bogwitch64
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:29 pm (UTC)
It's--as Jesse says--only a concept sketch. I cannot WAIT to see what comes next. Thanks!
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jennygordon
Jan. 11th, 2013 09:08 am (UTC)
Oh my goodness, golly gosh and wow! I LOVE that ship. I've always had a passion for old timer sailing ships. We have a Harbour Festival in my hometown every year, and there are always original and replica sailing ships in display in the dock. Something about them makes me well up. Maybe I was a ship's captain in a past life. Or maybe a ship's figurehead ...

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bogwitch64
Jan. 11th, 2013 04:27 pm (UTC)
My artist took inspiration from ships all through history, from Egyptian pleasure barges to Norse warships and all the way through the "pirate ships" we imagine most prominently. There's a little of everything, since the Siren's Curse has been around so long, and would have been repaired and repaired over the course of forever. That was HIS idea. I just told him it was a pirate ship that sailed above the sea on a spooky sort of mist. :)

If you were a pirate queen in a past life, or even a woman passing herself off as a cabin boy, I think Beyond the Gate and The Shadows One Walks might resound for you. Teehee!
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jennygordon
Jan. 12th, 2013 10:24 am (UTC)
I love the sound of Siren's Curse, and BYTG and SOW will definitely be going on my wishlist :O)

I look forward to seeing the final cover art.
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