Final Draft

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Second Draft

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First Draft (Approx. Print Size)

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Cover (First Draft)

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(Note: detail work (for example on the Leviathan, people blending in, etc) is still missing at this first stage... Finished cover will have a greater degree of detail and finish overall. Also, image can be cropped to fit for the final)

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Additional Sketches #2

Refinement of ideas 1.5 and 1.7

(6.1 - atmospheric perspective to suggest scale)

(6.2 - with landscape)

(6.3 - with people in semi circle facing Lev)

(6.4 - variant: people blending in more)

(6.5 - landscape + butterflies, symbols of rebirth)

(6.6 - variant)

(6.7 - alternate perspective)

(6.8 - variant with butterflies)

(6.9 - variant with butterflies #2)

(6.11 - variant)

(6.12 - variant #2)

(6.10 - detailed people + angled Lev)

Additional Sketches #1

Merging ideas 1.1, 1.6 and Group 4.

(5.1 - people in midground)

(5.2 - people in foreground)

(5.3 - Leviathan profile with heads inside)

(5.4 - variant)

(5.5 - large Lev head)

Sketches Group 1: Leviathan represented by people wearing crowns (click on any for larger size)

(1.1 - Abstract Lev: posed as on Penguin cover)

(1.2 - Abstract Lev - variant 1)

(1.3 - Abstract Lev - variant 2)

(1.4 - More naturalistic Leviathan)

(1.5 - Most naturalistic Lev)

(1.6 - Naturalistic Lev + realistic people)

(1.7 - variant)

(1.8 - Abstract Lev + people breaking off)

(1.9 - variant: bigger people, realistic Lev head)

(1.10 - variant 2)

(1.11 - variant 3)

Sketches Group 2: Leviathan crowning the people/ People with crowns

Leviathan crowning the people, or the crowned people alone (Leviathan implied)

(2.1 - realistic coronation scene)

(2.2 - Abstract figures, crown falling)

(2.3 - Abstract figures variant - facing left)

(2.4 - crowned people - realistic)

(2.5 - realistic people being crowned: in shadow)

(2.6 - Lev crowning heads resembling him/her)

(2.7 - variant)

Sketches Group 3: Leviathan and Mirror/Reflection

Leviathan sees him/herself constituted by crowned people (with or without the aid of a mirror).

(3.1 - Abstract Leviathan and mirror)

(3.2 - Leviathan and mirror + countryside)

(3.3 - Leviathan + mirror + countryside - variant)

(3.4 - Leviathan + reflection)

(3.5 - Leviathan + reflection: realistic people)

(3.6 - Leviathan + reflection - variant)

Sketches Group 4: Crowned people constitute Leviathan's crown/Leviathan

The architecture of the crown directly suggests the interconnection of people as well as their connection to the Leviathan.

(4.1 - Crown alone above countryside)

(4.3 - Crown + Leviathan variant 1)

(4.2 - Crown + Leviathan head)

(4.4 - Crown + Leviathan variant 2)

(4.5 - Crown + Leviathan variant 3)