Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Pioneers On Unium: Cover Design-Chapter 7

Pioneers On Unium, Softcover, and E-Book are now available through LifeRich Publishing. This is my first published Science Fiction Adventure novel and is in the very early stages of a promotional startup. As of this writing, the only artist working on this project is me, and I am not an artist. If anyone out there likes to draw and would like to have your art exposed to a Sword & Planet audience, feel free to have at it.

Greg Vancover

Included below is a description for artists of a scene in chapter seven of Pioneers On Unium that was considered as a book cover idea. If you are interested in having some fun with some fresh material, give this book's description a draw and share your artistic vision with us on one, or all four, Pioneers On Unium, Facebook pages


You are sure to make some new fans.

I own all rights to Pioneers On Unium. Anyone out there in promotions, children's books, comics, calendars, clothing, games, artist, etc,. interested in new fresh content and subject matter I am easy to work with. We all know it is more productive to advance as a team than as an individual.

Pioneers On Unium

Artist Outline For Scene From Chapter Seven

Character Appearance
  • A 24-year-old, about 6' 2", muscular white man.
  • Long brown chestnut hair about the middle of the back length is held in place by a leather headband.
  • Shirtless with long-legged buckskin breeches with fringe down the two outer sides.
  • Feet covered in calf-high moccasins with fringe circling the top.

Action Scene
  • The character is tied to two saplings at the base of a gigantic tree.
  • The man is tied in such a manner that he is in the middle of the two saplings on his knees.
  • Two pieces of grass rope bind one arm to each sapling, with a minimum amount of slack for movement but not enough so he could untie himself.
  • Springing through the air towards the bound man is a waist-high dog-like creature, with bear-like claws and a shaggy brown coat filled with black spots

Story Theme
  • The man is suffering from a poisonous spider bite and is completely delusional.
  • When the dog-like creature springs for him instead of retreating in fear, the fever crazed man launches himself towards the lunging creature, having his teeth as his only weapon and the throat of the beast as his goal.

Description Of Surroundings
  • The incident takes place in good light, but early in the morning.
  • In the background, there is a small smoldering campfire and the man's bow and quiver of arrows, spear, hand ax, canteen, and a leather pouch (all handmade) lay in a pile a few feet away from the campfire.
  • Encircling the small campsite is sharpened stakes drove into the ground, slanting towards the forest.
  • The undergrowth of the area is not dense, but it is colorful.
  • There are no mountains or streams within sight.
  • If you are drawing a cover, the top of the picture must be done in a fashion to allow room for the title, and author's name, to appear without interfering with the main art. See the example provided below.
    Exiled On Unium