The Allure of Wanton Cove Art Breakdown.

I recently found a new place to advertise The Allure of Wanton Cove, but the site needed a new cover image for the sake of advertising.  As such, I commissioned the piece I am sharing with you right now.

I told our artist that I wanted a new image and that is was a bit of a rush job.  I didn't have any specifics in mind so I mentioned that I wanted to capture the feel of the game and it had to include some obvious Lovecraftian references.  He did NOT disappoint.

The initial sketch:

For this, I honestly didn't know what all I was looking at when it first arrived.  Once I did, I liked where we were headed with it.  I asked that we move Zal'chaas to one side and continue but we would look at it again before going much further.

Second sketch:

The composition of this one felt much better.  I asked that we use the "closer" variant, and mentioned the town on the island.  We also talked about backlighting  Zal'chaas with a bolt of lightning at this stage.

Third image:

At this point, I mentioned I liked the docks.  I asked that we bring the number of Deep Ones down to 2-3, then said I think one Deep One climbing onto the stone near Zal'chaas would look nice.  I also asked that we add the mansion on the bluff, possibly backlit with lightning as well.

Fourth Image:

At this stage, I asked that the lighting be darkened significantly everywhere not highligted by the lightning. We talked about some highlighting of the images including a little light shining through the head fins and redoing the eyes a little.  Also asked to have Michael Jordan removed from the water.  

Fifth Image:

I really thought this one turned out incredibly well.  I gave the artist the go ahead to add some detail work to the image.

Sixth Image:

I received this one literally like an hour ago.  Looked amazing and I green lit the final versions.

Final Without Text:

I asked for this version so I could use it as a wallpaper.

This one is for the advertisement:

Was incredibly happy with this image, especially since it came together over just three days time.  Hope you all enjoyed the new art!