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*****************UPDATE*****************
Final cover commission visible here: [link]
Added the map at the publisher's request. :) The map version is exclusively for the book cover. The book will be available December 2009.
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Commission for Norilana Books.

So Vera Nazarian, publisher, writer, and artist over at Norilana Books, asked if I could do a cover with a big pod of whales flying high in the sky. I thought, "Whales?" I'm a photomanipulator, after all. It's not as though stock images of whales crop up all over the internet. Least of all from a view down below looking up at them. When is anybody ever standing or swimming under a whale?

Well, then I had this most brilliant revelation. I found a way to create my own whales. Trade secret. But I'll tell you that it involves dirt, paint, and rocks, among other magical ingredients.

Given that they are approximately 85% absolutely fake, I think they came out rather well. :)

Dunes from pdphoto.org and public-domain-photos.com, clouds courtesy my dear friend Audrey Lockwood.
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Mood: Joy ~misswritergirl1234 Sep 2, 2012
wow i love it
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~Hyden-Fuuma Jun 23, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Wow, great! Orcs do not fit me, but very interesting idea. Looking at the whales have a sense of the majesty of these beautiful creatures.
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~dragoncharmerolivia Apr 6, 2011
This reminds me of fantasia 2000, which involves flying whales of the same species in your pic. Really cool!
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*E-Bieck Jan 30, 2011  Student Digital Artist
very awesome!
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~joelosito Jun 18, 2010
Awesome!
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~LuckyMX Dec 9, 2009
I love the fail whales! Where are their hats?
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~storph Jul 15, 2009
WEEEEEEE!!!!! SUPAH WHALES!!!!!
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~Ahyicodae Jul 18, 2009
:XD:
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Mood: Love !Daemigor Jul 1, 2009
Oh my god! This looks a LOT like a dream that I have had a couple of years ago!
It was also in a desert, everything had a yellow-ish color, and there were flying whales hunting for birds to eat. The whales were hiding in the clouds so they could do a sort of "surprise attack".

Great job, this deviatation makes me really happy when I see it and get reminded of my dream!
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~Ahyicodae Jul 2, 2009
That sounds like a fabulous dream! :D I love the idea of the surprise attack from the clouds!

Very glad you like the deviation! :)
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