Author notes

Intermission 1: Lunchtime

Sameth

on Aug. 16, 2019

Still trying to get a feel for how I want to do cover art. I'm not the best designer. I always try to go for an image that fits the chapter, prologue, or intermission, though. There is a reason why Felicity is seeing her teenage self. This isn't just one of those covers that comic books do where the story has nothing to do with the cover and the cover is basically a precursor to click baiting like "You won't believe why Superman is denying Lois air!" followed with Superman saying, "You can't breathe now, Lois! You must be taught a lesson," and Lois screaming, "I–need–air, Superman!" and then the comic has absolutely nothing to do with that or it does, but never fully explains the context of the cover art.

With this, I try and pick a plausible scene from the story, but that we'll never see. For instance, the prologue has an image of an empty desk. I never drew that specific image for the prologue. Chapter One has Felicity showing Denise her lit up wand while Denise is in full monster hunter gear, but we never see that specific moment in the chapter. What we see is Denise teaching Felicity magic at one point, but never the conditions that the cover art depicts.

I think this one is probably going to be the closest to what's going on in the chapter, but they're not going to be comparing their mana like they are here. I just felt that was a dramatic touch for the cover.