Sometimes you present the publisher editor with 3 or 4 cover thumbnails and they choose the 'oh you don't want that one' thumbnail option because they had too many covers with humans as focus on them. In this world dinos rule and humans are all clones.

Then a colorist makes a bar scene very bright and colorful and makes a stocking little too close to skin tones. Despite the overall theme coloring of books prior. I usually do like color speed samples---, but I think with this cover i genuinely had forgotten the deadline so it was a another get it done in 24 hours adventure. I offered this publisher a year of covers at a severely discounted rate- trying to expand my reach. Why communication between team members is great in comics and highly recommended. Im sure the colors when printed will look great but its a bit more bright than i anticipated. The publisher typically does like 20 variants per a book and near as i can tell---sends digitally and then it takes about a year or more to get printed books out to backers and artists. No shade- just fact.

Original lines on 11x17 bristol. Colors were by Whitney Cook. Im still waiting for my comp copies.