Hi hi, is anyone still alive after reading Ballad? 👋
Time to finally drop the artworks for the reverse dust jacket and foil design for Fairyloot’s edition of The Ballad of Never After by @Stephanie_Garber! The Hollow scenes were my favorite and Anissa (@Fairyloot) and I were totally on the same page as far as the scene we wanted to depict! I’m avoiding spoilers here, but this scene is an amalgamation of both times that Jacks carries Evangeline across the bridge, and really a depiction of the ambience and feelings, rather than the details of what is happening during the scene (again, avoiding spoilers! but see my notes below the spoiler warning!)
I had a really fun time with the design of the tree loft. It’s not apparent at first, but I opted to use real fairy lights in the windows! (Seen better in the video!) The branches all have this ‘come hither’ curls to them, so welcoming and comforting. 😭~
The foil design is another secret book design, this time highlighting The Inglorious History of House Slaughterwood - a prominent family in the second book!
Spoilers for TBONA below
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We all absolutely were fawning over the way Jacks is carrying Eva, and that was simply a mathematical result. Imagine if you had a flayed back like Evangeline, would you really feel comfortable being in the cliche romantic princess carry? I had to think about what would be the most comfortable for Eva, and it turned out so adorable in the end!
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Anywho, I’m glad I got that off my chest. (now to await the incoming 3rd book and start my torture all over again. 😭)
Joe Jonas, Glen Powell, Jonathan Majors, Christina Jackson and JD Dillard from ‘Devotion’ movie being interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter. (🎥: YouTube)