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Against The Blue Fury

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A recently finished commission.
This is for a book cover, mixing modern elements in a fantasy setting, a very fun piece to do
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Hey Guys if you'd like to start reading the story from which this cover comes, please check out: 

Operatic System Episode 1 - Pasticcio
PASTICCIO - Definition - A form of operatic mash-up where choruses and elements from various different works come together in an entirely new plot.
He tried to move his limbs, but couldn’t.
Strange vibrations travelled from his head down to his toes. Shifting shadows churned slowly around him as his fragmented senses cascaded into one another, enveloping everything. Unfamiliar noises segued into blurred images, as if viewed through a long-broken kaleidoscope.
Had he suffered a nervous breakdown, or some kind of stroke? He’d heard of execs in New York slumped over their desks, their staff too terrified to interrupt them in their office for days, their line manager slowly dying whilst surrounded by oblivious direct reports. Is that what had happened here?
Perhaps he was hallucinating? Possible, but highly unlikely. He liked the good stuff but whenever he indulged he made sure that he did so in the company of others who could look after him in the event of a bad trip. He didn&


Operatic System Episode 2 - Da Capo
DA CAPO - The first section of an aria performed by a singer.
His body felt unusually heavy as he stumbled towards then into the pool, but he attributed that to the after- effects of the drugs or seizure or the whatever-the-hell-it-was that had resulted in him being in this place.
The cool spray instantly eased the pain in his irritated skin.
At that same moment, a being launched itself toward him as it burst forth through the water, possessing a face that could have been described as beautiful, if it hadn’t been so contorted in snarling viciousness.
Exploding from the glittering depths in a split-second, another creature was in mid-air above him.
Both had the head and upper torso of a voluptuous woman and the lower half of a fish.  
Mermaids! A costume? If it is then the creator deserves a goddamn Academy Award: nothing short of CGI would allow that kind of articulation.
As he attempted to evade both attackers, the snake-thing slammed hard into the side of the second creatu


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