LewsTherinTelescope Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) I've edited the The Way of Kings Prime cover to make covers for a few other unpublished works, as I thought the cover looked rather nice, and that the other unpublished novels needed covers anyway. The Pimp My Aether thread explains how to convert the Word files to eBook formats and attach covers. White Sand: Spoiler White Sand uses the vector version of the White Sand icon, taken from the Coppermind. Aether of Night: Spoiler Aether of Night has what is supposed to be an Amberite bud, but a.) I didn't double-check to see the description in-book of its shape so I don't know if it's accurate, and b.) I can't unsee it as a stylized eye now that I'm done with the cover. Version 1: Rotated gem: Smaller "of": Both tweaks: Dragonsteel Prime: Spoiler Dragonsteel Prime uses the vector version of the Dragonsteel Entertainment logo, taken from the Coppermind. Liar of Partinel: Spoiler Liar of Partinel uses the vector version of the Cosmere symbol, taken from the Coppermind. Normal: Draft 2 Chapters 1-6 (notice is slightly annoying on purpose, as I usually won't be using this version and want it to be very obvious it's the wrong one): Draft 3 Chapter 1 (notice is slightly annoying on purpose, as I usually won't be using this version and want it to be very obvious it's the wrong one): Mythwalker: Spoiler Mythwalker uses the vector version of the Nalthis icon, taken from the Coppermind. With circle: Without circle: Capital letters, with circle: Capital letters, without circle: Mistborn Prime: Spoiler Mistborn Prime uses the vector version of the ancient atium symbol, taken from the Coppermind. Final Empire Prime: Spoiler Final Empire Prime uses the vector version of the ancient lerasium symbol, taken from the Coppermind. Alt version with the Kredik Shaw symbol, taken from Secret History (or more accurately, this post , which takes it from Secret History): Edited April 17, 2021 by LewsTherinTelescope Fixed typo: TFE Prime uses ancient lerasium, not ancient atium 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Khol Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Omg!!!! Thank you!!!! Ive been waiting for someone to do updated covers forever ive been needing a new cover for Aether of Night. The one i use now, i just found on google and it looks horrible lol For Whitesand Prose, i just used the cover from the first volume of the graphic novels, but i think i might try out yours Edit: it looks sooo much smoother Edited December 9, 2020 by Eternal Khol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted December 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Eternal Khol said: Omg!!!! Thank you!!!! Ive been waiting for someone to do updated covers forever ive been needing a new cover for Aether of Night. The one i use now, i just found on google and it looks horrible lol For Whitesand Prose, i just used the cover from the first volume of the graphic novels, but i think i might try out yours Edit: it looks sooo much smoother What app is that? Looks nice. Hmm, forgot Mythwalker was a thing. Might look at one for that, but I can't off the top of my head think of any good very simple symbol, so most likely I won't. If I ever get a response to my email requesting Final Empire Prime and Mistborn Prime, I'll look into those as well, lol. But that doesn't seem likely to be any time soon. Edited December 9, 2020 by LewsTherinTelescope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Khol Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, LewsTherinTelescope said: What app is that? Looks nice. Its the "books" app for Apple devices. i used to use the kindle app, but Apple Books is sleeker and has all the same features as The kindle app, plus Vertical scrolling, which i like, and havent figured out on kindle. Edited December 10, 2020 by Eternal Khol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 10 hours ago, Eternal Khol said: Its the "books" app for Apple devices. i used to use the kindle app, but Apple Books is sleeker and has all the same features as The kindle app, plus Vertical scrolling, which i like, and havent figured out on kindle. Ah, nice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashekin Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Those covers really look beautiful, great job! Could you tell me what program you used, and what are the fonts you used on the covers? Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted January 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 12 hours ago, Rashekin said: Those covers really look beautiful, great job! Could you tell me what program you used, and what are the fonts you used on the covers? Thanks! Thanks! Used GIMP for the editing. Font is Tresillian Script (screenshotted from the "Enter your own text" box because I'm not spending $65 for the sake of these covers ). I think the actual tWoKP cover uses the Bold variant, but I used the Medium variant because I wasn't certain which of the two was used. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashekin Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 15/1/2021 at 1:10 PM, LewsTherinTelescope said: Thanks! Used GIMP for the editing. Font is Tresillian Script (screenshotted from the "Enter your own text" box because I'm not spending $65 for the sake of these covers ). I think the actual tWoKP cover uses the Bold variant, but I used the Medium variant because I wasn't certain which of the two was used. Thank you! (and sorry for the delay, I'm not active in the Shard). Is that the same font that the Mistborn paperback editions use? The ones with the covers made by Chris McGrath 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted January 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Rashekin said: Is that the same font that the Mistborn paperback editions use? I've got no idea, unfortunately, I had just asked on the Discord if anyone knew the font that the WoKP cover used and someone pointed me to Tresillian Script. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted February 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Added a cover for Dragonsteel Prime, using Dragonsteel Entertainment's logo. The fact we'll presumably get a cover at the same time as the actual book means this one's not as useful as the WS or AoN ones, but oh well. Also, the length of the title means the font had to be smaller than I would like, but can't do much about that. Image has been added to the main post. Edit: Added a Liar of Partinel cover as well, using the Cosmere logo. Edited February 7, 2021 by LewsTherinTelescope 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorless Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 They all look beautiful! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Just now, Honorless said: They all look beautiful! Thanks! I mean, it's mostly just tossing some semi-related icons onto the preexisting cover and screenshotting things from the font previews, tbh. But still, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted February 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Used the ancient atium and lerasium symbols to do Mistborn Prime and Final Empire Prime, though just having a single chapter of each makes the necessity questionable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashekin Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 4:28 PM, LewsTherinTelescope said: Used the ancient atium and lerasium symbols to do Mistborn Prime and Final Empire Prime, though just having a single chapter of each makes the necessity questionable. Hey! The new covers are really beautiful. I've been using GIMP for days, and I would like to know if you could tell me how you put the texture to the logos and text, because they look the same as the TWoK Prime cover, and I would like to try to make these covers in Spanish, although probably none of the Sanderson Curiosities will be translated in the future. Also, even though I haven't read The Final Empire Prime, would putting the Kredik Shaw symbol on it would be in context? It is precisely the symbol of the second part of Secret History: "Well". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted April 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Rashekin said: Hey! The new covers are really beautiful. I've been using GIMP for days, and I would like to know if you could tell me how you put the texture to the logos and text, because they look the same as the TWoK Prime cover, and I would like to try to make these covers in Spanish, although probably none of the Sanderson Curiosities will be translated in the future. Thanks! I believe what I did for the effects was: Add the text with color #cbbc92 Add a gradient with that and #968766 Use the Sponge 01 brush with #968766 to add texture (or I think that was it, anyway; might've been Sponge 02 or one of the Cell brushes, it's been a bit and they all look sort of similar) 27 minutes ago, Rashekin said: Also, even though I haven't read The Final Empire Prime, would putting the Kredik Shaw symbol on it would be in context? It is precisely the symbol of the second part of Secret History: "Well". I'm afraid my copy of AU doesn't seem to have icons at the start of each part, just the chapter icons, are you able to grab an image anywhere? A Kredik Shaw icon would probably fit pretty well, since it's the Final Empire and all, lol. Edited April 16, 2021 by LewsTherinTelescope 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashekin Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, LewsTherinTelescope said: Thanks! I believe what I did for the effects was: Add the text with color #cbbc92 Add a gradient with that and #968766 Use the Sponge 01 brush with #968766 to add texture (or I think that was it, anyway; might've been Sponge 02 or one of the Cell brushes, it's been a bit and they all look sort of similar) Thanks! I'm going to give it a try and when I have some done in Spanish I'll upload them here at the Shard. And with the logos, I also put it with the color and apply the gradient and sponge? 1 hour ago, LewsTherinTelescope said: I'm afraid my copy of AU doesn't seem to have icons at the start of each part, just the chapter icons, are you able to grab an image anywhere? A Kredik Shaw icon would probably fit pretty well, since it's the Final Empire and all, lol. What is the format of your AU? If it's paperback, it's probably like the Cosmere image, which is only on hardcover. And I got the logo from my Secret History e-book, it's red and in GIF format. The bad thing about these logos in GIF is that they go crazy and the background turns black hahaha, but I think that converting them in GIMP to PNG format, it could work better and then color it. I find it strange that it is not in the Coppermind, because there is all the Steel Alphabet and almost all the logos that Isaac makes. The logo: Spoiler Edited April 16, 2021 by Rashekin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted April 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 34 minutes ago, Rashekin said: And with the logos, I also put it with the color and apply the gradient and sponge? Yep, same steps for the logos. 34 minutes ago, Rashekin said: What is the format of your AU? Kindle eBook. 34 minutes ago, Rashekin said: And I got the logo from my Secret History e-book, it's red and in GIF format. Interesting, I've just got giant red rectangles in my Arcanum Unbounded eBook in their place, lol. Wonder if AU just doesn't have them for some reason, or if Amazon screwed the book up somehow. Checking the free sample of the Secret History eBook, yeah, I see the symbols you're talking about. 41 minutes ago, Rashekin said: I find it strange that it is not in the Coppermind, because there is all the Steel Alphabet and almost all the logos that Isaac makes. Hm, I'll bring it up in the Discord or something and see if someone with the SH eBook can grab the symbols out of it. 40 minutes ago, Rashekin said: The logo: Reveal hidden contents Oooh, that looks cool, and is simple enough that it should look good. It's late where I am atm, but tomorrow I'll try adding it to the Final Empire Prime cover and see how it turns out. Where'd you see it labeled the Kredik Shaw symbol, btw? Is it referenced as such in the book or something? (Not doubting that that's what it is, it certainly looks like it'd fit Kredik Shaw, just curious since I know I wouldn't recognize most of these symbols if not for seeing the names on the Coppermind ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashekin Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 23 hours ago, LewsTherinTelescope said: Yep, same steps for the logos. Thanks!! I was practicing with the Sponge brush and I was able to apply it well. It took me hours to get the practice, but now I already made a couple of covers with this style. 23 hours ago, LewsTherinTelescope said: Interesting, I've just got giant red rectangles in my Arcanum Unbounded eBook in their place, lol. Wonder if AU just doesn't have them for some reason, or if Amazon screwed the book up somehow. Checking the free sample of the Secret History eBook, yeah, I see the symbols you're talking about. Well, the AU in most formats that I have seen, it brings those symbols of the SH parts but in black. In red there is only the ebook published by Dragonsteel, because most Dragonsteel books have those details in color (red for the SH ebook, and Era I in leatherbound; blue for the Dawnshard and TWoK Prime ebooks, and TWoK in leatherbound, for example). 23 hours ago, LewsTherinTelescope said: Oooh, that looks cool, and is simple enough that it should look good. It's late where I am atm, but tomorrow I'll try adding it to the Final Empire Prime cover and see how it turns out. Where'd you see it labeled the Kredik Shaw symbol, btw? Is it referenced as such in the book or something? (Not doubting that that's what it is, it certainly looks like it'd fit Kredik Shaw, just curious since I know I wouldn't recognize most of these symbols if not for seeing the names on the Coppermind ) On the Luthadel map, Kredik Shaw appears with the same symbol. The color map and the old map. I'm excited to see the TFE Prime cover with the Kredik Shaw logo! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewsTherinTelescope Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 15 hours ago, Rashekin said: Thanks!! I was practicing with the Sponge brush and I was able to apply it well. It took me hours to get the practice, but now I already made a couple of covers with this style. Nice! 15 hours ago, Rashekin said: On the Luthadel map, Kredik Shaw appears with the same symbol. The color map and the old map. Ah, interesting. 15 hours ago, Rashekin said: I'm excited to see the TFE Prime cover with the Kredik Shaw logo! Added it to the post! Spent a bit of time fiddling with it but couldn't get the gradient quite how I wanted on the logo, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ido Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 These are beautiful! Thanks so much for putting them out here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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