Hayakawa's neat...
I haven't yet seen or heard anything on GCA yet (why should I, it's only been a month or two since the deal was done, and I'd figure the translation alone will take several months), but while trying to figure my way around a site in a language I can't read, I DID come across Sarah Hoyt's Darkship Thieves/Dark Ship entry, and the cover certainly looks kickass.
ETA: The link I used got changed, so I found a hard-link to the actual cover JPG.
So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for both an excellent translation and a buttkicking cover. I love the original cover for GCA, make no mistake, but I look forward to seeing what the Japanese decide to do for it; I'm hoping for an anime-manga style translation of the imagery, sort of the way Weber's Honor Harrington novels ended up (here's the one for Honor Among Enemies).
Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?
If you have fun doing these, I'll be ecstatic to see any others of mine you might try. Only one person's ever tried to do one of the Great Wolves (Virigar). And I USED to have a picture of Poplock Duckweed, but it disappeared.
Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?
Okay, ready when you are