Hayakawa's neat...

[seawasp]

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).

Comments

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Maelkodan...do they have tails? If so, what are they like? Tipped with anything? Crested? Barbed?

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Does the Maelkodan have ventral scales? Are they any particular colour?

Stocky or slender build?

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[seawasp]

Relatively slender build, lighter ventral scales but probably still patterned.

With respect to the head, I see it as having a crest like a small Triceratops, except fancy sculpted, as though the crest part were strung like a heavy bone layered web between sharp horn/spike ridges. The face is semi-humanoid, semi-Werewolfoid, but more human; it's not monstrous but, if you ignore the sharp diamond teeth, almost delicate looking.

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[seawasp]

Yes, the body's draconic-derived, so they have tails, armored ridges running down them (and on the back, starting somewhere toward the lower part of the centauroid torso); I don't think of them as having anything specifically ending the tail, although being hit with it wouldn't be much fun.

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Good, this extra information is useful, and some guesses I made were right.

I'll complete the drawing of the Maelkodan and post it sometime today.

Just bear in mind it's essentially only a sketch! With some colour. I generally bleed from the ears if I show stuff that's 'not finished' or in progress, but I feel sad that no one's drawn your delightful creatures, so I don't mind.

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[seawasp]

SQUEEE!

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?

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Deep breaths, now there, Ryk, calm....

Okay, ready when you are

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Posted! Hope you like it!