Wizard Super Hero

Wizard Super Hero  ideas for book cover :)
Margaret Merlins Journal     Book 3    The Mask of the Parallel World    by Emily Jane
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This is prototype for girl/cat/horse which must be identical or super similiar in looks :)
Book cover 1     Girl & Cat please see how they look
https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Battle-Black-ebook/dp/B01634G3CK/
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Book cover2        Girl & Cat
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Basic design notes:
1. City with design of Colesum so you know she is in Rome.
2. Raven bird in an arch near top of page.
3. Margaret is a modern girl living in USA. She wears school girl dresses/prude but short skirt.
use her likeness & wardrobe choices. pictures & girl prototype below ;0
4. Teen boy wizard: Handsome. He is a prince. Solider type of hot outfit with buttons.
Dark brown hair/Brown eyes.  He is controlling her.
5. Cat fluffy with cape & wand fighting the wolf dog over the black box.
6. Mask.  The mask is powerful. It seduces Margaret to do dark magic. She is good magic.
7. Journal is in her hand or being grabbed by the boy or in boys hand or falling away.
8. Some city people. Regular faded images kind of like the Harry Potter sample book cover.
Enjoy and have fun :)

World should look like a sunken city/city Rome,Italy Colesium structure/Wall structure of building back ground.   A black gift box small with mask is at bottom of page. Pandora's box of trouble.

City struture columns/light people at bottom/ Normal people it is a beautiful kingdom. sample lights & structure Arches.  No fire just light. City building structure of city & famous shape of coleseum. 

                                          Sample of struture faded on page to give enviornment location.
1. Margaret/girl has been seduced by dark magic & enjoying the dark side.
Cool mask female in superhero outfight/tights  action pose. No wing on outfit.
She is Shooting a fire ball from her hand.  (see guy line art sketch for idea)
She has pony tail to represent her dark side/mask has caught her.

                                                Idea for pony tail on my girl/please see books 1 & 2
                                                   ***Please draw The girl above almost looks like my girl but make mine the teen version in a cool outfit either tights like katnis or school girl outfit last on page or in sketch.
                                                  No boobs. Just idea to make her have cool pony tail/bangs pretty

Margaret must look like images in face blonde hair/green eyes from book 1 & 2 links
     
                                                                         

I think this is her dress. Wizard long sleeve desinger italian dress.

Long sleeve dress or black dress below. Can be dark blue for color appeal.  

You don't have to do this design in dress. She is a normal girl who happens to be a wizard with magical powers that everyone wants.

Cover back ground ideas instead of trees recity arch sturture. 

                                 Cool ideas for fireball light magic energy only. Green pretty light color ideas.

She has colar shirt & make look like school gir outfit.

This is her clothes in her closet

                ******** Margaret closest look face/eyes/nose :) & her school dress*****

                                                                                   

Black outfit for turning bad with mask power

Good Margaret is in Rome so she is wearing Italian desinger outfit :)

or this hot long sleeved wizard dress link

http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/3342568/lily-james-cinderella-grosses-over-400-million-worldwide-02/

The girl wears a pretty dress like above samples on and look as similiar as possible to her image already created in Books 1 & Book 2. My female lead girl is blonde hair with green eyes. She always looks pretty and wears beautiful clothes. 

 She should be flying in air in center tad/slight left of page shooting fire ball with energy shooting below. people below her Cat with sword & trench coat
Teen male wizard brown hair/brown eyes/handsome/soldier buttoned coat/collar
Please be inspired by these images ;)

                                       ******Teen male wizard boy prototype sketch & photo above
                                                      He is sexy/handsome/boy teenager wearing solider style coat.
                                        (please do not make space suits/no star trak looks ;0 :)
                   Make teen boy wizard look as close to this sketch.Brown long tassled hair, intense dark brown eyes/handsome. No cape. Just soldier coat. See coat below for hot coat & buttons. ;)

 The male boy wizard wears a similiar type dress with lots of buttons. solider style outfit in an action pose something close to below picture. He has long bands and handsome like photo up here.

The teen wizard is controlling her on right of page.

********soldider coat idea************

Boy Wizard is CONTROLLING HER ON HER RIGHT :)

                                      Teen wizard coat as close to this. Ignore girl/guy on right. Do not make teen dark in face like this but just placement idea & hot solider/prince coat. No capes. no capes.

**** Coat. Make wizards outfit/coat like this :) *************

Teen male wizard position idea for him controllig her 

He should be next to her  but look like the handsome/cute boy samples above and sketch pencil drawings below. In a cool hout outfit/buttons/soldier style. No blood.

                                              ***** Ideal action poses for the girl/boy on page.
                                                          something close to this as as sample suggestion :)
                                                        The book cover should have 2 characters in action.

                                                        Margaret will shoot fire ball with energy light firing from it.

                                                            Teen male wizard clothign ideas.
                                                         *wolf cyber dog. Make dog look like wolf.
                                                                  Dog & cat  fighting below on page.        
                                                                Cat characol black with blue eyes super fluffy wizard cat
                                                                                 

The cat is fluffy dark black wit light charcoal color :0

                                                        Always make cat more fluffy & cute eyes like below
                                                           He is fluffier with charcoal black hair like photo above :)
                                                             He always has a time clock gadet with chain in pocket or sword                                                                   or wand with him.

                                              *Margaret *lead girl face/eyes/nose/lips ;) Nose can be better :)
                                        My vision that I hope you can make it shine!
                        Here is a rough idea sketch I know you can make better & more amazing ;0
                                   Can you make this look better & I can't draw. For idea bases of book design.
                                      I am open to see all sketches for better versions :)

Please see photos of action poses to make this work and look great.

no cape on teen boy. Solider coat photo with buttons :)

She is wearing a dress see photos below.

Sword light or no sword light? 

Mask has to be on bad girl or next to her coming out of box.

No pony tail as it is not looking like the same girl from books 1 & 2.

some possiblities to make shine & look better

  She is the bad girl now. The good girl is next to her in shadow.

If you can sketch a cooler/better version. 

mask on or off the girl face??? Can I see difference in sketch pretty please ;) Thank you.

Sword light   or no sword light coming from black box. 

 Bad girl with good girl fallen below.  

The handsome/very handsome teen wizard/prince of the parallel world is seducing her to get her powers & get her book.

                                               Make girl & wizard teen biggest on page.
                                                Girl action pose shooting fire ball lots of magic light from fire ball
                      ***Her journal book (MMJ initial is on the book) is open and falling into wrong hands/male wizard or his dog below.
                                                       Black Raven bird in the colesum arch near top title.
                                                  Wizard teen boy is controlling her on right
                                           
                                                     Bottom of city wolf dog fights cat in his coat with wand.
                                          Small black presentbox on bottom opened with cool ventatian mask.
                                                       Light/fire energy in shape of sword coming through it up!
                                                         City struture background. Arches. City buildings.
                                                           Teen wizard has stolen her book/journal with *MMJ on it.
                                                 my sample sketch not sized correct as girl/boy larger on page
                                                                        Girl should look cool like this throwing fire ball :)

                    Girl action pose idea shooting fireball another sample of action pose with mask. mask is beautiful Venetian style.   middle of page against city/lights/mask alluring her to be bad
*note *Girl must have same face/eyes/lips/hair as book 1 & 2 but new superhero hot pretty outfit like Katnis black tight out fit pictureook.

                              Colors/sample color and action pose Hand throwing fire ball weapon

Ventetian mask sample/stunning jewels/light/ordentment/head dress/bat girl vibe

 Queen Wizard crown mask ideas

                                                        sample Book cover close to my book cover idea
            Regular faded people below in city to make it look like a real city filled with regular people.
                                                         Building/city structure in background yes.  Title & Author
                                 My main 2 characters bigger with back ground people faded below.

                                   Teen wizard ideas for face/eyes/hair more looks  handsome sweet vibe  

                          girl & teen wizard sample positions for page but all of the body

No Boobs on girl.  

If the girl can have a twin in shadow background: This is just to show her good self is gone and she has fallen & gone to the dark side.

ideas/ good bad girl good girl falls in shadwow background.

Try sketch with & without good girl

Sword idea shinning light from box bottom of page

Sample action poses of Teen male & femala wizards.
He can have a powerful wand in his hand.

****sword in middle can be coming from the black box a small present box with bow

bottom of page with release of light/energy spliting between girl.

The cat & dog can be battling on bottom half of page with faded images of people below. small size.

He has seduced her into marrying him.

Inspirations from the book story.

                       coloring sample   light magic in city   the teen wizad boy is winning

box is like a small present box black with bow & this shows light beaming out

                                                               Some coloring with light sample

Light from box. no skeletons ;0  just sample of coloring light from box.

There is blue light  swirls in box below

Light from box

                                                        sample of light coming from box for cool colors

                                                    Fire balls   coloring for book cover

Idea for shadow of girl girl lost as bad girl takes over

      If too complicated to have a shadow behind bad girl forget it but would love love to see a sketch if this works.

No slip dress or rag dresses please ;0 Thanks. She wears her prude school girl dresses.

She has blonde hair in this book cover

my girl is usually in prude style hip school girl dresses but fashionable like this below ;0

Good girl outfit ;) love the red ruffle tie

Cute girl school dress.

                                                                 Sample of whhat girl looks like and clothes she wears :)

                                             

Black raven on page. Very shrude birds with dark messages.

Thank you. I hope you enjoy this project.

Book Cover 3 for Book 3.

Next book covers

Book 4

Book 5

Book 6

Have a great day!!!

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Coraline 2009
Candy-cane  frightmare about a little girl where you step through a door into a backward alternate reality. Skin crawling creepy and sinister good fun by Tim Burton.
Legend 1985

Tom Cruise is a boy solider who has to fight to Lord of Darkness played by Tim Curry. Directed by Ridley Scott 

The Last Unicorn

Japanese animation with waves turning into the shapes of the winged horses, the unicorn.
Adaption of Peter S. Beagle's Novel with Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, Jeff Bridges & Christopher Lee to high light a few of the quirky and feisty cast of characters.

The City Of Lost Children 1995
French hallucinatory fantasy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Daniel Emilfork is a man who can not dream so he steals dreams from children.

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
Potter and co get a good scrubbing courtesy of director Alfonso Cuaron

Jumanji 1985
When sister, Kristen Dunst and  brother Bradley Piece start playing a game of Jumanji they unleash a man named Alan Parrish played by Robin Williams. Parrish has been trapped in the magical board game for 26 years. Along with Parrish, a treasure of scaly, fanged creatures who are hungry and ready for dinner by serving up a meal of kids.


Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders 1971

Jaromil Jires surrel adaptation of Vitezslav Nezval novel from Czechoslovakia. Jaroslava Schallerova plays a 13 year old dabbling in unsettlingly risque adventures. Controversial with sexuality, monsters and ghosts of the past.

Rona The Robbers Daughter 1984

Swedish film adaption of AStrid Lindgren's novel. Bandits hole up in a deserted castle during winter as danger looms with a wealth of trolls, gnomes and harpies.

Dragonslayer 1981
Underdog hero Galen Bradwarden played by Peter MacNicol has a sword and comes to save a damsel in distressed. And he has to slay dragons with great special effects.

Brave 2012
A fiery red tousle-haired heroine. She is self assured to handle a dangerous adventure of rescue without a the dashing prince charming. Oddball mix of traditional fairytaling and post modern coming of age.

Willow 1998

George Lucas restlessly lovable rambunctious fantasy. Val Kilmer plays the anti hero, grotty-toothed Mad Martign. The terrifying Queen is played by Jean Marsh.

LadyHawke 1985

Interesting Fantasy Films  Honorable Mentions
MirrorMask 2005 Jim Henson Productions  A girl sick of her family enters the fantasy realm.

The Flight Of Dragons 1982
James Earl Jones/John Ritter a modern man is whisked back in time to save a dying realm.

The Last Witch Hunter
Vin Diesel is an immortal who flits between New York and a dream world to bring down the Witch Queen who wants to brew up a plague to wipe out humanity. A very Dungeon and Dragon style of film.

Stardust 2007

Splash 1984
Ron Howard's romantic fantasy about a mermaid played by Daryl Hannah who Tom Hank's falls in love with.


Pleasantville 1998
Reese WItherspoon and Tobey Maguire are young teens who get sucked int a 1950's black and white sitcom. Their presence blushes and brings the world into the modern Techincolor era in the way Spielberg does it best.

The Fall 2006

A interesting and sparse film you might want to check out by director Tarsem Singh.    It stars Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru.  
Troll Hunter

The Scandinavian myth where winsomely cranky troll hunter Hans goes after the titualar monsters. Otto Jespersen stars in this mock documentary in this tongue-in-check thrilling film.

Conan The Barbarian (1982)

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