It’s been a bit but there has been a significant amount of progress made in the effort to create an original piece of artwork for my new novel, Whistle Switch. I had an idea for Alexis on the cover, looking just as bad-ass as you expect. My first thought was to have an image that is a mix of a comic book cover and a particular shot from the movie Face/Off.
Let’s look at the classic comic image(s) first (don’t make me paste the fair use clause here…):
https://www.gettyimages.ie/photos/flapping-cape
https://wallhere.com/en/wallpaper/845166
Very cool, but Alexis does not have a cape; she wears a long, green coat, which leads me to the iconic shot from the Face/Off (sorry about the quality, I just snipped from a YouTube video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wp-A32E0zI
The above is literally one of my favorite movie moments of all time.
Okay, so far so good. The next step is to combine these inspirations with the character and vibe from my book. I got with the artist, and we spent a few hours taking photos with a model to compose a good starting image. I’ll update with some pics in the next post.
Jonathan Mann 