Aristoi 1.0

Here’s my first stab at cover art for Aristoi.

I’m combining two pieces of stock art.  The woman in the foreground was detached from her original background (which was too busy and distracting), and placed against a surreal backdrop by a completely different artist.

One of her arms conveniently obscures a Magritte-like figure in a bowler hat.

I don’t know what the light bulbs are doing there, though the extra-large ladies’ shoe probably indicates a recent visit by a transvestite.

It could use some cleaning up.  And maybe I can find a different backdrop— I just used this one because I’d already bought the rights to it for another project.

Though the picture doesn’t illustrate any particular scene in the novel, I think it gives both an idea of the baroque complexity of the world of the Aristoi, as well as its artificiality.

Let me know what you think.