Uncaged: Goddesses Cover Illustration

2022 Silver ENNIE Award Winner for Best Cover!

Cover illustrations for Uncaged: Goddesses, the final installment in the Uncaged Anthology. The art features an original design of Waukeen, the goddess of commerce and wealth. The back cover art features an original design of Shar, the goddess of loss and darkness.

Full illustration

Final laid-out cover with text by David Markiwsky

Original thumbnail sketches for Waukeen and Umberlee (the other goddess we were considering)

Back cover painting. I wanted something subtler, to not pull attention away from our main cover lady, but something that could still echo our border + halo. Shar's purple and dark starry sky aesthetic was the clear choice!