It feels so good to crack down on making concept cover art for the multiple fan fiction ideas on my list, ranging from written novels to graphic novels.
As some of you may have remembered in past posts, I've mentioned about the Takanuva's Travels series, an idea which still remains a slow going process that may or may not make it to being an official fan fiction comic book of random events, each chapter an individual "episode".
The simple concept of the comic is the large factor of what ifs which swirl through my head full of possibilities that branch out like a giant tree. Takanuva's Travels is the what if side that spins the ball from canon what ifs of the Bionicle universe, to the broader what ifs of other worlds entirely different from that of the Bionicle universe.
In canon story we know the olmak was damaged and sent Takanuva to other alternates of the Bionicle world; dark twists of what could have been if something were changed or altered in his universe. In this fan fiction comic idea, Takanuva gets tossed into worlds far
away from his mark, experiencing the stranger side of the universe
during his quest for Karda Nui. By stranger I mean places not populated
with the Bionicle species and rather places that contain evil fairies,
the men in black, odd moon people who look Human, and so on.....you get the idea. Granted, I also have the what ifs for the comic which do fall back into the Bionicle universe, just not of the same dimensions.
Lets talk about the covers symbolism. I think this will remain the official cover for the series if I ever make it. I chose a background that matched the theme I was going for of dimensional space travel (credit for background goes to the artist who made it, wish I knew who that was). The swirling vortex came next, used as a portal, and then came the title. You'll notice I have two different versions, the one on the left containing a large pi symbol, and the one on the right not. They both have a certain appeal, but why the pi symbol you might ask?
That question gets into the planning of names. I went through several concept names before settling on one. I went from Adventures of Takanuva, Takanuva's Travels, and Travels of Takanuva. Since I was having difficulty deciding on which name to use, I abbreviated each one to see how they looked and if they spelled out anything. AOT didn't appeal, TT followed, and TOT is what spelled out for the last name.
Takanuva's Travels appealed most to me, seeing the abbreviation had multiple meanings that fit perfectly. The abbreviation TT looks like a pi symbol, and as it goes pi is an unlimited possibility number. Takanuva's Travels happen to consist of unlimited possibilities which make up his adventures in the thrilling concept. Furthermore, TT can also abbreviate for Time Travel, Teleportation Travel, Takanuva's Troubles, and even Teleportation Trouble. With such a wide variety in a single abbreviation, I held onto the double T and applied the symbol of pi to the cover, Takanuva stepping out of it like a doorway which represents random possibilities just beyond the portal, hence the added text at the bottom which says (Worlds Beyond). The spot seemed bare, so I added those words which excited me for some reason.
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