Here are the key stages for the 1st cover concept for ‘O’Dusara’, taken from a memorable moment early in the book. A painting that I will forever remember as being straight forward until reaching the last paw, then becoming seemingly impossible to get right. For the record: trying to imagine what a dead cat’s front paw looks like limp, and being dragged into an upright/sideways position is not easy. I would’ve had the thing torn off at the elbow but believe it or not I’m not a fan of painting gore.