Very cool, transposing Illyria and Fred using jigsaw puzzle pieces. I love it. I think I just found a new desktop background for my laptop.

[ edited by shishkarobb on 2008-08-14 18:53 ]

shishkarobb | August 14, 18:51 CET

Hello, gorgeous!

wenxina | August 14, 19:12 CET

That is awesome. Can't wait to see it in print.

kishi | August 14, 19:20 CET

That's a beautiful, brilliant piece of work. Hello, gorgeous, indeed.

zohrael | August 14, 19:20 CET

that is stunning!

whiterabbit | August 14, 19:30 CET

I'm right there with you, shishkarobb! Shes (ha!) already staring back at me. :)

That was very beautiful. I really enjoy the puzzle pieces. That clearly could lead to so many levels:

1) Fred/Illyria is such a mystery/no one can see the big picture yet.
2) F/I are in pieces. They don't know where one ends and the other begins.
3) Could F/I pieced together be able to make somthing whole? In pieces, they're nothing; but if they combine their pieces... will we see something new?

I know it's just pretty strickingly beautiful art, but these are the questions I like to tease myself with throughout the day. :) Does anyone else like to play?

korkster | August 14, 19:31 CET

Okay. Best cover of the series. No question.

UnpluggedCrazy | August 14, 19:38 CET

I didn't think that the Wesley cover could be topped. Well, put that one down as topped, 'cause this one is just... wow.

Supersymmetrical | August 14, 19:44 CET

That cover may be the best of either series so far. I usually don't consider Ms. Chen's covers up for comparison, but this one is good.

And it also makes me think, for the first time really, that there's more going on with Fredlyria than just Illyria having lost control of the "spark" of Fred she has, that she slips into impersonation mode and forgets herself. Now I wonder if it really is Fred, trying to come back. The spark reigniting? Is Fred trying to burn her way back into her own body the way Illyria burned her out?

KingofCretins | August 14, 19:55 CET

Yeah, this one is really, really good. And yeah, non-spoilery for anyone who's been reading the series as it comes out, so I'd say the tag can go.

jclemens | August 14, 19:59 CET

This cover is totally breathtaking!

Jossfan_21 | August 14, 21:09 CET

Guh! The look is so aggressive, but then Fred/Illyria haunts you after you look away. Like it's been burned onto your retinas.

No? Guess that's just me, then. But it's still breathtakingly beautiful!

scarletvirago | August 14, 21:23 CET

Damn. My jaw just hit the floor. Absolutely stunning.

Not just one of the best covers of the series, one of the best I've seen all year.

windmillchaser | August 14, 21:28 CET

Really imaginative idea beautifully done.

sueworld2003 | August 14, 21:47 CET

Now THAT is a cover! BEAUTIFUL.

Dan Corson | August 15, 01:01 CET

Holy ... wow! That is just beautiful and what an original way to show Fred/Illyria.

resa | August 15, 02:10 CET

That's possibly the coolest cover I've ever seen. Easily my favourite from the Buffy/Angel batch.

NimNams | August 15, 02:59 CET

Gah! And I ordered the A covers?! Should attempt to change the order...

Vortigun | August 15, 03:16 CET

Loooooove it. And the pieces are peeling away..

Perseo | August 15, 07:36 CET

Wow. That's stunning!

JessicaMelusine | August 15, 19:54 CET