Insurgent: Cover Redesign

Hey Everyone!

I'm sure most of you have either seen or participated in the rather epic marketing campaign unleashed by HarperTeen to promote Insurgent, the sequel to last year's fantastic dystopian novel Divergent. I recently stumbled across a fun contest and giveaway on All Things Urban Fantasy asking entrants to recreate the cover for Insurgent as part of this campaign and thought I would give it a go! Below are my three submissions, and if any of you are interested in participating, the contest runs through April 28th and all the details can be found HERE.

COVER #1

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You can't really tell at this size, but the trees have a brushed metal effect I added to try and give the cover a bit more of a futuristic feel.

(I also need to give a shout out to my mom who is a phenomenal illustrator and helped me create the trees)

COVER #2

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COVER #3

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Who's Excited About Insurgent?

So. Who's with me in thinking May 1st can't come fast enough? I'm quite possibly the least patient person ever, so the wait for the Divergent sequel has been, and continues to be, quite excruciating. Luckily, the fabulous people over at HarperTeen have taken pity on me. Okay, maybe not me specifically, but rather all of us fans who are desperately counting down the days until Insurgent is in our hands by creating a Divergent Choosing Ceremony game. This pretty much makes me want to kiss the crew at HarperTeen. They'd probably prefer I didn't though.

In addition to the game, there's also a quiz to help you determine which faction best suits you, and I apparently am slated for Dauntless (the brave). Hm. I think perhaps the quiz misread me because my backbone is of questionable rigidity and often goes slack or ceases to exist altogether in the face of danger. Zombie apocalypse? This girl is hiding in a dark corner curled in a fetal ball hoping for rescue. Preferably by someone good-looking and shirtless, but I'd obviously settle for just good-looking since my life is on the line and everything. Priorities.
I have them. O_o

And I went off on a little tangent there. Well done me. You can go through the Choosing Ceremony and take the faction quiz HERE, be sure and check it out! Also, if you take the quiz, come back and let me know your faction!