My remake of the cover of C. J Cherryh's Gates of Ivrel, originally painted by Micheal Whelan. This cover is from the original 1976 yellow spine edition. I modeled it from the cover of my copy, which is actually the 1980s reprint, with slightly different text that covers more of the image.
I find it ironic how little the seemingly warm, desert like environment of the painting corresponds with the cold, wintry setting of the book. but at the same time I think it does capture something about the characters and the story
This is made in blender, with texture painting in substance painter, everything except the title is 3d.
you can see it in higher quality on my youtube;
https://youtube.com/shorts/fdZGzGvGenU?feature=share
