The Savior's Sister by Jenna Moreci comes out September 29th, and it's not too late
to enter the pre-order giveaway! Just pre-order your copy from any retailer, in any format,
and follow the instructions in Jenna's entry form to be entered to win great bookish prizes.
Jenna is also now accepting applications to be an ARC reviewer for The Savior's Sister,
so if that's something you're interested in, check out that form as well. All relevant
links are in the description box down below. Hello, and welcome back to Jenna Gets Creative!
As you may know, I'm on Jenna's street team promoting The Savior's Sister, and not too
long ago we were asked to come up with unique promotion strategies and begin to implement
them. I proposed designing symbols to represent the characters from TSS and TSC and having
my audience vote on which designs deserve a revised re-draw. So that's what we're starting
today! This week I'll be designing symbols to represent half of the competitors in the
Sovereign's Tournament, and I'll be taking votes on which symbols you like best across
social media. Vote here in the comments, vote in the comments on my blog, vote in the comments
on Instagram, vote in the poll I'll post on Twitter, any and all of those places! The
two symbols that receive the most votes will go on to the revision round.
The schedule for this symbol design competition thingy is as follows:
Week of July 12: Competitors round 1 of 2 Week of July 26: Competitors round 2 of 2
Week of August 9: Leila, Naomi, and the Sisters Week of August 23: Brontes and the Senators
(note that I won't be doing ALL of them) Week of September 6: Misc. Palace Officials
Week of September 20: Top 10 designs revision round
Today is round one of two designing symbols for the competitors, so I've got 10 names
down for today, and the other 10 will be presented two weeks from now.
First up: Tobias, the Artist. The most obvious thing to do would just be to draw the bloody
crossed handprints from the book cover, but let's add to that. I'm playing up The Artist's
laurel and adding a painter's palette and paint brush.
Next up, Milo, the Benevolent. We don't get to spend a lot of time with Milo, but he does
seem to be quite the loveable guy. I'm designing his symbol using a dove, representing peace
and purity, and a heart, representing kindness.
Raphael, whose laurel is The Intellect plays a much bigger part in the plot in TSS than
we thought he did in TSC. To represent his laurel, I'm drawing a brain and a light bulb.
Neil, The Noble, honestly didn't make much of an impression on me after two reads through
TSC and one through TSS, so I'm going purely on his laurel. We've got a fleur de lys over
the valknut. The fleur de lys can be applied to all sort of nobility, and variants of the
valknut have been used to represent chivalry.
Zander is The Cavalier, and there are so many ways I could have taken this. The term "cavalier"
originally referred to followers of King Charles I during the English civial war. When used
as an adjective, it usually means someone who acts without care for how their actions
might affect others. In today's modern world, Cavalier is applied to many sports team names,
it's a breed of Spaniel, and it's a popular cheap car. Since this character has entered
the Sovereign's Tournament seeking a title and power, and since entering this tournament
is pretty reckless, I've decided to represent The Cavalier with a sword through a crown.
Bjorne, the Bear, is a beast of a man. He's big, not much bothers him, and he doesn't
have much to say. I think it's quite suiting then to draw a large, lumbering bear as his
symbol.
Drake, the Dragon, believes his tattoos will protect him. To represent Drake, I'm drawing
a serpentine dragon in tribal tattoo style.
Kaleo, The Shepherd, is anything but a shepherd. Nothing it known about him or his life before
the tournament, but he's the single biggest reason that other competitors are dropping
dead, and he keeps a tally of scars on his body to mark his kills. Kaleo's symbol is
a shepherd's hook crossed against a reaper's scythe.
Fabian, the Farmer, is another competitor who truly didn't make much of a impression
on me, so I'm just going with his laurel again. To represent the farmer, we've got a pitchfork
and an ear of wheat.
Last but not least for this round we've got Altair, the Physician, also known as the thorn
in Leila's side. He's a know-it-all, and as such it only seems fitting to give him the
Staff of Asclepius as his symbol. For those who aren't aware, the symbol normally used
for medicine is the Staff of Hermes. Although the twin snakes wrapping around a winged staff
has become synonymous with the practise of medicine as far as modern symbols go, traditionally
it had nothing to do with medicine. Know-it-alls today like to point out that the correct symbol
should be the singular snake wrapping around a normal staff, the Staff of Asclepius, as
Asclepius is the god associated with health and healing.
If you're looking for more to watch, I've got some suggestions up on the left side of
the screen now, or if you'd like to checkout my book & writing channel The Westveil Archives,
click on my face over on the right. I upload art content here twice a week at minimum,
every Tuesday and Thursday, and if you like living life creatively, whatever that means
to you, I'd love to have you along for the ride. Bye guys!