Amanda Alice Gardner Dallas fan art

Fan art made by a fan of the book, Tina Skaggs.

Amanda dress fitting April 2017

Catrina's mother, Amanda is depicted as nose art on the side of the World War II Bomber Catrina's father flew in the war. To get the right look, a dress was searched and found online, purchased, then modeled for style and dimension.

Amanda dress fitting

A different angle of the dress fitting.

Riana posing as Amanda in red dress

Here, the model is posing with the dress on outside for lighting purposes. Notice her left hand position set for holding a sword.

Riana posing in red Amanda dress

A different pose for the same purpose.

Rye as Amanda Dallas modeling photo

Dress has now had its color changed to match the storyline. A sword is also added in.

Amanda pose with rough Nina doctoring

Color filtering is added to the dress and the belt and scabbard adjusted for a more realistic look.

Amanda Dallas pocket photo

Riana posing for a black & white pocket photo that her husband would have had with him while serving overseas during World War II.

Amanda Dallas pinup

This is the final image Nina created of the nose art used on the World War II airplane Tony Dallas flew. Notice how the dress turned out along with the sword and scabbard.

The main male character, Britten Garrett

Britten was originally going to be somewhere on the cover, but the idea was nixed due to the complexity of the cover. This rendition makes him look a little angry.

Britten Garrett polished

Here, Nina has toned Britten's expression down a bit and filtered in more color.

Winter Parka for the salvage team

During the writing process, Nina Swallow created a series of composites to help me visualize what the characters might be wearing at any given time so that they could be described better in the book.

Catrina Dallas throne room attire

Simple composites for better description in the storyline. This one is for the throne room.

Catrina Dallas winter wear

As Britten takes Catrina out into a snow storm, she has to have winter gear. This is what Nina would have envisioned for her.

Sparring outfit

Catrina trains Britten to fight with weapons. This would have been her sparring outfit.

Catrina in casual wear

Something a little more informal and comfortable for the Queen of Thulsa.

Informal wear for Catrina

Catrina would have worn an outfit such as this to mingle with her subjects in Thulsa.

Catrina Dallas new armor composite

This was the new direction we decided to go with the cover image of Catrina. Here, Nina is compositing her outfit and pose.

Catrina Dallas compositing detail to her armor

Weapons added and armor detail added for an elegant, yet functional look.

Catrina Amanda Dallas

This is the final look of Catrina's face. It is as close to the real thing as it can get without a photo.

Catrina Amanda Dallas

Notice the jewelry has changed to something a little more elegant.

Catrina Amanda Dallas: Warrior Queen

This is the final rendering of Catrina that made it to the cover. I think it turned out amazing.

Thulsa's Gate E-book cover image

We wanted something different for the E-book to distinguish it from the printed version. We chose this version.

B-25 none color inflight

The aircraft used in the book is a B-25 model J depicted here. This picture helped Nina figure out dimensional placement on the cover.

B-25 in the evening

A different angle used to help with sizing and details.