Of Blood and Rain cover

My wife asked me to draw a cover to one of her upcoming books, but she asked me to do it as lineart-only.
If you're interested in fantasy, romance, or paranormal, then go check her out at http://ithilear.com/

Head studies from Erik Gist.
Hand studies from Steve Huston

Apple

You're eating an apple. Nothing out of the ordinary, just a regular red apple. You bite into it, it tastes fresh and crisp. Really sweet. You chew it, swallow it, and think nothing of it.
You go to take a second bite, and then you look at it.

Photoshop CS6, about an hour.

Update

Hey, dudes.
Sorry about the lack of activity. January has not been a good month, but things should be back to normal, hopefully.
Page 6 is up. I’ve also gone back and color-corrected the other pages so that it’s a little more uniform.

Go check out the corrected pages here http://everskywardcomic.tumblr.com/

Drapery studies

and a mouth.
The first one is from reference. The last two are from imagination.
Page 5 of the comic will be up soon!