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Hey everyone! This is the last batch of entries from the Barren Advanced Read Copy Contest. Everyone did so well and we couldn’t be more grateful for all the time and energy put into these submissions. 

Without further ado, let’s show them off!

Annika Fingos from Germany protects her books with warded bookmark:

I’m Annika from Germany and i love the books… so I will show you my bookmarks 🙂

These are so frikken cool! I especially like the ones that glow in the dark.

Ben Mills sent in this move-poster-esque fanart and it’s honestly so amazing.

I wanted to imagine a movie poster in the style of Star Wars movie poster artist Drew Struzan. I thought the dramatic faces/poses coupled with intense yet mysterious lighting would work well for Skull Throne. Now let’s hope a film director see’s my submission and decides to start making the movies! haha

I want this as a poster.

Dwyane from the UK

I’ve made some Demon cycle playing cards, and some poems to go with them; Krasia edition. The actor images are from the contest about 10 years ago for fan casting. Oded Fehr as Jardir (King) Moran Atias as Inevera (Queen) Omid Djalili as Abban (Jack/Joker)

That’s it– the final bunch of entries! Thanks again so much to everyone who submitted art. As always, we got far more than expected and our expectations were blown out of the water. In some ways, it’s awesome because we get to gush over all the amazing art.

On the other hand, it makes picking winners HARD.

With that in the mind, we’re going to take some time to look through all the entries carefully and pick winners! As soon as we do, we’ll post about it on the blog/social media, so make sure to keep your eyes out!

If you’d like to see all the entries in one place, head on over to the Barren Contest FB album!

You can Pre-Order Barren here.

Posted on July 2, 2018 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! We’ve got some more entries for the Barren Advanced Read Copy Contest. Check them out!

Catia Costa has been an incredible Demon Cycle fan in the past, and this is no exception! For her entry, she gave us a gorgeous rendering of Arlen at night:

“Are you safe inside of your house? Are you afraid to walk in the night? There is one man that isn’t afraid of anything! Even the night!”

The atmosphere of this piece is so intense, I’ve got shivers. I love all the shadows swirling around him and the forest so dark around him. Really great job!

Like a master warder, Chiara put their own experimental spin on wards by combining them:

I’ve tried to let the symbols flow into each other as I imaged a warded ground would look like.

I can definitely see the ebb and flow of the wards. I really love how’re they’re arranged here, all linking into each other. Very cool!

Bec from Australia sent in a pencil drawing of three badasses using their craft to stay alive in the naked night: 

I would say this gorgeous piece proves that music can, in fact, soothe the savage beast. It can then cripple that beast or turn it against its allies. Basically, music is awesome XD

This is nearly the last of the entries for this contest! Just one more blog post and we’ll buckle down on choosing a winner. If you don’t want to wait to see the final ones, you can see them on the Barren Contest FB album— now fully updated!

You can Pre-Order Barren here.

Posted on June 29, 2018 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Hey everyone! We’ve got some more entries for the Barren Advanced Read Copy Contest. Check them out!

Jennifer aka @jxeney on Instagram send in this gorgeous Leesha art:

Here’s my Leesha for the contest! I hope u like it! 

The glow of the wards are breathtaking, just like the woman herself. So, so, lovely.

Yogi sent in this awesome digital image of Rojer playing his fiddle to ward off demons:

The colors here are so vivid and it’s so stylistic. Love it!!

Jazz Norledge is having a Demon Cycle themed wedding! We got a sneak-peek of the bridesmaid accessories:

Just a few small parts to our demon cycle themed wedding.

These are all so beautiful. I’m impressed the craftiness of all of them– those bouquets are incredibly detailed! Fingers crossed no demons decide to RSVP, but if they do, there’s plenty here to take care of them!

There are a lot of amazing contenders in here, and we’ve still got more to show off! We should have everything posted by the beginning of next week.

You can Pre-Order Barren here.

Posted on June 28, 2018 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Hey everyone! We’ve got some more entries for the Barren Advanced Read Copy Contest. Check them out!

Gary sent in these amazing shots of his warded knife and knifestand: 

This is amazing! The hand looks like Arlen’s avatar and that blade… no demon is going to want to mess with that.

Of course, every good weapon needs someone to wield it:

Credit to Nicole for being a fierce model!

Rochelle graced us with a peek of this in-progress Demon Cycle tattoo!

Mark Curtis’ Wind demon tattoo (work to be completed). Tattoo by Danny Turner at Black Anchor Tattoo – Busselton, Western Australia.

Danny Turner has some mad skills. Thanks so much to Rochelle for sending this in and letting us see how it’s coming along!

Elisha gave us a tasteful shot of her Demon Cycle tatts:

These are -gorgeous- and the designs around them are just breathtaking!

Whew! That was a lot of awesomeness for one post!! We’ve still got a few more, so again, if you haven’t seen yours yet, don’t worry! There’s more to come while we deliberate on winners.

You can Pre-Order Barren here.

Posted on June 27, 2018 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Hey everyone! The Barren Advanced Read Copy Contest is officially over, and wow was it a great one. Over the next few days, we’re going to be showing off all the entries, so if you haven’t seen yours yet, don’t worry!

Today we’ve got one ferocious rock demon by Lindsay:

I am very new to the series but I am loving the world I am getting more and more lost in. Here is my rendition of the Rock Demon or at least how I imagined it would look.

As soon as I saw this, I knew exactly what it was. I love the cragginess of the demon’s head and horns. Those teeth are super sharp– I hope whoever meets this one has checked their wards!

Next up is a beautiful warded globe, complete with rainbow lights sent in by Amberly Smith:

There is a common saying among my people: Make it Gay, You Cowards. Fantasy needs more gay characters, so I was beyond excited to hear that Selia would be getting her own story with Barren. As soon as I found out, I knew I needed to find a way to add some pride to my fan art to celebrate.

I Dremel-engraved a glass globe with carefully chosen wards, and lighted it with a strand of rainbow lights. 

Amberly also sent in a short video, gifed here, that shows it off from every angle!

Here’s a short video of the globe, so you can see it from more angles.

This is gorgeous and very appropriate for Barren!! Also for pride month <3 Basically, it’s awesome on all fronts!

Thanks so much to everyone who’s entered! We’ve created a Barren ARC Contest Facebook album where you can browse all the art we got. We’ll also be putting the entries on the blog over the upcoming days, so look forward to seeing them there!

You can Pre-Order Barren here.

Posted on June 26, 2018 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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