I have so many tools to aid procrastination, both electronic and cognitive. One of my favourites is spending time making covers for books/blog-series that I haven’t written yet. So here is the base image for my first Debarkle cover. Those of you who followed Chiseled McEdifice’s adventures will know that this is unlikely to be the last.
I’d thought of having it the other way round but the rocket is easier to see as a reflection than the ugly dog head trophy is. Also it’s the pups that are the focus rather than the rocket.
My first impression was of a jet-powered puppy blasting off into some kind of murky depths (heights? Can one blast off downwards (one might argue the Puppies certainly tried)). This is what I get for looking at things on my antique phone screen.
I can’t claim that was deliberate because it wasn’t how I planned it …but when I combined the two renders, I saw that the rocket relfection looked like the puppy head was blasting upwards and I thought “well, that works as well”
At first glance, I thought it looked like a wine/ bottle stopper, or possible the top handle for a fancy dark lord walking cane! — ideas for the debarkle gift shop merch!
Face it, Cam — at this point, you’re really obligated to come up with an online shop featuring Timothy, Susan, Straw Puppy, Chiseled McEdifice, Cattimothy House, and Debarkle merchandise. 😀
Yes! The puppy is cute. That’s the problem with a deplorable group naming itself after one of the world’s cutest animals. (At least for this dog-lover.)
Camestros Felapton 
21 responses to “Debarkle cover art”
I like it. A reflective puppy reflected as a rocket.
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I’d thought of having it the other way round but the rocket is easier to see as a reflection than the ugly dog head trophy is. Also it’s the pups that are the focus rather than the rocket.
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What a goofy idea!
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My first impression was of a jet-powered puppy blasting off into some kind of murky depths (heights? Can one blast off downwards (one might argue the Puppies certainly tried)). This is what I get for looking at things on my antique phone screen.
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I can’t claim that was deliberate because it wasn’t how I planned it …but when I combined the two renders, I saw that the rocket relfection looked like the puppy head was blasting upwards and I thought “well, that works as well”
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At first glance, I thought it looked like a wine/ bottle stopper, or possible the top handle for a fancy dark lord walking cane! — ideas for the debarkle gift shop merch!
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… waits impatiently for the Cattimothy House Shopify link…
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I want to be at the next social event when JJ shows off a wine bottle with that stopper.
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Face it, Cam — at this point, you’re really obligated to come up with an online shop featuring Timothy, Susan, Straw Puppy, Chiseled McEdifice, Cattimothy House, and Debarkle merchandise. 😀
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… and here’s your first supplier!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/264431706/personalized-dog-wine-stopper
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AH!
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Wait — does that mean JJ has been using dog head wine bottle stoppers all along? *croggle*
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Mike Glyer: Wait — does that mean JJ has been using dog head wine bottle stoppers all along? *croggle*
BLASPHEMY!
I use only Official Credential Wine Stoppers on my wine bottles.
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But I ask myself, “Do I want to drink something that’s been sitting under a cat’s butt?”
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Mike, face it — if you’ve ever lived with cats, you’ve already drunk something that was under a cat’s butt.
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I thought, “Is that the handle to the cane JCW wanted to beat Pterry with?”
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I think the Cover is growing on me. The more I look at it, the more I like it.
Now I just think the Puppy is to cute.
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Yes! The puppy is cute. That’s the problem with a deplorable group naming itself after one of the world’s cutest animals. (At least for this dog-lover.)
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Make it a Rabid Puppy, they’d like that. And snarling and drooling is not at all cute.
Also, it’d point out how Larry and Brad lost control of it really fast and thus ended up being, if I may make a canine pun, Teddy’s bitches.
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Here;s your theme song then Cam. Can play as you uncork. https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/sad-puppies
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Tom Smith is a genius.
I dare you not to cry at this one:
https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/a-boy-and-his-frog-4
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