Amazing!!! and more amazing is that you replicate A after so much details must have been hard to try and fail after so much details but the final product is rewarding!!
I think the third rough with her head elevated would have looked better, personally. All the roughs deserve to be drawn out somehow, but the final still kicks butt.
This is actually really interesting seeing the first thoughts and hearing how you and the Aspen crew decided to modify the idea you liked instead of just dismissing it. All together it made a great cover!
well since you only see the upper part of a book in the stand it was important to have a clear and readable image. the top half of the other layouts were a bit ambitious so a more traditional layout was agreed upon.