****NO AI ART! All submissions must include a human-made sketch (digital or traditional) showing the concept in progress. AI-generated images, Photoshop filters, or AI-assisted renders will not be accepted. *****I’m looking for genuine, hand-crafted artwork only.***** I’m seeking a dark, realistic book cover concept for my fantasy novel Blood Threnody. NO AI. YOU WILL BE REJECTED. The artwork should feature Renaissance-era objects and atmosphere with melted candlelight, 1 white feather of a dove and 1 black feather of a raven. An old blank book, and wooden textures, but the style must look lifelike and cinematic, not painterly or abstract. NO AI. It will automatically be disqualified. Scene concept: Basically imagine theres a wooden desk lit by candlelight and an open book lies flat. On its pages rest two feathers. One is a white dove feather and the other one is a raven black feather. The black raven feather has just been dipped in blood and splattered across the book, streaking red over the open pages. Symbolizing vengeance and corruption. Beside it lies the white dove feather, placed gently over the fresh splatter with its center beginning to absorb the blood, the white slowly turning red where purity meets corruption, also symbolizing innocence being tainted. Wax-dripped candles glow softly around the book, creating warmth that contrasts with the surrounding darkness. This piece is symbolic, representing purity versus corruption and the tragic duality within the story. The goal is to capture a sense of depth, realism, and emotional tension, something that looks like a photograph or a realistic movie scene set in a medieval-modern world.