Appalachian Tales: Spotlight - Brianna Truehart ~ Cover Artist

   Brianna Truehart also known as "Brianna_Unboxed" on Instagram is a dear friend who is also a fantastic artist. She can't remember a time she hasn't loved to draw, but started really pursuing art more in 2021. Her art was chosen to be featured in Minnesota's Renaissance Festival Coloring book for 2023, and she also is open to commissions on her Instagram.

   The story behind how she became the artist for Appalachian Tales: Bonnie Kate truly shows her skills. I had finished producing the story of Bonnie Kate and was ready to submit it to the Audio Drama Alliance when I realized I had forgotten to create cover art. I tried multiple ways to create cover art for this show but none worked out.

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    I then decided to see if Brianna was up for a challenge. I messaged her at Midnight on April 29th asking if she would be willing to work on a 24 hr art challenge. I needed cover art by the end of April 30th to submit the finished drama that day. Brianna messaged me back around 8 in the morning saying she would give it a shot. I scrounged up reference photos of Fort Watauga and that evening she went to work. She sent me a rough sketch around 4pm, and later that evening she had inked it and began to use alcohol markers to add color. After collaborating on the color scheme for Bonnie Kate over the evening and into the next morning, at 5:22pm she sent me the finished art.

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    Text was quickly added and we had the final cover for Appalachian Tales: Bonnie Kate. I am so thankful for all the work Brianna put into the the beautiful cover art, and hope we can work together again on more projects in the future! (Thank you, Brianna for all you do and for being an amazing friend!)

If you are interested in following Brianna and seeing her other art pieces follow her on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/brianna_unboxed/

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