The Shot by Alexander Pushkin Book Cover

The Shot by Alexander Pushkin, a story about honour, revenge and death.

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The story revolves around a duel so I wanted to explore how I could incorporate that into the cover. I wanted to try mostly flat style illustration and see how that would work for this story, but I'm still not sure about the result. What do you think

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About the project: This is the ninth cover of my illustrated series of 50 classic short stories with a modern twist. I’m reading 50 Great Short Stories published by Bantam Books and making my version of the covers for each story as a personal project with the goal of expanding my portfolio and book cover design skills. All feedback is welcome!