This is the background art for the cover. Before I share the full cover, I wanted to give a peak at what artist Sean Bodley has done for the background.
You can find more of his work at https://seanbodley.com/ and support him at patreon.com/seanbodley.
I said it on the discord but I'll say it again here: this looks great! I really like the style and the way the people in the distance are abstracted
I also wanted to ask, is this scene set on a bridge? A repurposed highway?
It's based on the Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles! I shared the main image from this article with Sean during the idea generation phase:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-10/photos-l-a-s-new-6th-street-viaduct-open-to-pedestrians-and-traffic
It's basically a bridge. It's a viaduct, which as far as I can figure is just a long bridge that goes over an extended stretch of land instead of across a valley. It's not a highway, since it's technically part of a city street, but considering how people drive on it, if you called it a repurposed highway you wouldn't be far off.
That's really cool