If you’ve ever wanted to know what happens when a Hot Topic manager gets locked inside a Dungeon & Dragons expansion pack with Photoshop, look no further than Discord and Cinder.
This cover is a fever dream of mismatched priorities. We’re told this is Fire Witches of Salem, but our leading lady doesn’t look like a Salem witch so much as a TikTok influencer who just discovered the “burning ruins” filter. Her bubblegum-pink hair is flat-ironed to modern salon perfection, which must’ve been hard to achieve while dodging pitchforks in 1692.
And let’s talk about that skull. She’s holding it aloft like she’s about to say, “Alas, poor Yorick—but make it witchy.” The flames suggest something menacing, but her deadpan gaze reads less “ancient sorcery” and more “I just ordered oat milk instead of almond and now I’m over it.”
The background looks like a video game cutscene from Witchcraft 2077: Skulls and Sephora DLC. Lava? Check. Flames? Check. Mood-setting ruins? Check. Believability? Hard nope.
And then we arrive at the font crimes. That shiny, metallic, faux-engraved look is working overtime to scream fantasy, while the swirly embellishments whisper, “Free font pack, baby.” The “O” in Discord being swapped out for a deranged celtic knot? Somewhere, a 14-year-old goth just squealed, “Finally, representation!”
This is not a book cover. This is the PowerPoint slide you put together for your first ever DeviantArt commission portfolio.