Trading for Viking/Raven artwork!

I am currently writing my first novel and need a cover photo.

I'll make one thing clear before I take this any further, being a first time novelist I do not expect to sell a huge amount of copies, nor do I plan on the price of each copy being much at all so I cannot PAY for the artwork. Instead I will give full credit to the artist as well as give the artist a free copy of the e-book when it has been completed.

Now, onto what I'm looking for...
The setting of the story is mostly a land covered in snow and ice. The story follows a Nord man who is often assisted by a strange raven in his feats. The story is very graphic when it comes to blood and gore, very violent, so something with blood spatter in it similar to this would be perfect:



As the raven plays a huge part in the story, more and more so the further the story goes, a picture of a raven would also be perfect. If we went this route I would prefer something like this:




ONLY SERIOUS ARTISTS PLEASE! I am not interested in doodles or sketch style art (which is why I can't create the cover myself).

For reference, the photo will need enough space at the top for a title as well as nothing important to the picture at the very bottom, as another part of the title will be displayed there.

For Example:

 

Sounds like a happier version of The Crow.

Good luck and sounds interesting! If you finish it, I would be more than happy to preview or buy a copy.

 

I never even thought of the crow when I came up with the idea :O lol. Its based on Odin and his ravens, Huginn and Muninn.

The man cannot see or hear what the raven does, the raven is more of a companion that doesn't talk... at least at first... I'll be sure to add you on here so I can tell you when the book is complete! It will be quite awhile though, I am currently only at around 25,000 words of out 100,000 minimum.

 

Sounds great, good luck!

 

I might be getting the rights to the one I used in my example with the title areas. The person finally got back in touch with me so I'm no longer looking now, but if anyone is interested, still post your art here