Are you talking about the actual cover? This?
If so, her hair is brown...ish.
If you're talking about Sweet's cover, I think it's supposed to be Elayne, Aviendha, Min per Min's long-standing viewing. In which case, there is still the question of when Min's hair got so long...
That's my reasoning. But since a new piece would probably be something more polished (and action-oriented? at least of a different scene) I guess we have a win/win on our hands. Except for the people who hate the DKS cover, of course.
this --> http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/04/a-darrell-k-sweet-wheel-of-time-tribute-including-a-memory-of-light-sketch
scroll to the bottom of the page for the full sketch.
I liked it, though the Aes Sedai symbol in the clouds seemed a bit much/not so classy. IDK...
Ok, well, not sure what to say about all this exactly...
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Sweet's yet-unused cover was better than, say, Lord of Chaos and Knife of Dreams in that it actually set an appropriate tone for the book and stoked anticipation for the ending without really giving anything away. Though...
I loved A Memory of Light and enjoyed reading it from a crisp, new-smelling hardcover.
Still, I'm excited to reread the book when it's released in ebook format on April 9. Since I'm greedy I'd be perfectly happy if a never-before-seen piece depicting a new scene by a new artist was used as the...