Cover

Apr 03, 2012 11:48

Yeah, I'm spammin' the blog again! I finished my tentative cover design. I have doubts about it, so anyone who has any criticism, let fly ( Read more... )

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piapiapiano April 4 2012, 13:44:28 UTC
okay, I've been chatting about it with Matt, who as a graphic designer/artist has more idea about these things than I do. We generally agree though :-)

The cover is a little bit busy, yes. Hard to spot the title. What about moving the "They say ALL girls are PRINCESSES... They're wrong" to the back cover, at the top of the blurb? That'd give you more space to make the title a bit bigger, and give more space to that excellent picture of the witches.

At the moment, the front, back and spine all look unrelated. Any way of linking them together stylistically? What about continuing those gold scroll things on the spine across both covers? Or would that look odd?

Oh, also, I think blurbs are normally written in a very basic Times New Roman style font, not all upper-case. The blurb itself is great, and definitely lets you know it's a funny story. :-)

Hope that helps. I know that American book covers are quite different from UK ones, so I'm not really sure what US readers would be expecting to see.

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inkwolf_at_last April 4 2012, 15:17:56 UTC
Thanks! I'll probably make some tweaks. :)

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rattlesnakeroot April 4 2012, 18:01:53 UTC

I think the cover would be stronger with just the title and your name. Personally, I would have a completely dark front cover, but that's just the style I like anyway. I do like the Title font.

Maybe if the writing at the top was smaller - more like a blurb - and contained all inside the white part? Then the dark half of the cover would be stronger, and the title would be the largest writing. The eye just naturally goes to the top of the cover, so I think anything that's not the title should be in a smaller font.

And I agree with PiaPiaPiano about the all-caps font on the back. Unfortunately that makes it look a little less professional - eesh, but I hate to criticize!!! I just want to help!!!

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inkwolf_at_last April 4 2012, 23:38:09 UTC
Thanks, SIP! I have some great ideas for redesigning the cover, now!

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rattlesnakeroot April 5 2012, 16:46:59 UTC
Please let us see the final cover when you're ready - this is exciting!!! :) I don't think of it as spamming at all, LOL.

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