12-14-2009, 02:59 AM | #61 |
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And yet another new direction before I head out the door! Don't blame me, blame Inkscape for being about 50billion times easier and more fun to use than Adobe Illustrator
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12-14-2009, 04:57 AM | #62 |
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Cute. Makes me thing of 1960's madcap movies. If that's appropriate, that's great (but I still prefer the other style... )
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12-14-2009, 11:26 AM | #63 |
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i can't seem to get a bead on this cover at all. I keep changing my mind. It's actually been harder to do a cover for this thing than write it
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12-16-2009, 02:04 AM | #64 |
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I like the new one because it's cute, but I also like the Santa cap cover.
The Santa cap cover made me think straight crime story (but not too graphic) and the new cover made me smile and think maybe a madcap crime story. I guess a cover design does have an effect on the purchase when you don't know an author. You could probably put the same book out with different covers and get some interesting download numbers for each. (might be fun to try) |
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Well I won't be promoting this one at all really (there will be personalised copies for a few people though ). It was written more to get a feel for the new Finch, and what do you know, Steinbeck (although not actually in the tale) returned and Finch has a new sidekick, a punk cartoonist / barrista/ secretary called Luka It was Luka (in the story world) who designed the Finch bird logo thingy-me-bob. I think, overall I'm going to go with some variation of the Santa cap idea and not the cartoony one. Expect your copy befrore the 20th (along with the others I mentioned on my site. If I've left anybody out, please PM me and shout at me horribly ) |
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12-16-2009, 03:21 PM | #66 |
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12-17-2009, 06:59 AM | #67 |
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Even more new ones These are inspired by the covers of the Chandler re-issues in the uk.
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12-17-2009, 07:42 AM | #68 |
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12-17-2009, 08:03 AM | #69 |
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The retro font is called MrBass and it's based on Saul Bass's work I believe (the genius behind so many film introduction animations). I'm starting to believe that the font choice is the heart of all design when it comes to book covers.
http://www.dafont.com/misterbass.font |
12-17-2009, 12:48 PM | #70 |
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12-17-2009, 01:35 PM | #71 |
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MoJo. Love the cover. I'm trying to keep my clean also. I didn't own the rights to the traditionally published covers so this is really fun. How did you import your covers into a message?
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12-17-2009, 01:36 PM | #72 |
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So sorry. I see it was MoeJoe!
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Hey there Rebecca, When you're posting if you scroll down you'll see a 'manage attachments' button. Click on that and it'll allow you to put images in your posts Oh, and welcome to MR too |
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