I am getting ready to publish my latest book and lacking any discernible artistic abilities, I hired
http://damonza.com/ to design the cover for me.
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They did such a great job that I wanted to give them a little credit.
From my description of what I wanted, they roughed out a number of prototypes and then went through at least a half-a-dozen iterations to get something that I am absolutely thrilled with.
The truly weird thing is that without me giving her any specifics, She used the only bridge in Paris that my lead (the kid at the top of the cover) walks over.