Looking for Artist Looking for ways to improve this book cover
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the girl to animal sizes look off unless that girl is 7ft tall or something?
Jayrayme6
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Do you mean that he looks unpolished? Or cute?
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The cover front is good as is, but add outline to text. White one for the red, black one to white text at the bottom. It's because colors merge, and make it unreadable from far away.
On the back, maybe add some jungle instead of pure green? And to make text visible again, outline, or add some transparent white color on the back to make black text visible.
Also the picture looks like it was cropped badly, so if you can adjust, make so.
P.S. I am specialized at outdoors advertisement, and have some experience at printing.
P.S.S. Don't forget about add margin outside the printable space, to ease the pain of preprinting adjustments.
On the back, maybe add some jungle instead of pure green? And to make text visible again, outline, or add some transparent white color on the back to make black text visible.
Also the picture looks like it was cropped badly, so if you can adjust, make so.
P.S. I am specialized at outdoors advertisement, and have some experience at printing.
P.S.S. Don't forget about add margin outside the printable space, to ease the pain of preprinting adjustments.
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I assume he meant this one:
Looks like Picasso's soul entered his body and rearranged some bones from the inside.
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First thing... Remove that cub from the tree top.
His face is weird (looks high on meds). The size of the cub and the tree top is also not proportionate.
You could try to resize down the girl and the lion by 1/4th size and let the scenery of the jungle be more visible, letting your readers know it is set in the jungle more easily.
Resizing the character and lion will also give more breathing space for the book title and your author's name as well. I think you should emphasize the title more than the character, as your book name is the main identity.
Also, use a little normal font for your author name so that it should be easily readable. You can use a patch if needed if it isn't visible.
Also, the author's name should be smaller in size compared to the book title.
You don't need to write "Written by"... it's clearly understood that the name belongs to the author.
For the back cover, you can use a picture of the jungle and cover the whole backside. Then add a patch box with lower transparency to write your synopsis/summary. Currently, the flat green box is kinda meh.
His face is weird (looks high on meds). The size of the cub and the tree top is also not proportionate.
You could try to resize down the girl and the lion by 1/4th size and let the scenery of the jungle be more visible, letting your readers know it is set in the jungle more easily.
Resizing the character and lion will also give more breathing space for the book title and your author's name as well. I think you should emphasize the title more than the character, as your book name is the main identity.
Also, use a little normal font for your author name so that it should be easily readable. You can use a patch if needed if it isn't visible.
Also, the author's name should be smaller in size compared to the book title.
You don't need to write "Written by"... it's clearly understood that the name belongs to the author.
For the back cover, you can use a picture of the jungle and cover the whole backside. Then add a patch box with lower transparency to write your synopsis/summary. Currently, the flat green box is kinda meh.
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that looks like one of those AI generated pictures
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Step one would be to actually save up and commission an artist to do a cover for you
that's because it literally is
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Shouldn't the lion's mane be shaggier?
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Yeah I hadn't even noticed just how bad it was when I first looked at the cover I just saw the girl and animals sizes and thought those were the only things that looked off
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The cover looks incredible. The only thing I'll change is the back color. Too greenish and one dimensional. Maybe add more colors or leafs to give the feeling of a jungle :)
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The fonts are weird.
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Fog on front cover is fine at the bottom but becomes too bright at the top. Her face starts shining like a beacon. You could remove the sky and add canopy with rays to light the area. Or change her skin tone a bit darker.
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YES!
Joke apart! e i meant the small one. I know it must sound like a nitpick, but his anatomy is bizarre(i guess a child wound not care)
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It looks like she has four legs now. But yeah. Pretty great.