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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 14…

Posted on May 6, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Okay, here is the newest mock-up. I darkened the flowers and made the patches on the princess’s uniform smaller, so there isn’t so much red. I also added a belt and a sheath for the spear blade. I added some … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 8…

Posted on April 19, 2019 by pouringmyartout

#4 Okay, I do love the font… but I need to trim those bushes back. Gray sky would be better to show off the text. #4-A Same background, but I reversed it, left to right. Remember, the pointy rock will … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 7…

Posted on April 17, 2019 by pouringmyartout

#1 Okay, I did some mock-ups of the first of the background photos I took, with our princess in front of them. The white line in the center of each version is to remind us that the cover will be … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 3…

Posted on April 11, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Well, everybody liked different pictures of my daughter Mollie, my model for the new novel cover, for different reasons. So I asked her which one she liked best, and she picked this one. So… that is the one I am … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 5…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Well, this one has more princess, which I like. And I darkened up the foliage a little. Is that still too cluttered?

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 4…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Another quick layout idea for the cover art for the new book. This one has the princess… AKA my daughter, Mollie… I like the grey background better than the white, but I still think it needs some foliage. And yes, … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 3…

Posted on June 22, 2017 by pouringmyartout

This is about as simple an idea for a book cover as you could possibly come up with. A plain, white background. I like the font. But I miss the princess. I want to come up with a way to … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 2…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Admittedly, the first of my ideas for a cover for the new book was a little too… crowded? claustrophobic? busy? This one captures the fact that the seven kingdoms are all individual islands. It also captures the fact that our … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my newest novel… part 1…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that is a quick mock-up of a very simple design. There is still a lot we could do with that. We could use filters in Photoshop to make the photo of my daughter more faded. Or, we could get … Continue reading →

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I came up with a quick, simple cover…

Posted on November 6, 2013 by pouringmyartout

… you know, for the novel I am writing here on the blog… because every book needs a cover… I sort of like the lack of color… or colour… since I am supposed to sound all English while I write … Continue reading →

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