Book Cover Crit
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- 7point340
well with "Island" being bigger than the other text it does seem to make it "lean" left
i kinda liked it better when it was all the same size, but i do like it clipped behind the horizon a bit
- robotron3k0
more cleavage.
- dirtydesign0
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- coconuts?7point34
- sony rollo?robotron3k
- cut-off herejanne76
- sea_sea0
what about a low opacity reflection in the water toward the right... gives a little depth, creates a form and looks more like an island?
- gramme0
Penguin 2.0
- ********0
you won't win because the title will be illegible to be people walking past
- ********0
...and 20 percent of the entries will be like it
- creative-0
Love it, but prefer the 1st colour scheme (more blue).
- brains0
Make the logo bigger. Oh, and make the penguin a portrait of a french hooker from Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer". Could you also add a nice reflective surface look that doesn't abide by physics or logic? Is there any way we can get 2 or 3 more typefaces in there? People get quite bored when they can only see 1.
Can we get Batman in there?
Heath Ledgers dead... Can we make a seal or something that shows that even Hollywood fat cat's care?
What about Tom Cruise? Scientology is escapism.
Hm. Other than that.. It's great. But I still think the gulls & waves need a tiny bit more weight.
- lvl_130
i really like it. although mime has a point about it possibly not being picked because of the type being lost (by the average passer-byer), but i think he is dead wrong about 20% of the entries looking like this.
fine job skt. fine job indeed.
- ********0
hasn't anyone noticed that the cover design doesn't even follow the synopsis of the book?
- meaning is overrated. even the author probably doesn't know what the book is about********
- hahaha @ randlvl_13
- meaning is overrated. even the author probably doesn't know what the book is about
- ukit0
Could it work with a completely different color scheme if you made the text more "island"-like and therefore not rely on the blue so much? I like this version, but not being tethered to the gray-blue might allow it do jump out more.
- gramme0
In related news, this is one of the more attractive covers for a novel that I've seen in a while. I have this one, nice inside typography too.
- + that's one darn attractive Scotch Roman.gramme
- btw gramme I never seen your post re stacked type. I was suggesting it too, not calling you cheesy. Thot I'd clear that up.Jnr_Madison
- I will, for once, have to disagree with you here. That cover is balls.brains
- no worries Junior :)gramme
- *punches brains
(it looks better in person, great printing)gramme - The type is nice, but graphically I'm sure something stronger could be used.brains
- But you know what gramme, you or I could probably do something much more striking.brains
- Also that R and L is making me suffer a little bit. Something needs to be done.brains
- you're right, either of us could prolly improve on it.gramme
- SigDesign0
ok... i REALLY liked the first color combo better... the lack of contrast implies a bit more of a hazy/lost feeling, which makes sense with the title...
Italic text on the horizon seems to imply movement, and actually feels more like a ship than an island... just a thought.
I really like it, though. I think either way you have a strong shot at the contest.
- ninjasavant0
if that cover were a beach house I'd rent it for the summer
- ********0
"...and 20 percent of the entries will be like it"
i would have hoped for something a little more constructive from you.
oh well.
- ********0
"hasn't anyone noticed that the cover design doesn't even follow the synopsis of the book?"
i'm not sure that is the primary purpose of a book cover though. I can't think of many covers that give you the synopsis visually.
i could be wrong, but i have tried to approach it by refining a basic element of the story (the island) into a cover using as few elements as possible.
i'm no illustrator so i had no real choice but to approach it like this.
- ********0
anyway, thanks for all your comments.
- Jnr_Madison0
I still like it just but I can hear them saying the title is too small to read on a book shelf.
You could try a version of the text much larger and stacked into the shape of an island. You could mess around with the font so it's half way between an illustration and a typeface (a wee bit like si scott).