Tag: cover design
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Cover Reveal: But Not Broken
Work on the next PTSD anthology is continuing, and we are on track for a publication date of Valentine’s Day. I’d been hoping it would be possible, and now that we’re into February, I can say it for sure! This means, of course, that we finally have a cover! I chose to design it with…
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Cover Reveal: Hunting Anthology Vol. 1
I’m hard at work getting the first of the two volumes ready for print and ebook, and as part of that, needed to create the cover for the first volume. Willing to hear out feedback, and always happy to hear if you like it! This book is scheduled for release September 1, first day of…
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Vintage Book Cover Design
I recently came across a treasure trove of illustrations and book covers from artists stretching back over the last hundred years. Everything from ads, to book covers, to what really caught my eye: the simple line art illustrations common to magazine and books. The same thing I’m working on for the hunting anthology this month. …
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Cover me! I’m going in…
I’ve done a lot of book covers over the years, and had a lot of fun doing it. I’m not quitting, just celebrating some recent releases. Most recent is Kal Sprigg’s latest. Valor’s Inheritance was a different challenge for me. It’s the latest release in a long-running series, so I needed to fit the series…
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Covering the East Witch
Art is easy. Design is hard. In a book cover, I have to capture the entire thing – and that’s not a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s more like the picture is a hundred thousand words. Oddly enough, it’s easier to do client covers. I can detach, step back, pull up comps…
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Hey, Look!
one of my covers in the wild! Amie Gibbons has a new series, and she brought me onboard her team to create the cover. I’m pretty pleased with how it came out. The book looks good, too! Hah! You should go check it out on Amazon. Scorpions of the Deep is Urban Fantasy with…
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Cover Reveal!
I’m rather excited about this. It’s been a long, busy year, and I’d begun to wonder if I’d be able to release anything significant this year. Well, as I’m wrapping up Lab Gremlins, it’s looking like it will have a Halloween publication date. Only… There’s more to a book than the words which make up…
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Books ‘n Stuff
Not my books. But the covers are my work, and the books are pretty good if I do say so. You should check them out! Shikari by Alma Boykin Adventure! Exploration! Martinus the m-dog! Lost cities and conspiracies! Strange creatures! And homework. Shikhari, the most-distant human colony world, home to the Staré and Auriga “Rigi”…
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Book Covers and Designs
It’s been a busy month for me, in the graphic design department. I’ve had the pleasure of creating several book covers, in different genres, for clients. I always enjoy this sort of work, from the research into the specific genre covers so I’m sure my work best suits the marketplace, to matching up with author…
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LibertyCon 28 AAR
I have covered some of this in previous posts, so you know that we arrived on Thursday at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. We arrived at noon, intending to link up with the rest of the wedding party participants but with missed communications instead spent some wonderful time hanging out Jonna Hayden (thank you so much for…
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Covers and Writing
My #indiepublishing how-to contribution over at Mad Genius Club today is covers, specifically how to judge, find, and use art suitable for an ebook cover (planning ahead for print, as well). Although this is a topic I’ve covered a few times (heh) this year, we continue to get questions about it, so I’ve done it…
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Creating a Romance Cover
As I’m finishing up with tweaks and additions to Farmhand, it’s time to face the other big chore that goes under my Publisher’s Hat (for this book, a ten-gallon stetson I think). I’m putting a cover together. Designing a cover for any genre takes many things and rolls them all up into one 4500×2800 pixel…