The Concept: Avoiding Cliche and Being Too Literal << See Part One When the cover artist provides initial mockups for a project, they are creating a concept for that particular book cover. As the artist has usually not read the book, this relies heavily on a very good synopsis and information from the author or …
A great cover is essential to selling any book. I admit that I make a large part of my decision to purchase a book based on the cover art, unless it is one of my must-read authors. Actually, even then. There is an author that I have loved for years who just came out with …
Latest project: cover for a YA novel called Born in Flames by Candace Knoebel. Check it out here – the synopsis of the book sounds very interesting! This was a fun project to work on.
Well, the book seems to be stuck with the working title, as I’ve got absolutely nothing else. Title fail. Below are two covers that I have been thinking about, one more literal and one a bit more simple/abstract. The story is (without giving away what it’s a retelling of) an it-happened-all-in-one-night mad chase through various …
