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NEWEDIT - Changed it a bit more, hopefully it's better; also made the watermark smaller so you're able to see the cover better.
Need some criticism
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ShoCkeyy
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OLD NEWEDIT - Changed it a bit more, hopefully it's better; also made the watermark smaller so you're able to see the cover better. | ||
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Abductedonut
United States324 Posts
Also, I think there are some grammatical errors like "The teen who refianced HIS mom's mortgage..." | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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HawaiianPig
Canada5155 Posts
The black text looks a bit out of place though. On top of the yellow area, try a very dark yellow rather than a pure black. For the text at the top try a really dark purple, or the same purple as the rest of the text at the top. For the photo, I'm not a fan of outer glow there, it's too pronounced. Maybe soften it by greatly increasing its size, darkening it and lowering its spread. The photo itself could use some adjustments. Maybe play with the color curves to adjust the light/dark balance/ These are small things that are honestly just personal preferences of mine. | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
Overall, while it looks fine if I saw this on a rack at a bookstore or while flipping pages on Amazon, I would not stop to give it another look because it looks like what it is and I would never get this book. There is really nothing wrong with your design, just the content as a whole. Also, yeah, there are a couple grammatical errors you might want to check on. Keep it up though! It seems like a good try for your first book cover. | ||
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jrkirby
United States1510 Posts
On the other hand, the graphic design (the part which you had the most influence over) looks fine. Page composition, color theme, gradients, etc. is fine. Only criticism is I cant read the word over the image. Oh wait it doesn't actually say "SHOCKING" does it. it's like "SHOCKEYY?" I can't tell. Is that the name of the author? | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
On January 13 2012 16:39 jrkirby wrote: It looks like a magazine ad. That said, a lot of self-help books look like magazine ads. Obviously since the wording is what the author wants, give him what he wants. That looks like it's what the author wants, but it's not a cover that would interest me. Personally anything like that having "SHOCKING" written on it is an immediate turn off. On the other hand, the graphic design (the part which you had the most influence over) looks fine. Page composition, color theme, gradients, etc. is fine. Only criticism is I cant read the word over the image. Oh wait it doesn't actually say "SHOCKING" does it. it's like "SHOCKEYY?" I can't tell. Is that the name of the author? I think it is his watermark. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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nekoconeco
Australia359 Posts
For example these are the specs for a full page ad in Harper's Bazaar FPC: Bleed - 307 x 225mm, Trim - 297 x 215mm, Type - 277 x 195mm In this case you shouldn't place text outside of the Type area (so all type should be within a 10mm margin). As for the design it looks ok to me (the kind of job I would try to get done asap and then move on). | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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On January 13 2012 16:54 nekoconeco wrote: You should ask your printer what specs they require because I am sure they will want bleed and have a specified safe area for type. For example these are the specs for a full page ad in Harper's Bazaar FPC: Bleed - 307 x 225mm, Trim - 297 x 215mm, Type - 277 x 195mm In this case you shouldn't place text outside of the Type area (so all type should be within a 10mm margin). As for the design it looks ok to me (the kind of job I would try to get done asap and then move on). Yea, they haven't told me bleed specs yet. I should of asked before hand. | ||
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TheLOLas
United States646 Posts
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On January 13 2012 16:32 HawaiianPig wrote: Overall, it's a pretty nice design. Your choice of fonts are good. The colour scheme for the upper portion is nice. The black text looks a bit out of place though. On top of the yellow area, try a very dark yellow rather than a pure black. For the text at the top try a really dark purple, or the same purple as the rest of the text at the top. For the photo, I'm not a fan of outer glow there, it's too pronounced. Maybe soften it by greatly increasing its size, darkening it and lowering its spread. The photo itself could use some adjustments. Maybe play with the color curves to adjust the light/dark balance/ These are small things that are honestly just personal preferences of mine. While I agree with most of what you said. Dark yellow on top of yellow isn't a very good idea based on the color alone. It needs a little more contrast as it blends in. I don't know why there isn't any green considering he's talking about finance and credit. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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On January 13 2012 23:10 Sufficiency wrote: I think those 4 sentences needs to be in point-form (say with checkmarks) or something. It was awfully difficult to parse. Yea, I had the checkmarks, but they look so tacky, every book has had them. I'm trying to come up with a different idea. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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On January 14 2012 00:15 StarStruck wrote: While I agree with most of what you said. Dark yellow on top of yellow isn't a very good idea based on the color alone. It needs a little more contrast as it blends in. I don't know why there isn't any green considering he's talking about finance and credit. If you notice, the color scheme goes well with their clothing, I thought about putting green, but it would be so off, I can do maybe green marks to lay out what the book is going to help, but if you really think about it, Gold usually stands for money while purple stands for power. | ||
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StarStruck
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On January 14 2012 00:20 ShoCkeyy wrote: If you notice, the color scheme goes well with their clothing, I thought about putting green, but it would be so off, I can do maybe green marks to lay out what the book is going to help, but if you really think about it, Gold usually stands for money while purple stands for power. True, I was trying to figure out a way around the yellow on yellow idea. | ||
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
The image is incredibly goofy. I'd remove it alltogether and instead have a half-page water-marked page of numbers on the entire yellow segment of the cover, with the numbers pale gray. The number page would be more solid on the rightmost side, while mostly transparent on the left side, under the text. | ||
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Tortious_Tortoise
United States944 Posts
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
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StarStruck
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On January 14 2012 02:07 Dagobert wrote: Question: What does the photo have to do with the actual topic? My take, it's representing him with his Mom. Notice the text right above it. On January 14 2012 02:25 Starparty wrote: id remove the capital letter on each word. Its incorrect and give an unserious appearence In the quotations, aye. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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@ Starparty, yea, I will do that soon. Thanks you guys, it's been really helpful, as I can see a lot of people liked the overall design, just a lot of errors with text wise. Makes me pretty glad since this is my first book cover haha. I will upload the second rough draft once I am done with it. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On January 14 2012 00:18 ShoCkeyy wrote: Yea, I had the checkmarks, but they look so tacky, every book has had them. I'm trying to come up with a different idea. OK well you need something smarter then. | ||
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