As if I hadn’t already asked enough of you…here is another book cover design. After assessing the comments from the previous cover design post, I feel this comprises elements from both. Below is a reminder of the two previous images.
If you have any thoughts, I would love to hear them. Thank you and enjoy your day.
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I love this new one. Best of the three in my opinion.
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Thank you, Anna!
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The scenery and coloring look more like the photograph while the two men resemble the painting. I think it really is the best of both worlds! I love that it becomes lightest in the middle of the cover, which, to me, resembles the light falling through the trees in the photo.
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I hadn’t really noticed the lightness in the center but now that you mention it, it really draws your eye to the center and main characters that tend to draw you in making you want to know more.
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I agree, it definitely makes you want to pick up the book and find out more.
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Sarah Louise, thank you very much for your comments. I agree about the light. My intention was to create an element of mystery; what adventures lie beyond that light? Perhaps it will entice people in.
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I like your new (3rd version) the best. The boys are walking not just looking off in the distance. It’s simple yet intriquing. This is the only one that if I saw it in a store, would pick it up to see what it’s about.
Good luck with whatever your decision and I look forward to seeing and reading the finished product.
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I agree. I like the photo with the sketch of the two guys walking on the subtitle. It seems lighter, more intriguing. I feel like the newest one seems a little “dark”/spooky–almost like a thriller rather than an “adventure”.
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Thank you, Veronica. Perhaps I can add a little colour to the design…I get back to work on it!
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Paula, thank you for your thoughts 🙂
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Looks good, the only thing I would change (because I’m a graphic designer nerd) is the title, it seems to get lost in the darkness, maybe move it down some and do something to make it stand out a little more 🙂
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That’s a great tip, I’ll get experimenting. Thank you 🙂
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I also think it needs more colour. Too monotone, drab actually.
And I would like to see the vista back.
all the best
Kathie
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Thank you, Kathie. I’ll try and work a bit of colour into it – some flowers and leaves perhaps – and see what it turns out like.
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Love, it really does take the best of both.
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LOL, I can see why you are asking your fellow bloggers for help; ’cause you are making it too hard for yourself :). They are all such great options, and I originally thought the photo was the only way to go, but now, your new picture is beautiful and captures the same sense of mystery as the photo, but on a more personal level. So I have to say your new picture wins – until you present us with another option! 🙂 Leah
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🙂 I know, I feel the same, but it’s quite addictive once you get making them!
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This newest one is my pick. You combined both of the best parts of the previous two into one, and I feel like I’m going on the journey with the characters. Also, the title you settled on is great, Daniel!
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Thank you for you thoughts Kelsey 🙂
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I agree with moving the title down.
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This is the one.
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Thanks James! Unfortunately I have produced yet another design, this time with more colour. The search for a front cover goes on…
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Have you seen ‘The Mist’? Doesn’t end well. So (and I’m going to be bold here) chuck this design out the window 😉 too depressing and I think your journey was a positive one!
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Thank you for your honesty. Now is the time to be bold! I just looked up ‘The Mist’, as I hadn’t seen it, and see what you mean. Yes, I think it needs colour. I have produced ANOTHER cover, this time with colour, which I may pop on some time soon. 🙂
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I love the new cover image. It feels like it represents your daily drawings more, especially the coloring and the minimalistic style. What I also like about the new one is that the walkers look curious and engaged within the scene rather than seeing being outside of it.
I also really like the colorful one from before, but I think it’s because it’s more reminiscent of my own style rather than your style. 😉
❤️❤️❤️ The cover!
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Lovely feedback, thank you. Several of the other readers agreed that the design required a little more colour. Thus, I have just posted another piece; it includes the same assets that you just stated, but with a little more colour. Yes, the colourful one from before is certainly reminiscent of your style!
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[…] considered your comments from the previous posts – Cover design and Cover design – an amalgamation experiment – I have now come up with this knew front cover design for A Walk to the […]
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