http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/project-focus-book-cover-design-for-the-spirit-of-the-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-focus-book-cover-design-for-the-spirit-of-the-river Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/project-focus-book-cover-design-for-the-spirit-of-the-river/#comment-469 admin Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:43:43 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=320#comment-469 Betty, thanks for looking. I didn't think of combining the rough typewriter type with that first river shot, which I really liked. Hmm. Might work. These covers are so much fun to do, it's almost like not working. Hope you're having a good holiday, Betty. Betty, thanks for looking. I didn’t think of combining the rough typewriter type with that first river shot, which I really liked. Hmm. Might work. These covers are so much fun to do, it’s almost like not working. Hope you’re having a good holiday, Betty.

]]> http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/12/project-focus-book-cover-design-for-the-spirit-of-the-river/#comment-467 betty ming liu Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:19 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=320#comment-467 I like the photo in the first take. All that roiling water looks alive; lots of dangerous personality --- esp with the fallen branch in the background. Like the type layout too. But I also like your distressed typewriter font. Wonder how that would look on your first cover? You're right about the ones with color -- too festive. And the water is too calm! Thanks for posting. Fun to look at your visual process. I like the photo in the first take. All that roiling water looks alive; lots of dangerous personality — esp with the fallen branch in the background. Like the type layout too. But I also like your distressed typewriter font. Wonder how that would look on your first cover? You’re right about the ones with color — too festive. And the water is too calm! Thanks for posting. Fun to look at your visual process.

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