Please share advice for my ebook cover? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960 Lisa.Vail I just finished making the cover for Moon's Insanity, which will be a free Kindle download. I made it on Paint.net, using a photo I had taken and editing the moon into it, messing with the lighting and adding text. But I could really do with knowing whether or not it's any good. Could any artisans recommend improvements, or is this okay for a free ebook? It's my first attempt at making a cover, so it might just be terrible! Link ---- http://ljsimpkins.deviantart.com/art/Moon-s-Insanity-Cover-283662441 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:29:17 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1120311 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1120311 Lisa.Vail Oh, here's a thumbnail if it helps any ^^ <a href="http://s485.photobucket.com/albums/rr216/Leesajade/?action=view&amp;current=FotoFlexer_Photo.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr216/Leesajade/FotoFlexer_Photo.jpg" alt="Photobucket"></a> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:02:27 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1122099 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1122099 Crimml I like it. It's simple and quite striking, and for an e-book cover, it's effective ^^ I'm assuming it'll be in b&amp;w on the kindle, right? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:07:20 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1122197 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1122197 Lisa.Vail Yeah, unless someone's using the new one, then it might be in colour :) Thanks! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:55:32 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1122292 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1122292 Mistb0rn I don't know, if I saw that book cover...something about it just screams "amateur". \ If it were up to me me, I'd probably make the sky darker and the moon bright, and maybe use a different font (though typography has always been my weak point so I'm not sure what I would replace it with, just that it could use replacing.) A couple of quick examples of what I mean (just tweaked the brightness/contrast of the background, one layer darker and one brighter for the moon; I didn't do anything with the words) <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6845758059_f9e16d14ca_m.jpg"> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:46:26 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1125877 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1125877 Lisa.Vail Thanks! The edits look really nice, but I'm worried that the sky is too dark, which makes the trees hard to see. My idea was to make the moon look a natural part of the picture, so I didn't want to add that much contrast... but I do agree! If I darken the sky a little and make the moon glow more, it might stand out better! What a great idea! About the font, I'll be honest, I just flicked through until I came across this one. Out of my (limited) number of fonts, this was probably the only one that wasn't curly and reminiscent of calligraphy. What great ideas! :D Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:52:50 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1126031 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1126031 Darkenedavo I'd move the words away from the edges and corners. And geez not a fan of that font, mainly that ' (I can't spell today). Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:30:13 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144310 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144310 Juanitaaa I'd recommend going on dafont.com, there's a lot of free fonts on there which are nicer than what you've got. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:50:05 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1151283 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-artisans/threads/49960?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1151283