Ideas for Covers

[WaffleIsWise]

Generally, would it be better to use a cover that grabs potential readers’ attention through being weird or flashy, or would it better to show off a cute or hot character to get people interested?

 

[foxes]

Covers themselves are not for everyone. You can fill everything with one color and write the title. Personally, I'm trying to convey an idea. If it's a social theme, there should be characters. Lots of characters. A mysterious story should have a mystery on the cover. A kind of figurative spoiler that won't be immediately clear. Any key scene from the story will do, as long as it's already written.

If your story doesn't include what's on the cover, why lure him in with it?

 

[WaffleIsWise]

Covers themselves are not for everyone. You can fill everything with one color and write the title. Personally, I'm trying to convey an idea. If it's a social theme, there should be characters. Lots of characters. A mysterious story should have a mystery on the cover. A kind of figurative spoiler that won't be immediately clear. Any key scene from the story will do, as long as it's already written.

If your story doesn't include what's on the cover, why lure him in with it?

Great point, thanks! I’ll be illustrating it myself so I’m playing around with making sure that its functional while still having fun and being interesting.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Either could work - or backfire miserably. I'd experiment with both - use one for a week or two, then switch to the other and see what happens.

 

[Masterdebater142]

Hey guys I am a digital artist, I make cover arts, scene/character illustrates and all sorts of art if anyone's looking!
These are some of my arts

 

[tiaf]

Well

Hey guys I am a digital artist, I make cover arts, scene/character illustrates and all sorts of art if anyone's looking!
These are some of my arts

Well cool, but it has nothing to do with the thread topic.

Generally, would it be better to use a cover that grabs potential readers’ attention through being weird or flashy, or would it better to show off a cute or hot character to get people interested?

depends on the story I’d say

Just like the synopsis, you’d want to showcase what your story Is about/reflect the vibe you’re going for. Having no AI cover already stands out plenty nowadays.

 

[WaffleIsWise]

Well

Well cool, but it has nothing to do with the thread topic.



depends on the story I’d say

Just like the synopsis, you’d want to showcase what your story Is about/reflect the vibe you’re going for. Having no AI cover already stands out plenty nowadays.

Yeah, no matter what I do, I want to make my art as interesting as possible.