So... the cover I made for my somwhat spicy fantasy space opera?

[lambenttyto]

What are your thoughts? I really want some ships, but... I don't have any ships...

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Hard to read.

 

[tiaf]

Search on some free stock sites for a space ship. (Hiclipart)

Also, too many different fonts. Stick to two I would say.

 

[Echimera]

It's a bit hard to talk about ships if we don't know any characters though.
Obviously there is the Lady Commander, Ava Ryder if I managed to read that right, but how could I decide who her girlfriend should be if I don't have any names, let alone backstory and characterization.

 

[NotaNuffian]

I read AVA as DVD.

 

[Deleted member 80680]

I read AVA as DVD.

Aren't you old.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Aren't you old.

Already a bloody wizard.

It also helps that I am poor.

 

[N0xiety]

Incompatible fonts muddies the first impression. One feels like it's out of a Disney fantasy, the other from Tron or something. Well, maybe that's intentional and in line with the impression you want to convey idk. Even so, why is AVA written as aVa? Threw me off for a second o_O

If i have to give an advice, i would say it's a mistake to try to fill all the available space on the cover with text. Check out the covers of the highest ranked novels. The cover needs to be attention catching more than anything else, the title on it is secondary. With webnovels people don't have to read the title on the tiny cover after all. Cover catches the first attention, and then the information the title provides about the overall premise of the novel cements the interest for someone to click and check out the synopsis etc.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

What are your thoughts? I really want some ships, but... I don't have any ships...

I think you need to make your 'A Fantasy Space Opera' part smaller and the name of your character bigger. Better yet, remove that 'opera' thing and show it in your chapters instead.

Also, I agree with other suggestions to use a single font.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

What are your thoughts? I really want some ships, but... I don't have any ships...

Commander DvD

 

[Echimera]

Oh, since we're all focusing on the text here, I'd like to add that I like the image itself.

 

[lambenttyto]

Incompatible fonts muddies the first impression. One feels like it's out of a Disney fantasy, the other from Tron or something. Well, maybe that's intentional and in line with the impression you want to convey idk. Even so, why is AVA written as aVa? Threw me off for a second o_O

Well, I'm going for a mix of space opera and fantasy, so I'm trying to convey that in the title text. I'm reworking the cover a bit with some different options to also make the middle more readable.

Commander DvD

That might make a great comedy! lol

 

[N0xiety]

Well, I'm going for a mix of space opera and fantasy, so I'm trying to convey that in the title text. I'm reworking the cover a bit with some different options to also make the middle more readable.

Hmm, just don't forget that the cover will be tiny when people first stumble upon it on the site. I would say take a random screenshot of the site and replace one of the novels cover with yours just to see how it looks.

 

[Bartun]

I'm sure your cover is ok, nothing spicy there. To be honest, I barely noticed the woman in the background, and what little can be seen is pretty mild I guess.

 

[Deleted member 80680]

Already a bloody wizard.

It also helps that I am poor.

Just not be poor scrub.

 

[tiaf]

I'm sure your cover is ok, nothing spicy there. To be honest, I barely noticed the woman in the background, and what little can be seen is pretty mild I guess.

I thought it was just some random light. Took me a while to make out the woman shape.

 

[Wohendum]

What are your thoughts? I really want some ships, but... I don't have any ships...

I read AVA as DVD.

I also read it as DVD. Still don't see AVA. I only know its supposed to be "AVA" because NotaNuffian said so.

 

[georgelee5786]

I read AVA as DVD.

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who did that

What are your thoughts? I really want some ships, but... I don't have any ships...

make the words a bit smaller and only use one font, and it'd look great imo

 

[lambenttyto]

Still a work in progress, but I think it's getting better?

 

[RepresentingCaution]

What are your ships going to be for? Exploration? Trade? War? The design of your ship should depend on its purpose.