Ayaka Di'rutia
Troubadour
I'm moving my self-published works over to a different platform, and I've been thinking about this particular cover and I think it needs some changes. Ever since I designed it I felt the cover looked too "busy" and like I crammed everything together, but I was trying to fit all the titles and my name in. I ended up leaving it like this, but I have seriously been thinking about redoing the design.
I was wondering if my fellow scribes could offer some critique on this cover. Does it feel too busy to you? What elements would you keep or remove?
Here is a list of what's on this cover:
1. "The Chronicles of Libera" - This is the overall series name I have for several stories, standalone novels and series, in the same world. It's the same concept as Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.
2. "The Legacy Incarnate" - name of the series this particular book is in, subseries to The Chronicles of Libera.
3. "Incarnate Journey" - the name of the book.
4. Author name - I may add a design element in with it like I did with a recent cover I designed.
5. On the left side is a white, chromy design that is incorporated into the spine and the back cover, and is an element I may or may not keep.
6. On the chromy design are the roman numerals I-VII. This is because there are seven books in the series, but I'll probably delete this.
7. Also on this side is the roman numeral I, which I may or may not keep on the front, as this element is also located on the spine.
The watermark on the front is for copyright protection purposes.
I appreciate any feedback on this. I'm grateful I have a community of fantasy writers and artists I can turn to.
I was wondering if my fellow scribes could offer some critique on this cover. Does it feel too busy to you? What elements would you keep or remove?
Here is a list of what's on this cover:
1. "The Chronicles of Libera" - This is the overall series name I have for several stories, standalone novels and series, in the same world. It's the same concept as Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.
2. "The Legacy Incarnate" - name of the series this particular book is in, subseries to The Chronicles of Libera.
3. "Incarnate Journey" - the name of the book.
4. Author name - I may add a design element in with it like I did with a recent cover I designed.
5. On the left side is a white, chromy design that is incorporated into the spine and the back cover, and is an element I may or may not keep.
6. On the chromy design are the roman numerals I-VII. This is because there are seven books in the series, but I'll probably delete this.
7. Also on this side is the roman numeral I, which I may or may not keep on the front, as this element is also located on the spine.
The watermark on the front is for copyright protection purposes.
I appreciate any feedback on this. I'm grateful I have a community of fantasy writers and artists I can turn to.