Zero Angel
Auror
Hi guys,
I just read, what I found to be, a very helpful blog about designing book covers for the thumbnail.
THING 2. Sucessful Seduction and the Naked Truth: Rethink Cover Design for a Small, Small World | Digital Book World
At first I had only clicked because I thought it was going to be a counter-argument in a related thread (mythicscribes.com/forums/cover-design/6921-hot-not-cover-art-article.html) that would provide some good discussion, but once you get past the 50 Shades of Grey hooks, it becomes more and more useful and interesting.
It really hit home with me because I had been going the OPPOSITE direction in making the title/author name larger and larger so that it would be readable on the thumbnail--but this isn't necessary because your thumbnail is rarely viewed by itself.
I just read, what I found to be, a very helpful blog about designing book covers for the thumbnail.
THING 2. Sucessful Seduction and the Naked Truth: Rethink Cover Design for a Small, Small World | Digital Book World
At first I had only clicked because I thought it was going to be a counter-argument in a related thread (mythicscribes.com/forums/cover-design/6921-hot-not-cover-art-article.html) that would provide some good discussion, but once you get past the 50 Shades of Grey hooks, it becomes more and more useful and interesting.
It really hit home with me because I had been going the OPPOSITE direction in making the title/author name larger and larger so that it would be readable on the thumbnail--but this isn't necessary because your thumbnail is rarely viewed by itself.