I need idea help

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perhaps consider doing something like this? It's the rock from hearthstone and Wow. The point I'm trying to make is: If you want to make it look like it's engraved in rock, why not have an actual rock on the cover, with an engravement?

 

Yeah, I thought about that too. There are different shades and types of stone you can use though.

 

What if the runes were polished gemstone embedded in the rock? It might work well with the theme of the covers (I really like the metal bands in the third book).

Alternately, if the symbol is an "Air" symbol, what if the markings were actually hollow and looked through the stone - into sky, space, etc. Would also fit well with your idea of a tunnel or passage.

 

Hi,

I like the idea of continuing a theme of rock drawings / sculptures. My thought is that since the first one is out the other three need to follow it more closely. At present they don't do that well enough. I'd suggest redoing all of them so that the symbols are all etchings coming out of the rock simply for thematic continuance with the first one. Then since you obviously want to add colour to them to make them stand out, perhaps a glow.

I also see an issue with the fonts. They vary in size a little bit (and the T in Isto almost looks like a capital). Can you redo the titles so that they're all two words with the top one in the more compressed font?

Hope that helps,

Cheers, Greg.

 

I think the problem might be the coloring of the last one. The third has the same issue to some extent.

Number one and two have natural colors. Greens (plants), oranges, yellows (fire). The other two and especially the last one have a lot more white and even black. The lines are also a lot more fluent instead of jagged. I think it kind of breaks up the feel of the other two.

So that would my suggestion be: change up the colors. The last on's supposed to be air right? You can use blues, or you could borrow colors from sundown/up or you could even go for the special colors that you sometimes see before heavy storms (I remember once seeing grey green clouds, it was ****ing awesome). The third one I'm not sure what it's supposed to be, so I can't really link it to any particular colors.

 

I thought the second one was fire. Or are there two?

Something else stands out now. The overlapping circles give an impression of depth that the other designs didn't.

 

What if you just change the cracks in the stone to purple, and leave the rest as is? Purple and gray look good together.

 

Instead of sky, what if you made the swirls grooves in the stone and filled them with water? Then maybe you could have the sky as a reflection if you wanted to go that far. But I think water would be a good choice. And it would complement the elemental theme. You could even reverse the pattern and have the symbol in stone and surrounded by water, just peeking through the surface. Having the symbol partially submerged might give you that illusion of depth and separation you want.

 

the depth perception makes it feel more modern to me

 

No problem. If water doesn't fit with the book, perhaps you could use sand or dust for Harbinger instead, with the symbol peeking through. The symbol reminds me of a cyclone, and when I think cyclone I often think of sand and dust. I'd definitely suggest considering the water-based alternate for Isto since its symbol looks like a crashing wave. And if you do go with it, then perhaps you could use the fire theme for Harbinger if the sand idea doesn't work out.

 

I love your cover designs. I prefer the black on the stone instead of the sky. When I look at the cove I see the swirl above the stone, not cut out of it. It is a little confusing to have the stone cut out to show sky, but it is also making what looks like a shadow. Is the grey one a shadow or is it three swirls of different shades in the air above the stone? If you want colour perhaps a type of granite or marble could be used for the stone.