Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Abundance of Covers

You may or may not know that John Green is holding a design contest for the cover of the newest edition of An Abundance of Katherines.

I've never really tried designing things before, so I tried it out and this is what I came up with.  I was hoping you could all tell me what I can do to make it better.
One concern I had was the background color - I wasn't sure which to choose.  Any ideas?
Also, does the little bit of letters next to his name look weird?  Should I cut them out and just put the name across the whole width of the bottom?
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The weird circle is my attempt at one of those annoying watermarks, so people can't steal the cover design.  PEOPLE.  It is illegal to steal this cover!

4 comments:

  1. Put his whole name across the bottom, like you said.
    And perhaps a blue background?
    It's really pretty, though :D

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  2. That looks great, I don't have any suggestions.
    Lol @ watermark.

    :D

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  3. I love the olive green color. And I also think that the letters by the name at the bottom looks cool-- if you were to make his name go all the way across the bottom, it would be too symmetrical and it would lose some charm, I think. ^___^

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  4. I like this a lot! I feel like a brighter background (such as a lighter green, a yellow, or maybe even an orange) might fit the book a bit better though. Awesome job!

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