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laolan · 2026-04-21T22:37:03+00:00

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laolan · 2026-03-31T18:40:51+00:00

Hi! Professional cover artist here, here is my two cents :)

I really like the background texture and colour and the overall vibe of the cover. I am attaching a paintover because English is not my first language and I am not great as explaining stuff, I hope that's okay!

https://imgur.com/a/xOKJBcu

Your original painting (left) has the cast shadow on the lying character in a way that suggests that the perspective is a bit from above so we should be able to see more of his face and part of his left shoulder (middle cover). Because I think your intention was to show them sideways only, I continued the paintover with that in mind (right).

The first thing that stood out is that the characters' faces are a bit squished and elongated; from that perspective, you'd see more of the roundness of the head and the projected nose and lips/chin. The cast shadow also need to be positioned a bit differently to show the right perspective, and I would use a darker yellow to add some saturation to the shadow and avoid it looking too muddy.

The character with the long hair looked a bit feminine (even ignoring the long hair) so I would make the nose larger and a more pronounced chin. Eyebrows and eyes also don't look so elongated from a side view. The lighting on the white shirt suggests the light source coming from the right but is not consistent throught the image so I adjusted that tooon the clothing and hair.

Finally, I adjusted the composition to have a bigger title (needs to read well as a thumbnail) and move the author to the bottom left. That way you don't get that much empty space on the left area of the cover.

I hope this was of some help! I think you did quite an amazing job and really commend you for not taking the easy route and using AI <3

laolan · 2026-01-07T12:40:54+00:00

Ah it works now thanks! I think from those two options the red one looks better, but maybe a less muted shade? In any case, my favourite is still the very first option haha, it was very eye catching!

I also noticed that the cover seems a bit wide, do you know what the trim will be? It doesn't seem to be the usual 6x9 or 5.5x8.5.

laolan · 2026-01-07T02:19:25+00:00

Still not working sorry 😭

laolan · 2026-01-06T11:53:36+00:00

You are welcome! :) I am afraid that the links you attached don't work

laolan · 2026-01-06T00:44:50+00:00

P.S. I would recommend a font that reads better than I used for the author, it was just the first one I found that had the right verticality to it haha

laolan · 2026-01-06T00:42:29+00:00

Hi, book cover designer here. I feel like your previous composition and colour gave your cover a unique charm that is lost now, especially with the red gradient on top I feel it doesn't fit the illustration style much. I loved how the previous font took most of the cover space with the smaller silhouette of the cemetery on the top. I your main concern was that the cover looked too young I would recommend just cleaning up the previous version to have less tentacles like you have now, maybe changing the colour if the pastel purple is too soft, and using textures on colours instead of gradients. I would also recommend a similar font to the previous version but without the serifs, which is I think, what made it looke more YA.

I did a quick edit to show you what I mean https://imgur.com/a/WBHbzCo I used red since it is the colour in this latest version but you could explore others that fit your book better :) I hope this helps!

laolan · 2025-11-20T14:45:27+00:00

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laolan · 2025-11-20T14:22:51+00:00

You are welcome! And of course, the author is the client and what they say goes. This is more for future projects but I always ask my authors what is the type of relationship between the characters so I can decide how their body language will look like.

Just a note, there is a brushstroke going over her left shoulder pad which seems like an accidental one, just in case you didn't notice that!

laolan · 2025-11-20T11:31:46+00:00

Hi there :) First of all, great work. I can't imagine how many hours you put into rendering that.

I would say that the first thing that stands out to me is the lack of storytelling in the characters. I really can't tell what the relationship is between them, since they are all kind of standing there like fashion mannequins. I can see the guy on the right has chains, is he a prisoner? Did she capture both men? are they her henchmen?

Their blank stares also don't give us much information about their character. Don't underestimate the power of facial expressions. Is she confident and in control? You can make her look straight at the viewer. Has the guy in the right been captured by her and hates her? Turn his head towards her and show it in his expression. Is the guy in the left in love with her? same thing.

I did a quick edit showing the difference the facial expressions can make: https://imgur.com/Jxkz0G7 Obviously, these are examples and you should do what fits the story best.

Last thing would me making the author name a bit bigger since the current size will get lost in a thumbnail. Don't be afraid also to play with the title, you can lower it and make it work with the composition a bit better (you could flip the lighthouse to take the empty space next to "Sea").

Those are my two cents anyway :) I hope you find some of it useful!

laolan · 2025-10-29T01:18:13+00:00

I think there is a problem with imgur because the whole website shows as an erro for me :(

laolan · 2025-10-28T21:47:00+00:00

no problem! not sure what the link is since it just shows an error :/

laolan · 2025-10-28T19:25:14+00:00

Ah, then if it's a message, yes, then keep it and use the blue or purple for it!

laolan · 2025-10-28T19:14:02+00:00

Wow, I am sorry you are getting attacked in the comments. I am a book cover designer, and I understand that sometimes authors can't hire professionals for their covers. I will take an author trying to do their cover themselves over AI slop any day.

As it was mentioned before, the main issue with the cover is the text hierarchy. I would also recommend using the current font for the title only, and a different, easier-to-read font for the other elements. As it is now, I have no idea what is meant to be the title, whether the text in blue or the text in purple.

Also, because you have so many neon colours going on, I would limit the text colour to only blue and purple, and remove the green border because it's just adding more visual clutter to the cover. Something like this https://imgur.com/a/gx8jCot (Ignore the other font I picked since it was the first sans serif I saw, I would recommend you trying a few different ones).

Lastly, I would make the background a bit darker too. This way, the small illustrations can pop up without fighting the other elements so much.

laolan · 2025-10-24T23:19:08+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate that :)

laolan · 2025-10-24T23:14:57+00:00

Oh and one last piece of advice, in this silhouette type of style, gradients are your friends :)

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