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What do you think of my puzzle book cover?
What do you think of my puzzle book cover?
I'm about to publish this (I'm a "micro-publisher", a term I just made up, because "self-publisher" sounds so ... you know). Front cover and spine designed completely in Inkscape. I'm not including the back cover here because it's just a plain orange rectangle, haha! I did that design in Scribus because there is a fair amount of text. It should be available on Amazon before the end of summer... hopefully sooner, but I've learned that in self-publishing (I mean, micro-publishing), EVERYTHING takes longer than you expect it to. EVERYTHING.
Re: What do you think of my puzzle book cover?
What I like:
- The letters stacked over each other
- The layout/arrangement of things
What I'd do differently:
- I'd change the red-orange background because I think it doesn't fit too well with the letters stack
- The letters in the stack sometimes have strange outlines, e.g. the A left of 'Revelation', so I'd probably edit those that look a bit off
- I'd maybe try out how it looks if I scatter two or three of those cut-out letters out of their stack, into the empty area between the title and author name
- The letters stacked over each other
- The layout/arrangement of things
What I'd do differently:
- I'd change the red-orange background because I think it doesn't fit too well with the letters stack
- The letters in the stack sometimes have strange outlines, e.g. the A left of 'Revelation', so I'd probably edit those that look a bit off
- I'd maybe try out how it looks if I scatter two or three of those cut-out letters out of their stack, into the empty area between the title and author name
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Re: What do you think of my puzzle book cover?
I could easily misread the title as a "Font search revelation", according to the graphics.
Perhaps you could do the same stacking but with words instead of letters?
Perhaps you could do the same stacking but with words instead of letters?
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Espermaschine
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Re: What do you think of my puzzle book cover?
Im not sure what exactly you are asking for.
Do you want a critique ?
If so, i think there are a few things that could be improved.
I like the basic concept a lot !
On the second look, i think its a bit cluttered.
In my opinion there too many effects:
you have the layered letters AND the pattern fill effect on the title.
I would go with a basic title with a thinner stroke. Or no stroke at all and a different, more basic font.
Have you worked with a colorscheme ? Here are the colors i get:
I think some of the colors clash, like the basic red and the dark pink.
I would go with a more desaturated red for the basic red color.
You might also think about not mixing so many different fonts on the letter mix.
They are a little too playful, if you know what i mean.
I would use a mixture of more classic font, with a variation of serif and sans serif for variation.
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Do you want a critique ?
If so, i think there are a few things that could be improved.
I like the basic concept a lot !
On the second look, i think its a bit cluttered.
In my opinion there too many effects:
you have the layered letters AND the pattern fill effect on the title.
I would go with a basic title with a thinner stroke. Or no stroke at all and a different, more basic font.
Have you worked with a colorscheme ? Here are the colors i get:
I think some of the colors clash, like the basic red and the dark pink.
I would go with a more desaturated red for the basic red color.
You might also think about not mixing so many different fonts on the letter mix.
They are a little too playful, if you know what i mean.
I would use a mixture of more classic font, with a variation of serif and sans serif for variation.
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SVGIsBetterThanAI
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Re: What do you think of my puzzle book cover?
Definitely a lot to like about this. I don't have any comments besides changing the font type. I love everything besides that. Phenomenal job overall!