12-13-2014, 03:16 AM
Hi guys, I'm producing a book cover for a family friend for her to use on kindle self publishing. It's not a paid project, just a favour and a chance for me to practice working on a real project.
I produced a page of thumbnails with different text layouts and image ideas, the author chose the one I'm posting, so the general picture in the middle and the position of the text has been set (ish, it can change but she was happy with this so far).
What I need help with is ideas to make it more polished and professional looking. The picture in the middle I will develop it more, it's just a rough so I can show her some progress.
The main problem is that it looks to me like a religious pamphlet or something. It's a book about recovery and drug / alcohol addiction. The circle of 12 people represents the 12 steps of the AA, I used a circle since it's solid for composition and kind of represents the light, inner part of the circle with a network of supporting friends which contrasts with the darkness outside of the circle.
The author wanted something uplifting, which I'm sure can be done with the right colour choices.
In a nutshell, I need help / advice about
1) Text - font, formatting (making it look more professional)
2) colours to give it an uplifting look
3) anything else anyone can say in terms of crits or advice.
Thank you!
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I produced a page of thumbnails with different text layouts and image ideas, the author chose the one I'm posting, so the general picture in the middle and the position of the text has been set (ish, it can change but she was happy with this so far).
What I need help with is ideas to make it more polished and professional looking. The picture in the middle I will develop it more, it's just a rough so I can show her some progress.
The main problem is that it looks to me like a religious pamphlet or something. It's a book about recovery and drug / alcohol addiction. The circle of 12 people represents the 12 steps of the AA, I used a circle since it's solid for composition and kind of represents the light, inner part of the circle with a network of supporting friends which contrasts with the darkness outside of the circle.
The author wanted something uplifting, which I'm sure can be done with the right colour choices.
In a nutshell, I need help / advice about
1) Text - font, formatting (making it look more professional)
2) colours to give it an uplifting look
3) anything else anyone can say in terms of crits or advice.
Thank you!