|
Users viewing this topic:
none
|
|
|
[Poll]
|
Book cover poll (The Spanking Room)
|
| Cover 1 |
|
| Cover 2 |
|
| I like them both |
|
| I hate both of them |
|
Total Votes : 13
|
(last vote on : 6/17/2008 12:48:18 AM)
(Poll will run till: -- )
|
|
Login  | |
|
Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/22/2008 11:34:51 AM
|
|
|
WilliamCoburn
Posts: 14
Joined: 5/6/2008
Status: offline
|
Please vote for the cover that you feel best fits my book:
The Spanking Room: A Child’s Eye View of the Jehovah’s Witnesses
My goal is simple: To have a cover and title that tells the reader all of the following:
This is a true story of what it was like to grow up as a Jehovah’s Witness with…
A father who says “Jesus is the only way to Salvation”
A mother who says “The Watchtower Society is the only way to Salvation”
And a scared little boy caught in between…
Cover 1
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/kinghuge101/Cover1.jpg
[IMG]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/kinghuge101/Cover1.jpg[/IMG]
Cover 2
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/kinghuge101/Cover2.jpg
[IMG]http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/kinghuge101/Cover2.jpg[/IMG]
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/22/2008 11:43:02 AM
|
|
|
DenimDiva
Posts: 5964
Status: offline
|
They are both good, but I like the second one a little bit more.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/22/2008 1:30:10 PM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2721
Status: offline
|
I like the first one much better 
_____________________________
~For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/22/2008 4:40:13 PM
|
|
|
DenimDiva
Posts: 5964
Status: offline
|
Grass Valley is pretty...... or at least it was when I last visited there about 25 years ago.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/22/2008 6:29:40 PM
|
|
|
techne
Posts: 537
Joined: 4/12/2005
Status: offline
|
i voted #2
the image has has more resonance for me - child, secrets, closed doors (an adult world), door-to-door witnessing, boundaries/ trangressions, spying/ overhearing, and the eye could be a child's but it doesn't have to be a child's eye...
i also think the text sits better -- putting the text in the column on the first one feels a little forced to me (though i'm not a big fan of how the author's name sits - the burgundy with the white blocks - leave it simple)
_____________________________
And when people cease to believe that there is good and evil
Only beauty will call to them and save them
So that they still know how to say: this is true and that is false.
One more day by Czeslaw Milosz
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/30/2008 3:51:29 PM
|
|
|
Locke
Posts: 283
Joined: 6/10/2005
Status: offline
|
I'm a #1 fan myself - it's far less cliche than #2. As a graphic designer (and amateur typographer), i'd advise enlarging both the author's name and the title, and possibly stacking it kind of like the text on the left side. See how that works for you. The photo is perfectly dramatic, and the topic is a VERY good one.
Good job!
_____________________________
View my blog and find links to my writing, graphic design, an online game and more! Click here!!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/30/2008 4:00:27 PM
|
|
|
Locke
Posts: 283
Joined: 6/10/2005
Status: offline
|
nm - changed my mind. Sizes of text are good, maybe even layout - but not placement. The "S" in the title needs to line up with the door frame, and the author's name needs to be vertically centered with the "box" that the door makes around it. I think that should do it for you.
_____________________________
View my blog and find links to my writing, graphic design, an online game and more! Click here!!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/30/2008 5:00:25 PM
|
|
|
CherishedbyGod
Posts: 2721
Status: offline
|
It's a tie now 
_____________________________
~For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 5/31/2008 5:20:07 PM
|
|
|
WilliamCoburn
Posts: 14
Joined: 5/6/2008
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: Locke
nm - changed my mind. Sizes of text are good, maybe even layout - but not placement. The "S" in the title needs to line up with the door frame, and the author's name needs to be vertically centered with the "box" that the door makes around it. I think that should do it for you.
Thanks for the input!
< Message edited by WilliamCoburn -- 5/31/2008 5:28:52 PM >
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 6/1/2008 9:29:38 AM
|
|
|
rainbowtvp
Posts: 1051
Joined: 4/21/2005
From: The Unted State of Confusion
Status: offline
|
I voted, but unless you are 1) self-publishing and 2) finished writing, I don't think designing a book cover is a good use of time...
If you are planning to find a publisher, they will choose the cover; if you aren't finsihed writing, you should be focusing your time/attention there!
Now... if you are both done and planning to self-publish... then I like #1 and agree with Locke's recommendation to try some different layouts with the lettering. You might even just try moving the text to the right slightly so the words are on the flat part of the door only and having THE on its on line and SPANKING ROOM on the next line.
Tara P
_____________________________
http://www.geocities.com/hallscola67/KyliesHomemadeShopIndex.htm
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 6/1/2008 5:11:01 PM
|
|
|
techne
Posts: 537
Joined: 4/12/2005
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: Locke
I'm a #1 fan myself - it's far less cliche than #2.
well, let's be fair -- both images could be considered somewhat cliche. the title and content are difficult to illustrate with more straightforward images. then again, more tangential and abstractly associative images may not fly with whatever demographic you're pursuing. i know this may be a bit of a cliche in itself, but you may want to look at what someone like chip kidd does with material like that. i still prefer #2 - it's more ambiguous as to whether the eye is a child's (who's looking at whom?) and the text is more straightforward and less problematic as far as placing. i still don't understand what's happening with the boxes around the author's name.
i would also have to agree with the comment about how this is being published. if you're self-publishing it's one thing, but if someone else is publishing then they will have someone design the cover for you (and hopefully you will get the opportunity for input).
_____________________________
And when people cease to believe that there is good and evil
Only beauty will call to them and save them
So that they still know how to say: this is true and that is false.
One more day by Czeslaw Milosz
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 6/6/2008 12:28:19 AM
|
|
|
trinigirl722
Posts: 361
Joined: 4/8/2007
From: Dallas, TX
Status: offline
|
I voted for #2 because I think it looks more like a nonfiction cover.
If it were just a matter of which piece of art I like more, I would pick #1 because it's intriguing. However, since it looks mysterious it gives the impression of being the cover for a fiction book--maybe a mystery or a thriller--so considering the topic I'd say #2 is more appropriate.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 6/6/2008 11:53:27 AM
|
|
|
1love1God1way
Posts: 1999
Joined: 5/16/2005
Status: offline
|
I voted number 1.
As far as images though, I think the child's face conveys more emotion than some obscure eyeball.
And the text on number 1 is much better.
_____________________________
-Ben-
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Book cover poll (The Spanking Room) - 6/6/2008 10:27:20 PM
|
|
|
trinigirl722
Posts: 361
Joined: 4/8/2007
From: Dallas, TX
Status: offline
|
I guess #1 is more intriguing. If I were browsing in a bookstore I would pick up #1 quicker than #2.
But regardless of which one you use, you need to hyphenate "Child's-Eye," especially on #1 where "Child's" and "Eye" fall on different lines.
|
|
|
|
 New Messages |
 No New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
 Locked w/ New Messages |
 Locked w/o New Messages |
|
 Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts |
|
|
Forum Tools
Printable Version
