tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post5101703668262982024..comments2023-07-06T09:03:00.051-05:00Comments on K. Z. Snow: Art . . and a PredictionK. Z. Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-8614560398881032692012-05-10T14:20:29.853-05:002012-05-10T14:20:29.853-05:00I've been checking in with authors whose books...I've been checking in with authors whose books I think have great covers to make sure that they've submitted those books to Elisa. I think my favorites this year so far are the cover of Hard Tail and the cover of the first Mnevermind book. Both are eye catching and DIFFERENT. :)<br /><br />I tend to dislike art by a certain artist whose initials are PR, poser art, and nearly everything from MLR.<br /><br />Something that doesn't make sense to me in the cover contest are submissions of multiple books from a series for which all of the covers are the same, with only variations of title/author and perhaps color.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-21669922866497500472012-05-10T12:38:18.643-05:002012-05-10T12:38:18.643-05:00Yeah, I know I'm a fuss-budget about this stuf...Yeah, I know I'm a fuss-budget about this stuff. A stunning cover won't get me to buy a book, but it will at least get me to stop and have a look at the blurb and excerpt. But downright crappy (in the ways you mentioned)? No stop; no look; no purchase.K. Z. Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373906799954038740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677034.post-46727942899550047072012-05-10T12:22:30.459-05:002012-05-10T12:22:30.459-05:00That one is very cool. I'm not to fussy to be ...That one is very cool. I'm not to fussy to be honest and most of the time don't pay that much attention to the cover unless it's very unusual. I'm okay with naked man titty, wolves, random images, but what I HATE, is poor quality. When it looks like someone used Paint to crop the guy out (no smooth edges, you know the shirt was flapping in the breeze but it's just chopped off), when it's blown up and blurry, photoshopped hair using the most amateur program possible, when the font sucks and is almost unreadable, more of the technical stuff. My kid can do better work than that on our low-end photoshop program. There is no excuse for a guy to be stretched or blurry, not with technology what it is. <br /><br />Oh, and well, posers are just a bad idea all around.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.com