I'm having a big giveaway for the upcoming release of Torn. Be sure to check to check out the giveaway: here.
So as you may or may not know, I've had issues with my cover art for the Trylle Trilogy. For the first cover, I used my friend Jenna Petersen, who is a part time model and ultra hottie. That's the original cover for Switched. I like her. She's pretty. But the cover didn't feel magical enough.
I went on to talk to different cover artists. The first one did really amazing fantasy work, and while I totally loved her stuff, it didn't feel right for my books.
The second cover artist I actually hired and paid for. His name is Ronnell Porter, and he does really fantastic covers. I actually don't have complaints about his work. He had a girl on the cover, and it ended up opening debates about Wendy looked like it.
So I finally decided to just make my own covers without a person on them. I purposely kept them similar to the My Blood Approves series, because I like themes. But I did a few things differently, and I tried to keep the Trylle Trilogy unique from the MBA books.
So... without further rambling.... here are the new covers:
Switched - Book #1
Torn - Book #2
Ascend - Book #3 (release date - early 2011)
So, what do you all think?
Oooh, they're super spiffy! I absolutely love the plants on each of them (most especially Ascend) and the sky backdrop is Ah-Mayy-Zing!!!
ReplyDeleteYou name also looks really great because the colours just suit so well. :)
Although I'm not entirely sold on the colour of the title text. It feels a little too close to the background colours... and although it's not hard to read, it does blend in a bit and doesn't exactly stand out.
Still, they look fantastic, and I definitely want to read them even more now!
Wow, Amanda. Those covers are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI only have one suggestion and that's to change the colour of the title of the novel. You can't really see it.
And I have to ask--how did you do it?
I agree with the previous two comments. The covers are gorgeous, but you need more contrast for the title. Maybe try black lettering, or white lettering with a black outline, or something?
ReplyDeleteNicely done, though. I love themes for series.
Omg, they're gorgeous! You did an excellent job. You MUST write a blog about the process of how you did it. Really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love the new covers.I especially like the font you used for the titles.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love that each one is different, but they all have the same theme.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the folks who have said you might want a bit more contrast around the title.
Thanks for sharing!
Love them! They are basically sex for my eyes. I can't wait to have them in real life! Great job!
ReplyDeletewow there amazing! how did you make them? by a computer software?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! You do such a good job, lady!
ReplyDeleteLove the font... I think each cover should be a different color, though, to differentiate them from each other.
ReplyDeleteI did go ahead and make the font a brighter color to make it pop more, as per your suggestions. You guys were right. It did blend in a lot.
ReplyDeleteI make them using a combination of Photshop, Paint, Word, and Vector Art. There's probably an easier way than I how I do it, but I'm learning as I go.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for having this contest!
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I think they're gorgeous!! I love the font and the color scheme is perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI prefer the covers with the girl on them, i like having a face to base the charcter on in my head, to bad Finn isnt on one...
ReplyDeleteReally LOVE your series .. very impressed > < .. and i also love the fonts for this cover ! would you tell me the name of it or did you created it yourself ?
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