1st Cover Design--opinions please?

Calle Jay · Feb 3, 2012

I'm going to self-pub my romantic suspense in April and am designing many, many possible covers. Part of the story takes place in the woods. Here's the first try at a cover (I'm a graphic designer and have done some covers before). What do you all think? (I've tried to make the image a bit smaller, but my computer is freezing up randomly at the moment...)

veinglory · Feb 3, 2012

Pretty good but I think you could bump up the brightness and contrast just a tad. The font is the major focus point, but the face (esp. eyes) should be more than a background too--they should also function as a design element.

Gale Haut · Feb 3, 2012

It's a romance without a naked torso on the cover... Is that wise?

Calle Jay · Feb 3, 2012

LOL. It's a romantic suspense.

So bump up the brightness/contrast and make the eyes more of a focal point?

Sam K. · Feb 3, 2012

This is good but I'd suggest making the font smaller - right now looking at it makes me feel like I'm being punched in the face with the author's name.

Also, for the shadow on the title, perhaps move the shadow closer to the word. Right now it looks a little off.

Gale Haut · Feb 3, 2012

It bothers me that the cover is so gray. Couldn't you at least color the eyes. That would also bring a lot more focus to the eyes.

Calle Jay · Feb 6, 2012

Thanks everybody! I'm going to try a few more things, and I'm not publishing until April, so I'll probably try a few things before now and then.

1st Cover Design--opinions please?

Calle Jay

Romance Novelist & Freelance Editor

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Gale Haut

waxing digital artistic

Calle Jay

Romance Novelist & Freelance Editor

Sam K.

Gale Haut

waxing digital artistic

Calle Jay

Romance Novelist & Freelance Editor