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Thursday, Taking it Easy

I'm having a low expectations day, today. The minimum stuff from me shall be heading out, of course, but I am taking my leisure.

I've noticed that I'm a little bit frayed around the edges lately, so I'm purposely taking some time to relax.

Which I really and truly need today because I have yet another cyclone headache.

Yay.

Not.

I'm waiting for my painkillers to kick in at the moment, but I have some good news!

[Shown here: A painterly-style image of a space yacht in orbit around Jupiter. The yacht resembles an ocean-going vessel with Star Trek style warp nacelles, which are improperly placed]

I made the cover art for my All Hallows Read story, The World Will Not Miss...

There will be a promotional video, but I'm not doing any more work on this thing today.

Today, I chill.

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I can’t art. It’s obvious.

Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.

My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.

So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?

My goal is simple, but slightly “off”. Like a

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internutter: internutter: I can't art. It's obvious. Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never...

internutter:

internutter:

I can’t art. It’s obvious.

Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.

My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.

So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?

My goal is simple, but slightly “off”. Like a

Read more »

internutter: I can't art. It's obvious. Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me...

internutter:

I can’t art. It’s obvious.

Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.

My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.

So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?

My goal is simple, but slightly “off”. Like a Penguin

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I can’t art. It’s obvious. Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back. My...

I can’t art. It’s obvious.

Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.

My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.

So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?

My goal is simple, but slightly “off”

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All ready for the typography! (Aigh! I’m not ready!) Seriously, I have like 300 fonts-in-potentia to audition with my...

All ready for the typography!

(Aigh! I’m not ready!)

Seriously, I have like 300 fonts-in-potentia to audition with my way-more-aesthetic Significant Other and a slight hole in my budget.

And about 21K words to go. Plus editing.

I know there’s 170+ nice people reading my blog. If every last one of you paid ten dollars or more for One Year of Instants, I might be set [You’re exempt, recklessprudence, you’ve paid more and twice]

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Dear Artists waiting for a good word:

I have reached an embuggerance.

Basically, there’s a few artists who applied without giving me any kind of reference link. In oder to give them a fair go, I have to wait until they get back to me [or don’t - another 24 hours 9_9] with some nice samples.

Thank you all for your patience. This is a very tough decision to make. You’re all wonderful.

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Book cover wanted

theartistsmarketplace:

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What I want drawn: The setting is a rainforest-type jungle, loaded with alien plants and strange creatures that look like they belong there. Two figures are prominent. In the foreground, a scientifically-plausible anthropomorphic guinea-fowl wearing a pocketed vest and a small number of over-the-shoulder bags. Her feathers appear, from a distance, to be pale grey. Her arms are a hybrid of wings and tetradactyl(four-fingered) hands. She is clearly in a panic. [If you show the bird-person’s legs, she

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Things to be grateful for #5247985965490921… The fact that Xotxot came through with the brilliant cover on the right; so that you get...

Things to be grateful for #5247985965490921…

The fact that Xotxot came through with the brilliant cover on the right; so that you get to read a book with that cover, rather than the nasty thing on the left that I came up with.

First thing tomorrow morn, mytime, that cover is going to be in my Smashwords profile. Enjoy!

This is the shit I put together

This is the brilliance Xotxot made for me

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Phew! (pantpantpant)

I managed to bodge up a cover for my upcoming free book [Out TOMORROW!] in fantastic Suck-O-Vision care of my pathetic art skills and equally pathetic Inkscape skills.

It all stems from the concept that there’s a point in my story where my antagonist is completely covered in… things… [Spoilers] Therefore, the view plate of their helmet would be all HUD.

All I had to do was design the farging HUD.

Pain. In. The Arse.

Not doing that

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