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A 4-post collection

Working with reallyautomaticphantom on some new covers for my short stories. Now up for re-marketing: Good Boy [Click the link to buy it...

Working with reallyautomaticphantom on some new covers for my short stories. Now up for re-marketing: Good Boy [Click the link to buy it now!]

He poses them in Second Life and I twiddle with the results.

There’s no text yet as I twiddle about with fonts and nonsense as the final step.

For comparison, I have: 

  1. The Second-Life shot
  2. My Photoshop stylings of same
  3. the original cover in Pure ShittyVision

What do you think?

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Dear Followers...

internutter:

I’m heading steadily towards the two-thirds mark of my current novel-in-progress: Kung Fu Zombies. That’s around 80K for those of you who are keeping track.

And it’s around this time that I generally start the gas stage of my next book.

Unfortunately for me, that entry is listed thus:

7.  More Amalgam (Adapting? Rael?)

So I’m holding a semi-informal poll. What would you like to see as the next Amalgam book? For your options we have:

  1. Shayde’
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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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