July Prompt - Silver shoes -Tiny bit of color..any thoughts?

[carriecopadraws]

@Kevin-Longueil The hint of yellow in # is really interesting!

Another thought is if your cover is primarily black and white, consider contrasting that with a color title. Here's an example:

[Kim Hunter]

The yellow gives it more depth of field. The bricks are gold but the mortar would not be gold. See how that change affects it.

[Kevin Longueil]

@LauraA Thank you for your feedback Laura! - I had that same idea of the magical effect when i put the splash of color there!
@carriecopadraws Thank you Carrie! I had not considered colored text..i am wondering which one you found interesting though..2 or 3... your feedback has a bit of a cliffhanger in it
@Kim-Hunter Thank you for the feedback Kim! I will use some yellow for sure. For some reason white mortar really bothers me on this ..too much contrast and it leads my eye all over the place... i could be wrong though - thank you again for the feedback!

[carriecopadraws]

@Kevin-Longueil I was talking about #3, but you might feel differently if you use a color title. Curious to see what you go with.

[Kim Hunter]

Mortar - white would be too much contrast but a lesser tint of yellow over gray might work.

[Kevin Longueil]

I think l’m close...maybe a bit darker behind illustrator’s name..way more saturated than I thought I would end with but it really enhances the reflection somehow...oddly ..it’s fun to put an image on book mock up Any final feedback before I send it in?

[mag]

@Kevin-Longueil I totally love it!
Btw, if you’ll be sending the mock-up version, get rid of the bleed marks on your design (well, rather “cut” the design along the bleed marks and with that cropped image create the mock-up, but you probably know that.)

[Kevin Longueil]

@mag Thank you! I won’t send the mock up in....I just posted it this way because i thought it was kinda fun to see it looking like a real book - thank you for the feedback!

[Jeremy Ross]

Makes me want to do a mock up for my cover @Kevin-Longueil!

[TessaW]

It looks really cool!

@Jeremy-Ross You should!

[Coley]

Super awesome. Just gorgeous. Totally pro. You figured the yellow out!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Kevin-Longueil beautiful!!!

[Eric Droke]

You CRUSHED it! Love the limited use of color. But my favorite part is the reflection in the shoes! Genius! Way to go!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Kevin-Longueil My last suggestion is maybe lose the grid lines?

[Kevin Longueil]

@Jeremy-Ross Here is the image i used Jeremy....fairly low res. but still fun

@TessaW Thank you Tessa!
@Coley Wow! thank you Coley!
@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you so much Nyrryl! I will remove the grid lines when i post it on the contest thread for sure - thank you again
@Eric-Droke Thank you Eric!

[Jeremy Ross]

Thanks @Kevin-Longueil

[Griffin McPherson]

I would go with the yellow for sure. Particularly considering that it’s meant to be a book cover I think there should be some color to grab the eye. Love the reflection in the shoes by the way!

[Jeremy Ross]

Tried my hand with the mockup @Kevin-Longueil, Definitely had fun trying this; Here it is!
https://forum.svslearn.com/topic/9866/wizard-of-oz-book-cover-mockup

[Kevin Longueil]

@Griff Thank you for the feedback Griff!

[Kevin Longueil]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz now I’m wondering if I should leave the grid lines in when I post it to show what is and is not in the bleed zone...?