Which one looks most book coverish?
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A is the first one my eyes gravitate towards. I also like b but it is a little too dark.
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I voted A. Just doing a quick glance, A was the only one that instantly shot my eye to the focal point. C to me at least feels like when I look at it my attention falls out of the image.
At least you can eliminate B as an option
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C is my fave, I feel kinda like I’m right in there!
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Gotta be A for me! The scull really captures my morbid curiosity (even if this is for a children's book. My 10 year old self would vote for A too). I like that it's from a perspective of looking up at the characters/ scene too. Gives a real sense of scale, depth and gravity. I enjoy the colours a lot! Sure, there's a lot of black but that's no problem if you utilise light as well as you have. Best of luck with it all!
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From all three as is without context, A is the more interesting one since it picks curiosity and investigating the unknown while the others are more about hanging out.
I think they are overall good composition roughs but each has a very different purpose or target so in my opinion it would highly depend on the story.
•A feels more like its about a close encounter mystery/intrigue to the unknown.
•B feels more like slow paced friendly story for younger kids (far from exciting). It could work better if both kids had a sort of perspective that matches the alien creature and a more secure pose, maybe one of them even pointing forward or something. Or if you turn the kids to face the creature in horror/fear could also work as first encounter mystery but it depends on the story.
•C feels more like a wild outgoing exploring adventure (it gives out the good nature of the creature though... what I mean is if the story is mostly about the kids avoiding/fearing the creature for a while and then revealing it as being good then you wouldn't want to reveal that in the cover, something like the orange "eye" in cover A, there seems like it's going to be conflict around it but you can't tell if the entity is good or bad).•ArtStation Portfolio
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The colors on C work a lot better than A. Blue/black just don’t jump out as much and orange/black. If I were to see these thumbnails in a gallery, I think C would stand out the most.
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Def A. I think that one raises the biggest question as well as invites to find out what the story is about.
Skimming the reactions I might have overlooked it; but what age bracket is your target audience? And is it the cover of a book, book with illustrations (picture book I guess?) or a strip/graphic novel?
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C has my vote!
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@glenfx Very true! This is all very context dependant! Thanks for the feedback
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@Niels said in Which one looks most book coverish?:
Skimming the reactions I might have overlooked it; but what age bracket is your target audience? And is it the cover of a book, book with illustrations (picture book I guess?) or a strip/graphic novel?
Good point! It'd be a middle grade novel (so, a few interior illustrations)
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Thanks again for the rest of the follow-up. I think A wins
