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    WIP July Book Cover - Help me choose!

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    • Laurasketches
      Laurasketches last edited by

      If I look at your influences--then I think Option#3 will be most satisfying. But, great work! My personal fav is Option #2..but that is because it would be fun to do the character design of all those figures. Looking great!!

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      • j.sienkowski
        j.sienkowski last edited by

        @carriecopadraws you are killing it! I love the text treatment from #1, but I think #3 is more exciting and "feels" more like the tone of the book. I would love to see the other characters incorporated into #3...I'm not sure how.? Maybe silhouetted in the foreground or in the distance looking back towards Dorothy? I love the use of non-movie elements too!

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        • carriecopadraws
          carriecopadraws SVS OG @j.sienkowski last edited by

          @j-sienkowski Thanks! I was thinking the cover would wrap around and the other characters would be looking toward her from the back cover. I might mock that up too.

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          • carriecopadraws
            carriecopadraws SVS OG last edited by

            UPDATE: COLOR STUDIES!

            @mag though I did make a thumbnail with Dorothy facing the viewer and didn't care for it (#8 in the top post) because she looked oblivious to the danger, I tried it again in the color studies, and you were right - the cover is better with her facing the audience. Thank you for your feedback on that!

            front-vs-back.jpg

            So here are my color studies, does anyone have a clear favorite? I'm still working on the monkey placement and Totos' pose, but this is mostly to check colors.

            oz-color-studies-svs.jpg

            Carrie Copa
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            • Jacy13
              Jacy13 @carriecopadraws last edited by

              @carriecopadraws My favorite is number 4 🙂

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                Shyam Sailus @carriecopadraws last edited by

                @carriecopadraws Number 3

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                • Kevin Longueil
                  Kevin Longueil SVS OG @carriecopadraws last edited by

                  @carriecopadraws Wow! These are awesome! This is great moment from the book too. Number 4 stands out to me but number 1 is a close second. Very nice!

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                  • JessicaStauffer
                    JessicaStauffer last edited by

                    Wow I'm super impressed with all of the thumbnails and color schemes! Number 2 catches my eye. I like all the color in it! I like 4's colors as well.

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                    • carrieannebrown
                      carrieannebrown @carriecopadraws last edited by carrieannebrown

                      @carriecopadraws I would go for 4, the purple and green with a yellow/gold road and cap. Gorgeous design. I would try making the words wonderful, wizard and oz into one column of the same width and make 'the' and 'of' smaller and move to the sides, or of could go next to the O of Oz in the top left space.

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                      • Nyrryl  Cadiz
                        Nyrryl Cadiz SVS OG @carriecopadraws last edited by

                        @carriecopadraws it's so hard to choose! 😅

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                        • baileyvidler
                          baileyvidler last edited by

                          These are so good! I think my favorite is 1 (because it has the strongest contrast between monkeys and bg), but... I like how 2 has a "greener" background since green is obvs an important color in the story. That being said, Oz is a very whimsical setting, so you definitely could swing with the more saturated colors on this one.

                          Bailey Vidler
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