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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 2457652" data-attributes="member: 8835">I'm going to have to agree with both Phil, Felon and the English Majors.An inability to express and present an idea clearly in an e-mail is a warning sign of other writings you may create.&nbsp; Perception is everything, and only you control it.Graphically, I'll agree with Phil.&nbsp; Those covers don't look as good as they could.&nbsp; You're right that the B&amp;W looks better.&nbsp; It's a good drawing from what I can tell.&nbsp; However, the title is hard to read, and this detracts from the cover.&nbsp; This is what a good graphic artist can take care of.&nbsp; They should be able to arrange things and choose text stylings that work together with the art.For instance, look at most cereal boxes or comic book covers.&nbsp; The title is almost always big and outlined, seperating it from the graphic.&nbsp; This in turn, ensures that the art is not covered up by the title.&nbsp; In your case, slapping a big &quot;TITLE&quot; over the forest might detract from the forest.&nbsp; Not if the tree branches blurred and opened up, where the title would go, that would help create space around the title, bringing the eye to it.&nbsp; You could also try shrinking the art image down, and putting an interesting tiled border around it (like some of the old FR sourcebooks).&nbsp; Then the title could go above that, in the tile space, and the picture would remain intact.When in doubt, copy the style of a successful product.&nbsp; Only deviate when you have experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 2457652, member: 8835"] I'm going to have to agree with both Phil, Felon and the English Majors. An inability to express and present an idea clearly in an e-mail is a warning sign of other writings you may create. Perception is everything, and only you control it. Graphically, I'll agree with Phil. Those covers don't look as good as they could. You're right that the B&W looks better. It's a good drawing from what I can tell. However, the title is hard to read, and this detracts from the cover. This is what a good graphic artist can take care of. They should be able to arrange things and choose text stylings that work together with the art. For instance, look at most cereal boxes or comic book covers. The title is almost always big and outlined, seperating it from the graphic. This in turn, ensures that the art is not covered up by the title. In your case, slapping a big "TITLE" over the forest might detract from the forest. Not if the tree branches blurred and opened up, where the title would go, that would help create space around the title, bringing the eye to it. You could also try shrinking the art image down, and putting an interesting tiled border around it (like some of the old FR sourcebooks). Then the title could go above that, in the tile space, and the picture would remain intact. When in doubt, copy the style of a successful product. Only deviate when you have experience. [/QUOTE]

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