It’s strange how a new program inspired me to use different images. I liked it, but not as much as the new one. This program arrived in my world at the right moment because I was about to release this book with this cover. We’ll see how it really looks when the proof arrives. Knowing the printer printed a tone darker than I see on my screen, I lightened the original. When I uploaded it to the printer’s website, their ‘processing’ made it look much darker than I wanted. I kept tweaking and moving things around and trying new things and finally, I worked my way to something that was pleasing to the eye and functional. First Crude CoversĪfter watching a video on setting guidelines to help organize the cover, I set to work using the author name and series title graphics I had created in Inkscape.
After text creations, it was time to play with cover designs. ( Click on image to see it larger)Īpplying previous knowledge of various programs and designing covers plus watching a dozen more videos about creating in Inkscape, I started to make sense of the program. My first creations involved my name and fantasy series title: Castle Keepers. Unable to do little in the program before learning the basics, I returned to YouTube and began watching videos on how to create and manipulate text. He said the program was free on the Internet.Īfter watching his video, I went on the hunt, found it, downloaded it and started to play. Stewart about how he made book covers, so I clicked, watched and fantasized about my own covers. I spotted a YouTube video by author David V. From this post, it’s obvious my covers still had a long way to go, but I was moving in the right direction: forward.Īfter eight years of making book covers, banners and promotional material using PowerPoint, I stumbled upon another program that will take my designs to the next level: Inkscape. In February 2012, I wrote about my discovery of using PowerPoint to create covers: Create! Design! Make it so. This includes creating better covers with each book written.Įveryone must start somewhere and when I started creating covers more than ten years ago, they looked like an amateur created them. I’m always looking for ways to improve the books I write both in content and in appearance.
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