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Published: 2006-06-30 05:48:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 848; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 30
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A concept book cover gift for my online friend ~Born2Run . Horror and Macabre because that's what the book theme.Data Crunch:
Stock smoke from =resurgere
Program: Photoshop 7.0
Layers: 12
Fonts: Title - Monotype Corsiva, Text - Arial
Image Size: (Since it's just a concept) 895x650 pixels
Notes: Blank spot for bar code, underscores with quotation marks for reviews
Edit June 29th: Moved main text down.
Edit June 30th: Added realistic reviews. Note, all reviews are fake and from my mind. The Oprah review is... just funny. No offense. Anyway, the other stuff is just coincidence if it resembles anything.
Edit July 1st: Changed cover font to Book Antiqua.
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Comments: 11
I love the look of the cover and the description really intrests me!
<3
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Is this an actual book? Because I love to read and it looks like a good read from reading the back.
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I dunno if she ever finished it, but I never got permission to use the stock.
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LOL!! I just saw the review quotes..."This summer's top read!" -Oprah. Somehow...I don't think it's destined for Oprah. I do like "Eerie, yet catching"...thank you so much!
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I won't be using those photos. I didn't get stock permission, however I will be trying to get some of my own.
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Interesting and simple. I'm a graphic design student myself, so yeah. Lol.
A suggestion...I think the title on the front should be the same on the spine.
Uh-huh, and this done in Photoshop...my instructors would shriek. But it's okay, I've done a couple of works in Photoshop. XD Although we work in QuarkXpress for everything. I've done a book jacket, and it's A PAIN! X_X I probably forget how to make the template, however, I have the template saved and so...I can re-use it. I'm cheating! Haha.
-___-* I need to get QuarkXpress...seriously. I can't stand working in Photoshop. It' so wrong. I'm sorry, I'm just anal. My instructors brainwashed me! Now I have to do everything the way they do...in order to be an Art Director. ^_^
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It is the same -- the title, just in a different... way.
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That's okay, I wanted it to stick out from the bunch. You're walking down the book isle with your head turned to the side, all of a sudden you come to one with a glowing letter and the title going straight up and down. It's a "pick me" thing.
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I know, but I was suggesting maybe you kept the style of the title the same on the spine. To keep a kind of logo. Instead of having "EXHALE" and "Exhale", you could have "Exhale" and "Exhale". Know what I mean? To keep with a theme. Like when I see "EXHALE", it just jumps out at you. But with "Exhale" I think it's something mysterious and scary...and it makes you want to see what it's all about and read it. And maybe have the title on the spine written horizontally instead of vertically. Books are not usually seen with vertically titles. Just another suggestion. I'm not bashing you. I'm only giving you some few pointers. I really think the concept is beautiful.
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That is so, so perfect...wow! I love the black background and smoke...it fits perfectly together. I LOVE it! Thank you sooo much! 
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