Post by account_disabled on Jan 5, 2024 22:36:46 GMT -5
The last time I talked about it, I highlighted the mistakes not to be made in book and ebook covers : it was a journey into the tunnel of horrors, in which I highlighted nine elements not taken care of by self-publishing authors. This time, however, I decided to save you the stomach ache - and also the laughter, but you can't have everything - and to get to the bottom of the "cover" issue. As? Simple, by asking professionals how book covers are made . Who better than a cover artist can answer this question? I therefore leave the floor to Jessica (Vocisconnesse) and Lucio (Tryfar), a duo better known as Diramazioni - those who have read the novels published by Edizioni XII have had a good taste of their works.
Is it necessary to read the entire book or do you rely on the plot? If it is required to illustrate only the cover and not to create internal illustrations, it is not essential, but if the required timing and deadlines allow it, we read the entire book, in order to immerse ourselves in the story and realize the atmospheres created by the writer, who then we will try to report according to our visual interpretation. In this case we therefore try as much as possible to "identify" with what the writer has imagined and Special Data told. Often, however, due to timing and sometimes the overlapping of multiple works we are forced to do differently: therefore we are provided with a summary, and some extracts from the text that the author or publisher consider salient. In some cases the author gives us further indications on the atmospheres or characters that he considers important, or on the main concept of the story so that we can take them into account.
According to the way of proceeding most congenial to us, rather than a purely descriptive plot, we are greatly inspired by a series of atmospheres (which can therefore be suggested to us with adjectives, emotions of the characters, descriptions of the concepts and themes addressed) as well as by an introduction on the story, possibly on the setting, period and background. What are the most important elements in a cover? There is no one element that is more important than others, but rightly more elements contribute to the creation of an image, it is rather important that there is a certain balance, a certain internal coherence both visual and in terms of adherence to the story. This especially concerns the cover illustration. It is also important to dose the elements well without exaggerating by inserting too many things, with the risk that the image loses impact and intensity as well as compositional quality. Sometimes the author or publisher gets caught up in the enthusiasm of seeing so many things in an image and asks to insert an enormous quantity of elements.
Is it necessary to read the entire book or do you rely on the plot? If it is required to illustrate only the cover and not to create internal illustrations, it is not essential, but if the required timing and deadlines allow it, we read the entire book, in order to immerse ourselves in the story and realize the atmospheres created by the writer, who then we will try to report according to our visual interpretation. In this case we therefore try as much as possible to "identify" with what the writer has imagined and Special Data told. Often, however, due to timing and sometimes the overlapping of multiple works we are forced to do differently: therefore we are provided with a summary, and some extracts from the text that the author or publisher consider salient. In some cases the author gives us further indications on the atmospheres or characters that he considers important, or on the main concept of the story so that we can take them into account.
According to the way of proceeding most congenial to us, rather than a purely descriptive plot, we are greatly inspired by a series of atmospheres (which can therefore be suggested to us with adjectives, emotions of the characters, descriptions of the concepts and themes addressed) as well as by an introduction on the story, possibly on the setting, period and background. What are the most important elements in a cover? There is no one element that is more important than others, but rightly more elements contribute to the creation of an image, it is rather important that there is a certain balance, a certain internal coherence both visual and in terms of adherence to the story. This especially concerns the cover illustration. It is also important to dose the elements well without exaggerating by inserting too many things, with the risk that the image loses impact and intensity as well as compositional quality. Sometimes the author or publisher gets caught up in the enthusiasm of seeing so many things in an image and asks to insert an enormous quantity of elements.