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Anthology Update - Artwork Comments?

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

I haven't mentioned the short story anthologies I've been working on much of late. A brief recap : I've decided to collect together all the stuff I've had published over the past decade or so into four volumes :

  • Spell Circles - fantasy
  • Eccentric Orbits - SF
  • Life Cycles - mainstream
  • Perfect Circles - everything in one volume

I've just about finished editing and converting the first volume - Spell Circles - and I've started to think about art work. I want each volume to have a prominent circle of some sort to make it look like they vaguely belong together. Here's what I've come up with after about fifteen minutes of downloading and hacking :

 


What do you think?  Is it eye-catching? Does it say "exciting fantasy read" at all? Amateurish? Love to know what you think.
Posted by Simon Kewin at 15:30

18 comments:

  1. Old Kitty6 December 2011 at 20:20

    I look at it and think "witches" and "dark magic" and "evil spells" oh my!! I say triple gold star for the artwork!! Well done you!

    Take care
    x

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  2. Stephanie Lorée6 December 2011 at 20:24

    Simon: I think it looks great. Really professional job. I'd like to see your title in a bit thicker font, perhaps bold, but not overdoing it. Simple is better and what you've got now is lovely.

    Let me know when it comes out so I can purchase it. :)

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  3. Simon Kewin6 December 2011 at 20:26

    Old Kitty,

    Excellent! Although there are a few laughs in there too ...

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  4. Simon Kewin6 December 2011 at 20:30

    Thanks, Stephanie. I'm encouraged. I may go for an upper case title to make it stand out a bit more.

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  5. Anonymous7 December 2011 at 11:13

    The picture is nice, typography not so. If you want to send me the pic I'll see what I can come up with.

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  6. Simon Kewin7 December 2011 at 11:51

    Sue,

    You're so right - that's the bit I did. I'll send you the raw picture, thanks.

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  7. Deborah Walker7 December 2011 at 22:49

    Looks good, Simon. From the image I would expect it to be full of dark fantasy, pagan stories, maybe even satanic stories.

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  8. Simon Kewin8 December 2011 at 07:12

    Thanks, Deborah. Now I'm wondering if it's a bit too dark fantasy ...

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  9. Anonymous8 December 2011 at 16:52

    I've got to ask: WHERE did you find this cool image? It looks great! Maybe give your name a little more head room at the bottom and make the title font a little more whimsical, but me likey as-is.

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  10. Simon Kewin8 December 2011 at 17:08

    Milo,

    I downloaded it from http://www.dreamstime.com and then, obviously, slapped my letters on top of it ...

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  11. Golden Eagle8 December 2011 at 23:46

    I really like it. :) The image you used is great!

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  12. Simon Kewin9 December 2011 at 07:49

    Thanks, Golden Eagle. I appreciate it.

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  13. Cate Gardner9 December 2011 at 09:21

    It screams 'witchcraft' - very nice.

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  14. Simon Kewin9 December 2011 at 14:43

    Thanks, Cate. That's the sort of effect I was going for.

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  15. Sam Mae9 December 2011 at 22:17

    I'm a bit late to the party, but just wanted to join the chorus and say, 'i like the image.'

    Are these going to be electronic anthos? If so, you probably want your name much bigger than it is on the cover, otherwise peeps browsing the e-stores will have a hard time making out your name.

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  16. Simon Kewin9 December 2011 at 22:42

    Sam,

    They will be, so that's good advice, thanks!

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  17. dolorah11 December 2011 at 01:03

    Only 15 minutes? Impressive. I like the cover.

    .......dhole

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  18. Simon Kewin11 December 2011 at 09:13

    Thanks, Donna. Good to know.

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I'd love to know what you think.