The Seeker Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I wrote a book years ago. A 200,000 word epic fantasy that never got published. I sent it around to a few publishers but nobody bit, so now that we're out of the age of the dinosaurs, I figure it's time I just throw it out there digitally. I have it ready to go, but my artistic talents stop at the written word and fail miserably at the drawn form, so I need help. It would be a pretty simple design. Not a lot of detail or anything, I just need the graphics to be shiny and epic and stuff. Do what I'm incapable of doing. I'm thinking something in the $50-$75 range would be doable for me. I'd pay legitimately with paypal and give you credit in the book. So any decent artists out there, reply here or send me a PM. See if we can make something happen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trench Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Just out of curiosity, what kind of design are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 I'm thinking silhouettes mostly. Something like a hind view of the profile of a man with a sword on a hill. Staring into the distance at dark clouds rolling in. I don't know how doable it is but I'd like there to be shapes in the clouds. Five hands, each holding a scepter, but very blended with other clouds. Think darkly colored and epic looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Sorta like this eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 No, I don't want mountains so close in the distance. I want the guy to be standing on a relative high point, overlooking a valley with dark clouds rolling toward him. He has to be a rear view silhouette and kind of loosely holding his sword out to his side, watching the storm roll towards him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Hey man, i'm pretty handy at photoshop and i think i see what you're after. would you happen to know what technical specifications you need, like the sizes and format and such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Currently just a decently sized Jpeg is what I need. It's just for an e-book cover on amazon so I don't think any specific formats is necessary. Along with the Pic, I'd need the title and my name on the cover, preferably in some sort of font that matches the rest of the tone of the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 there should be tits on the cover, everything sells better with tits on the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Honestly, I think you should post this sort of thing on Deviant Art or something. Certainly if your willing to pay a bit for it. There's a ton of talented people on there. EDIT: Or go to ConceptArt.org a very great forum, where the top artist post there works. There's even a sub forum to request to do some work and stuff. Just like you posted. More then there are here I would guess, not saying LF doesn't house some good artists, but all we come here for a bit of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 i can give you something, whether you want to take it or not is your choice of course what's the specific text you need on it? edit: incidentally, i am on deviantart if you want to check my stuff: http://salzella.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 A linky,seriously check out, killer stuff on that http://conceptart.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ^^ love that place, my speedpainting idols. though they're more digital painting orientated than graphic design ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 lol, true, you might still need somebody to put the lettering on it decently. Plus some of those folks are pro's, they might ask a nice bit of money for their works... So, oh, well, just thought I point out what's out there And nice stuff Salzella:thmbup1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Yeah, I know I could go to deviantart and broadcast there, but I've been kicking with you guys since 1999. Figure I'd see if my homies could get er done before outsourcing i can give you something, whether you want to take it or not is your choice of course what's the specific text you need on it? edit: incidentally, i am on deviantart if you want to check my stuff: http://salzella.deviantart.com the title is Fate's Warriors. The name I'm going by is Jacob Hart. Book title should go near the top. Authors name near the bottom. Standard format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 sure, i'll knock something out quickly then if you like how it looks i'll do a more polished version. @Q: you have good taste in art sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Héhéhé, it's a nice source to cool Avy's Perhaps I should have a go at this as well, been a while since I used my pencils for something serious Though I have no idea what the standard size is of an e-book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 i'm going with 490px wide and 720px tall if that's any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 It is! Thanks! Now let's get some work done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 here's one effort: there's no hands and sceptres on this one but i might give that a go aswell if you want me to try another version. i might also try another font and mess about with the colours a bit more. tell me what you think though edit: it's a .png aswell but changing it to .jpg would be the work of a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 here's one effort: there's no hands and sceptres on this one but i might give that a go aswell if you want me to try another version. i might also try another font and mess about with the colours a bit more. tell me what you think though edit: it's a .png aswell but changing it to .jpg would be the work of a minute. Holy **** that's friggin awesome. If the (very subtle) hands and scepters in the clouds is doable, then definitely do that. Also, the Font for the title and author is kinda too loopy. Looks too much like a romance font. But d@mn dude, that's pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 yeah i'll try a bolder, more fantasy-ish font. and i think i can do something with the hands idea but it might be a bit more difficult. i'll see what i can do however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 yeah i'll try a bolder, more fantasy-ish font. and i think i can do something with the hands idea but it might be a bit more difficult. i'll see what i can do however Also, maybe make it a bit brighter on the bluff the dude's standing on if possible. Kind of hard to make out what's what at a glance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzella Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 good idea, i'll work on that aswell. i'll admit, that was something that bothered my while i was making it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Darasuum Mandalor Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 I know it isn't my work, but fast forward to the middle of this vid and maybe you can just say whether the pic with the lord overlooking his fiefdom works. I can attempt to draw something along those lines. (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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