Anthology Cover


Here is the rough draft of the cover for "SF Waxes Philosophical". The cover design and artwork is by Laura Givens.

Comments

Jetse de Vries said…
Nice cover.

I do think that the white letters -- even with the red shadowing -- don't quite stand out enough from the background. Especially your own name is almost unreadable.

I think you need to give the letters a more contrasting colour: maybe yellow (the same as that of the chairs), maybe light blue (from the sky over the library).

Looking forward to it!
August 29, 2007 at 3:44 AM
Luke said…
Yessir, I do like it.
August 29, 2007 at 10:27 AM
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