Early Comp

Here was the first comp I did for Ken's book:



The picture was merely happenstance, but I liked the domestic humor of it. In the end I knew there was a better direction to go with this cover, but this was a fun image to play with.

Book Cover

Here's the cover I did for Ken Sparling's Hush Up And Listen Stinky Poo Butt, the first book due out from Artistically Declined Press:



I may post some early comps for this later.

FAKE COMP_3

(another fake comp for a manuscript of mine, this one being a poetry collection)

Unused Comps

The small press venture I'm undertaking with a friend announced itself to the world yesterday. I thought that with that up, now would be a good time to show some of the unused comps for our first free .pdf ebook, Arise, which you can download HERE.

With the first option I was going for a sort of rustic modern look. I altered a photo of the wood counter at work and dug through fonts and came up with this:



After that, I thought maybe I should maybe try something a little more classic, and this photograph I had laying around screamed "classic poetry collection" to me, though I stuck with a more modern font choice:



I then came up with an alternate classic look, with a framed picture, and perhaps more conservative font choice:



With the final design, which the author chose for the cover, I went modern again. This time I was trying to be more abstract and vibrant. The best thing about this cover, I think, was that it really gave me a chance to get creative with the interiors of the .pdf.



GO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF ARISE!

FAKE COMP_2

here's a fake comp I did for an unpublished manuscript of mine:

FAKE COMP

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