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Pimping my own novel cover

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So I like making book covers. Sue me.

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Yes, I've changed the title to the novel in the progress meter, but I haven't gotten around to changing it. Since I haven't gotten around to finishing chapter Goddamn six yet, it might be a while before the meter gets fixed.
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RedImperator wrote: Yes, I've changed the title to the novel in the progress meter, but I haven't gotten around to changing it. Since I haven't gotten around to finishing chapter Goddamn six yet, it might be a while before the meter gets fixed.
A few things about your cover:
1. The fonts for "The", "Queen's" and "Matthew Lineberger" look sloppy
2. You have a King and a Queen and a Castle....but no Knight? Why?
3. The colours of the pieces contrasts nicely with the map
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It's not a castle, it's a rook, you silly German ;)
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I agree with BS on #1, but I like the chess pieces. Even if there's a "castle" instead of a knight. ;)

That's what we call contrast. :)

Looks great, like a real cover.
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The pieces: I couldn't find a picture of a knight ANYWHERE suitable for this cover. It was always the wrong angle or low quality or the wrong color or something. Then I happened to stumble across this picture, which was just absolutely perfect for what I wanted to do. What's not readily apparent because I had to crop out one pawn is that the king is in mate, which happens to be a common motif in the story.

As for the font, I'll eventually fix that. Unfortunately, I collapsed the original .PSD file down to one layer for some stupid reason and saved it like that, so any changes basically require me to make the whole thing over again from scratch. Fortunately, since there are so few elements and I didn't do any heavy-duty editing on them, that shouldn't take long, but I don't feel like doing it now. :P
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[N00b]What's the book about?[/N00B]
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3rd Impact wrote:[N00b]What's the book about?[/N00B]
It's a coming-of-age story set in a fictional South Jersey town in the present day. NOT autobiographical.
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RedImperator wrote:
3rd Impact wrote:[N00b]What's the book about?[/N00B]
It's a coming-of-age story set in a fictional South Jersey town in the present day. NOT autobiographical.
Kewl. I'll make sure to pick up a copy when it gets published.

Hey you never know, it could be the #1 Bestseller. Here's hoping :)
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