Contest $25 Book Cover (Urgent!)

Discussion in 'Design Contests' started by Sneakyheathen, Dec 11, 2009.

  1. #1
    I'm having a perfect-bound copy of my book made for my friend for Christmas. I really need a nice-looking book cover.

    The cover needs to say "An Almost Biography" preferably in a handwriting type of font. The background should be black, and the lettering should be either white or red, depending on what looks better. In the center should be either:

    • A Red Rose in Full Bloom

    Dimensions: 6" x 9"
    Title: An Almost Biography
    Author: Corey Rose Freeman
    Additional Text: Based on true events.
    Color Scheme: black, white, red.
    Format: PDF and PSD

    For an idea of the color scheme, please view http://www.almostbiography.com

    The best cover design gets $25. :cool: Payment will be fast, I promise.
     
    Last edited: Dec 12, 2009
    Sneakyheathen, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  2. gestalt

    gestalt Peon

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    #2
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    :cool:
     
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  3. Rahul jain

    Rahul jain Peon

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    #3
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  4. Sneakyheathen

    Sneakyheathen Active Member

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    #4
    You know what? Forget the trumpet. Just use the rose.

    @gestalt

    The title is an almost biography. Please try removing the "auto" part and maybe losing some of the space between the letters.

    I like the concept, can you try it without the trumpet? Those two images just aren't going to mesh well...

    @Rahul jain

    That's not what I'm looking for.
     
    Sneakyheathen, Dec 12, 2009 IP
  5. crumblepie

    crumblepie Well-Known Member

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    #5
    I'll be submitting my entry soon :)
     
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  6. minucosminu

    minucosminu Active Member

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    #6
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    I have it as a psd and pdf in A4 format. Any changes can be made. Feedback appreciated. Have a nice day.
     
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  7. mitchellmoxo

    mitchellmoxo Well-Known Member

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    #7
    My entry :)

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    Please Pm me if i won!
     
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  8. Sneakyheathen

    Sneakyheathen Active Member

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    #8
    Can you make the background black and remove the word "author:" :D

    I really like this concept.
     
    Sneakyheathen, Dec 12, 2009 IP
  9. mitchellmoxo

    mitchellmoxo Well-Known Member

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    #9
    Your wish is my command :p

    thanks for feedback

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    Another idea: (if i won you would get both)

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  10. fri_2_freez

    fri_2_freez Peon

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    #10
    It's Biography btw .. Not Bigraphy

    My entry for this competition:

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    fri_2_freez, Dec 12, 2009 IP
  11. GIF

    GIF Peon

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    #11
    Hi, Here is my entry. Feedback Please

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  12. Sneakyheathen

    Sneakyheathen Active Member

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    #12
    It's An Almost Biography, and that has neither of the images requested. I'm afraid it's not what I'm looking for.
     
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  13. torturedexistence

    torturedexistence Well-Known Member

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    #13
    how about this?
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    tell me what you think.

    thank you.
     
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  14. mitchellmoxo

    mitchellmoxo Well-Known Member

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    #14
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  15. GIF

    GIF Peon

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    #15
    Ok, here is my another new entry

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  16. Kavalorn

    Kavalorn Active Member

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    #16
    Hello, I've been browsing the page you mentioned and after a while I came up with three ideas for the cover that in my humble opinion would suit the book. I hope you like them. Feedback would be as always mostly appreciated. Any changes can be made upon request. Thus here are my entries:

    #1 I wanted to make something elegant and tidy which would fit a cover of a book yet add contrast which makes you remember the cover once your eye is caught by the red rose contrasting with the light background.
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    #2 Life flows constantly and so does this cover. The mysterious black background and the petals slowly falling down from the rose...
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    #3
    Reading this gave me some thinking which evaluated into another cover. Suicide, the unfolding and inevitable 'painting' of each and every day of our lives - a rose, paint or perhaps blood? yet with a touch of melancholy on the cover which try to grasp the reader into entering the world presented by the writer.
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    Kindest regards, Kavalorn.
     
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  17. BishopStill

    BishopStill Well-Known Member

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    #17
    OK. Here we go. I tried to integrate on the cover everything you asked in the contest's description (both pictures, handwriting type font, black, white, red colour scheme). Here's what i came up with:

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    Please leave some comments.

    I have to bail out from here now, but i'll be back in a couple of hours.

    Thanks!
     
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  18. biruhato

    biruhato Member

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    #18
    1st:
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    2nd:
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  19. biruhato

    biruhato Member

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    3rd:
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    4th:
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  20. buncoh

    buncoh Active Member

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    #20
    mine -

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    *zooming out to 16%
     
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