COVER ART for a book I am writing... Critique requested

[chrisaakins]

Okay... Here is the final-ish version I think. Thanks to @burvantill @jwing @CLCanadyArts for your input. The font was exactly the one I was looking for. This was my first serious attempt at cover art, so I thank you for your patience. I learned a ton with your help. Let me know what you think, if you don't mind.

[burvantill]

@chrisaakins Great job This looks very professional to me.

[chrisaakins]

@burvantill thanks Lisa!

[APHOTICMOTH]

@chrisaakins Nice!

[Casual-T]

Awesome (and very educational) to see the evolution of this. The final iteration looks great!

[chrisaakins]

@Casual-T Yes, this is what the forums do best. Help us to learn and grow. We have amazing people here.

[Rebekka]

All cover options for the book are beautiful. I think you should feel with your heart which one is the best.

[MattBaker]

@CLCanadyArts That redo looks awesome. I think it would look really cool if the text was made to look like it was embedded/embossed into the leather of the book.

[Tracy McCusker]

The cover really came together after you workshopped it with the group, wow! The final version is eye-catching and mysterious. I love old maps and jewelry with potentially magical qualities... I would very much be arrested by this cover & want to learn more about the book. Outstanding work!

[LauraA]

Just reading this now. I think the cover has improved a whole lot since the beginning and now it looks quite nice! The only thing I'd do is possibly move the type up a hair. It has had the tendency to be too low all throughout the process. One of my art professors told me, in relation to mattes in frames but I think it also applies to type placement, that the bottom of a matte should always be a little thicker than the other sides, because the eye wants more weight at the bottom. Make sense?