Oct 7, 2024
Do you favor certain color schemes for your book covers?
This will be a short post because I leave the design choices of my covers to my cover artist, K.M. Guth.
And I lost internet last night after a major thunderstorm blew through our area. Plus she is on vacation and overseas!
Anyway, I am always amazed at what she comes up with for my covers. There is a different scheme for each series.
The Free Wolves series features strong, bright, colors. Since the books feature action, the colors reflect that. And how she finds the perfect images for the cover models amazes me.
She went a totally different direction for the Harmony Duprie stories. Instead of repeating the background, she chose muted colors with subtle background pattens (you have to look closely.)
Then, for the Jake Hennessey books, although they are tied to the Harmony books, she designed covers that were reflective of the main character’s personality.
The cover of my new book, Edwards Investigations, The Rimer Files, hearkens back to the era in which is takes place. (1985-ish) I can’t show it here, but it’s coming soon. Let’s just say she did a marvelous job of picking elements of the story to add to the design.
I know a few of the authors on this hop design their own covers, so I am looking forward to their posts. Check them put by following the links below.
As always, until next time, please stay safe!
Oct 7, 2024
Do you favor certain color schemes for your book covers?
Nice covers. I particularly like the Harmony Duprie series.
Those aren’t the original covers, but I like them, too.
I like the colours of your Wolves’ series of books because they have yellow in them (my favourite colour).
I will pass along the compliment to my cover artist!
I like using a designer, too. I’m truly blessed to be friends with one, and able to afford him!
I have watched mine do her magic as we worked together to design the overall cover. She’s amazing.