Sometime next year I’m hoping to have my vampire series pieced together and published. Now, I know that I’m a long way off this as it will be towards the end of the year that I’m getting this wrapped up but it got me thinking about the cover that I want for it. I was thinking about having a cover made up but I am also tempted to have a real life person on the cover. I know a model who I am convinced would be happy to be my cover model for this and I think she’d look great on the cover, but my question is; what is the general opinion of having this sort of cover art? Is the photo a good idea? Or is the artist a better idea?
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Peter Germany's World 
Just stumbled upon this… I’m in graphic design(in school currently) and we just finished a project on book covers coincidently. I have a couple questions that should help; Who’s your target audience? What’s the genre? I read a LOT, mostly paranormal romance and I know that typically those types of books have either the hero/heroine or the couple on the cover in some intimate pose…which in my opinion has been beaten to death. I know the more different but eye-catching and applicable the cover is the better interest it creates, especially when the book is great on the inside… Just some food for thought
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Hello! 🙂
What I am writing is most definitely not paranormal romance, my vampires are pretty bloodthirsty creatures and the collection of stories are pretty dark. I want something to reflect that darkness and my friend who is a model has done some dark photo shoots so I know that she would be cool with that.
I will not be going for the couple on the cover like you spoke of. You are right that has been done to death. I do have a particular scene in my head that I think would look great which comes from one of the stories directly which I think would work well. It’s a women laying face down on a bed with a savage bite wound on her neck with a little blood around the wound and on the bedding.
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That sounds like a very neat idea. Definitely sounds like it will portray the right atmosphere for your book.
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Thank you. I’m still not sure about it, more a case of having photo’s on book covers but we’ll see 🙂
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Yeah I think if it’s done right it could look amazing, just don’t forget the fonts of the title and even your name help solidify your dark feel of your book. 90% of the books I have come across have some dramatic edgy photo then have Times New Roman with one letter changed to some slightly more bloodthirsty font for a title which makes it feel flat. Check out this website, might give you some ideas and the fonts are free(just be careful downloading too many because they sow your computer down since they sit in the RAM). I use it a lot and it’s never given me any trouble but is great for inspiration.
http://www.dafont.com
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Thank you, I had not thought of that, well not in any depth. Ill check out the site and see what they have there 🙂
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You are very welcome, happy to help! 🙂
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🙂
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I’m old school so I tend toward the covers that have a painted/illustrated feel before the more photographic (and photoshopped) ones. That’s personal preference and I know many “illustrators” out there start with a photo and then manipulate it into appearing like a painting. Don’t get me started . . . I digress. There’s nothing stopping you from using your model as the inspiration, and having an artist/designer turn it into something. Photos, IMHO, are great for non-fiction books. But fiction has a “feel” to it that I think is best served by art.
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I agree with you, having an artist create something is a little more me, but I’ve seen so many photos used on covers lately it got me thinking. Having something with texture really appeals to me.
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