my (totally fake, invented) debut picture book cover
This was too much fun!
Meet
LORI: the RABBIT that thought it was an OWL
by Barrie Obremski
Want to make one? Here are the instructions (borrowed from Jama's blog):
1 - Go to “The Name Generator” or click http://www.thenamegenerator.com/
Click GENERATE NEW NAME. The name that appears is your author name.
2 - Go to “Picture Book Title Generator” or click http://www.generatorland.com/usergenerator.aspx?id=243
Click CREATE TITLE! This is the title of your picture book.
3 - Go to “FlickrCC” or click http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/index.php
Type the last word from your title into the search box followed by the word “drawing”. Click FIND. The first suitable image is your cover.
4 - Use Photoshop, Picnik, or similar to put it all together. Gettin’ creative is encouraged.
5 - Post it to your site along with this text.
See the complete gallery of fake covers here:
http://100scopenotes.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/gallery-debut-picture-book-covers/