Weekly Update & Bonus Cover Art Poll

[rowyn]

Since my last update, I have:

* Finished an alternative layout for the Further Arrangements cover, which most people liked better than my original vertical one

Comments

[tuftears]

Surprisingly, white does not stand out well on light yellow. :)

[rowyn]

I used white for the backdrop elements on the original specifically because it didn't show up well, and therefore didn't distract from the figures or muck with the lettering. I like using it for the frame here as a call back to the first book, but I'm okay with either. And also outvoted. :)

[rowyn]

I admit, when I have a strong preference, I'm gonna overrule. For example, in the last poll, I listed the solid white arches as an option, but there was never a chance I'd go with that. If they'd been picked, it just meant I needed to come up with a third choice. (They didn't win the vote, but it was close enough that I made the dark version above because of that.)

I honestly do still like the vertical triptych better than the triangular one, though. c_c But Micah's argument (you don't want original/sequel books to have covers so similar they can be mistaken for each other on a quick glance) carried the day, and it's not a huge preference on my part.

[idancewithlife]

While I like the black framing better I also like the cats in the white framing better :-)

[archangelbeth]

The fact that darkcat still has his/her ears back, while lightcat nuzzles, is still bugging me on the Romance side... O;>

[rowyn]

I'm probably doing the original cats (from the dark pose) for the final, but I will perk Anthser's ears up if I change my mind. Just for you! :D

[archangelbeth]

Yay! (Because, really, the ears-back is the "I am offended you are sideswiping me!" look that my cats get when they're leaning away from the side-swiper...)

[mrw42]

I might like something in between better, like the light or medium brown. I wouldn't know without seeing it, though.

[whitefangedwolf]

I think you have a good idea. Maybe a shade of brown around Nik's coat color?

On a related note, it was only after I expanded the cover to full resolution that I realized that the dark border is Justin-coat brown, not black, yet I saw all of the non-border browns as browns in the thumbnail-sized image.

[alinsa]

I like the dark better, but I think there's too much of it ... it feels kind of like "omg there's a spot on this cover without something in it lets make sure there's something in it".

I would personally keep the patterning between the panels, but get rid of it on the corners and above the panels.

[archangelbeth]

It needs to stay in the corners, or there's too much blank space at the top and it looks unbalanced, but losing/minimizing the "fans" might well be more effective, yeah.