Feedback On Cover Design

[JT Woody]

the copyeditor will be finished up with my manuscript this week, so I wanted to revisit my cover and tick that off my checklist. There are a few elements I'm iffy on, so I'm looking for feedback (EDIT TO ADD: the red borders are guides and will not be on the final) :




Note: measurements will change slightly once I format the text.
"Lorem ipsom" is a place holder. I'm still trying to tweak my back cover blurb and cut it down to size . May ask for feedback on that later.


(cover designed on canva. images and illustrations created/manipulated by me. font and additional elements from canva. No AI)

 

[Naomasa298]

Are the red borders print guides, or part of the cover design?

 

[JT Woody]

Are the red borders print guides, or part of the cover design?

guides

 

[Naomasa298]

guides

Cool. Because if it was part of the design, I would have said I hated it.

The only thing I noticed is, shouldn't the spine have the same for your name as the cover? Other than that, it works for me - it's quite classic, and I think that's much better than some of the crappy AI covers I've seen posted in various places.

 

[Madman Starryteller]

I like the bottom one, where the line isn't straight and looks a little like sand.

One thing I noticed was that the hood seems to go far above the head, either indicating a tall hairstyle or a tall forehead, which looks odd to me.

Other than that, it looks nice.

 

[JT Woody]

shouldn't the spine have the same for your name as the cover?

Like full name?

 

[Naomasa298]

Like full name?

Kinda, I mean the same as whatever you put on the front cover, rather than just your surname?

 

[JT Woody]

One thing I noticed was that the hood seems to go far above the head, either indicating a tall hairstyle or a tall forehead, which looks odd to me.

Before:


After:

(like this?)

 

[Madman Starryteller]

Before:
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After:
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(like this?)

I'm sorry but I'm not seeing the difference in the two images, one seem zoomed in. And I can't click on them to see more.

To clarify, I mean the height of the hood top seems to extend far above a normal human head, unless it's intended.

 

[Naomasa298]

BTW @JT Woody, which bits are you iffy about?

 

[JT Woody]

I'm sorry but I'm not seeing the difference in the two images, one seem zoomed in. And I can't click on them to see more.

To clarify, I mean the height of the hood top seems to extend far above a normal human head, unless it's intended.

Ah, i thought you meant the exposure of her forehead made her head seem too tall. I colored in the lighter color of her forehead to reduce the amount of exposed surface space.
As for her "hood".... its a type of african headwrap that is fuller/taller on top.


I could get rid of the shadow behind the text to show the start of the scarf? But im not quite sure how to make the text stand out against the texture

 

[JT Woody]

BTW @JT Woody, which bits are you iffy about?

The title font/color
And the background that the title sits on

 

[Naomasa298]

The title font/color
And the background that the title sits on

I think those are fine.

Maybe on the headwrap, increase the highlights (I think) a little so that some of the detail of the headwrap starts to appear, but in dark yellows and browns, so the text still stands out?