As part of the Blog Tour for Phil Earle's new book, Heroic, I was asked to talk about the book cover designs (one of my favourite subjects!!!)
Here are all three of the books covers:
I really like the colours on these covers and the fonts used. I love that the titles on Being Billy and Saving Daisy are big! Plus they both have this kind of distressed look - with all these kind of scratches over the cover. For some reason this really pleases me! I have to admit I wasn't sure, at first, about the people on both of them but the more I looked the more I started to like it. The boy on Being Billy creates energy - the idea that Billy doesn't like to stay still - whereas the girl on Saving Daisy looks sad and defensive - as if something bad has happened. I think they help create a good sense of what the book is about. Add in the brilliant tag line for each book and I really like both of the covers.
Heroic is my favourite of the three though. It takes all the elements I liked from the other two (the big (ish) title font, a strong solid colour and an awesome tag line!) but amalgamates it better with the image. Like the previous covers I have a really good sense of what the story will be about and it definitely catches my eye!
I also like that all three covers tie in together. Being Billy and Saving Daisy look very similar - which is good since they are set in the same world - and Heroic has a very similar feel as well, creating a nice theme across the covers. Take the author's name off the cover and I would still think of Phil Earle which I can't help but think is a sign of a great cover!
What do you think? Do you agree? Which is your favourite out of the three covers? Let me know in the comments below!
Here are all three of the books covers:
I really like the colours on these covers and the fonts used. I love that the titles on Being Billy and Saving Daisy are big! Plus they both have this kind of distressed look - with all these kind of scratches over the cover. For some reason this really pleases me! I have to admit I wasn't sure, at first, about the people on both of them but the more I looked the more I started to like it. The boy on Being Billy creates energy - the idea that Billy doesn't like to stay still - whereas the girl on Saving Daisy looks sad and defensive - as if something bad has happened. I think they help create a good sense of what the book is about. Add in the brilliant tag line for each book and I really like both of the covers.
Heroic is my favourite of the three though. It takes all the elements I liked from the other two (the big (ish) title font, a strong solid colour and an awesome tag line!) but amalgamates it better with the image. Like the previous covers I have a really good sense of what the story will be about and it definitely catches my eye!
I also like that all three covers tie in together. Being Billy and Saving Daisy look very similar - which is good since they are set in the same world - and Heroic has a very similar feel as well, creating a nice theme across the covers. Take the author's name off the cover and I would still think of Phil Earle which I can't help but think is a sign of a great cover!
What do you think? Do you agree? Which is your favourite out of the three covers? Let me know in the comments below!
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