I can keep prices low because you’re the one who chooses the stock photo(s) you want me to use. You know your characters best, after all. I have an account at DepositPhotos. Choose your images, I’ll buy them, you fill out a form to let me know what you’re looking for, and I create it for you. Simple! A few things to keep in mind when choosing stock art: If you’re using more than one image, the angle of view should be the same. If one photo was taken from above and the other head-on, they won’t blend into the same image. Also, the lighting source needs to be from the same direction, or from the exact opposite direction, so I can flip the photo and it’ll be the same. Shifter books usually show the person (or people) and the animal. If you can find a single stock image with both, great. If not, you may need two images for your cover. Alternatively, you can use a tagline to clue your readers in (A werewolf ménage romance). Ideally, the text (title, author name, etc) should be more of a focal point than the image. Simple images are usually better than busy ones. If you fall in love with a busy one, I can add some shading to help smooth it out behind the text, but it’s usually better to find something simple from the start. Pricing: Design fee: $50 for one cover with ONE image, also includes two promo images (FB cover, IG timeline, etc). You choose the image(s) you want me to use from depositphotos.com, and I’ll purchase it (or them). Charges to incorporate more images into the cover will vary, depending on how finicky the cut-outs will be. Twenty to forty dollars extra per image is most common, but … Continue reading Cover Art