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#1 Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:43 am
by Josh
kris and I are torn between purple and gray, so I am soliciting y'all for input.
These are extremely rough mocks that have not yet seen the touch of our cover artist, so whichever gets picked they'll come out looking much better with the requisite extra text elements and so on.
Before some smartass asks, there is no green because green is the probable color for the fifth book.
#2 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:07 pm
by rhoenix
I'm more partial to grey. I'd vote for the first one.
#3 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:28 pm
by frigidmagi
I voted for purple, it's more eye catching. Also Josh, I'm about 3/4ths of the way through my current book (a monstrous tome about the Japanese Empire in WWII, it's amazing, but big) but once that is done Warpworld book I is next.
#4 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:45 pm
by Josh
Okay, 3-1 lead on purple so far.
Honestly I'm exactly at 50-50 between them myself, so this is very helpful. All contributions as to why you favor one over the other are helpful too.
And cool beans, Garv. I'm still slogging through that one on Lawrence that I told you about.
#5 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:03 pm
by B4UTRUST
I went purple as it was more immediately catching to the eye.
#6 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:15 pm
by Cynical Cat
Gray is too dull.
#7 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:50 pm
by LadyTevar
Purple catches the eye more
#8 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:31 pm
by Lys
That one vote for grey is mine. I feel it goes much better with the title, as grey is what I would associate with ghosts and spirits and such. Also purple lightning and clouds looks like I've seen it before in a way that the grey clouds with white lightning doesn't.
#9 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:43 pm
by Hotfoot
Grey looks sharper and more bleak, given the name is "Ghost World", I feel it fits better.
That and the purple looks garish in this case.
#10 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:50 pm
by Josh
I think we're going to end up going with purple, but at least opinion here is about as evenly divided as it was for us.
#11 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:53 pm
by Josh
One thing we're also looking at is how it blends with the other covers in the series.
The purple compliments the B1 cover better, sharply contrasts the B2 cover, whereas the gray does the opposite.
#12 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:53 pm
by Josh
Also, big thank you everybody from both of us. Love the input, it's very very helpful.
#13 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:21 pm
by White Haven
I was leaning towards purple for eyecatchingness, but the grey seems a better progression from the first two covers.
#14 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:21 pm
by Josh
One factor to consider: I'm strongly leaning toward black for the 4th book cover, and we're almost certain that the final one will be green.
#15 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:13 am
by White Haven
Well, if you have a green cover, you have to have a purple cover or you'll be leaving half the Drazi customer base on the table.
#16 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:58 am
by Josh
Initial mock from our artist. 'New Storm is Coming' needs to be 'A New Storm is Coming', but otherwise I think it works reasonably well. Kris wants to turn up the opacity on the eye. I'm all "Sure, give it a whirl."
#17 Re: Cast your vote for the next Warpworld cover itt
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:21 am
by White Haven
The Drazi contingent is appeased.