tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post5283727640182804572..comments2024-03-28T02:34:23.183-07:00Comments on Cover Art Review: The Beauregarde Affair by Brian M. TalgoS.J. Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947499917626378222noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post-23542890232804927112012-04-02T06:23:11.302-07:002012-04-02T06:23:11.302-07:00There is offbeat, then there is just not very well...There is offbeat, then there is just not very well done. Unfortunately this cover is just not very well done.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745547538571404846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post-7315860672064210142012-04-01T16:52:57.998-07:002012-04-01T16:52:57.998-07:00Disclaimer - I don't have the foggiest technic...Disclaimer - I don't have the foggiest technical clue about cover design, so I can only comment on what the average reader's perception might be and how they might respond upon seeing this cover while browsing through e-book listings.<br />First impression - the book is about drugs (it even says so in the subtitle). That will most likely polarize readers - they'll either go, "Oh, cool, drugs," or "Oh, drugs, no thank you.". And that's OK - you want to cut straight to your target readership, and I think that visually, this cover achieves that.<br />Second impression - the name of the novel is completely out of odds with (what I'm assuming are) the topics and themes of the novel. If I saw the title on its own, I would think of a completely different kind of story (spies, steamships, languid women in big floppy hats). If you're going for deliberate dissonance there, then you've achieved that too.<br />That little pink thing, that I think is meant to be a snake...ewww. Something about it creeps me out.Traciehttp://traciemcbridewriter.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post-61599192831478649542012-04-01T12:20:38.073-07:002012-04-01T12:20:38.073-07:00Oh well, I was shooting for offbeat; looks like I ...Oh well, I was shooting for offbeat; looks like I achieved that goal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704889612012597132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post-83367245343028793982012-04-01T08:38:43.036-07:002012-04-01T08:38:43.036-07:00I have to also agree. I'm scratching my head o...I have to also agree. I'm scratching my head on this one. <br /><br />I would guess that it's something about drugs but beyond that I don't have a clue. <br /><br />The text is very hard to read and the graphics are just odd. <br /><br />I know that this is harsh but I really recommend that the author / publisher rethink this and start over.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882910901554365995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post-73829653757146433672012-04-01T07:40:44.315-07:002012-04-01T07:40:44.315-07:00Yeah I agree. It's pretty bad. (Sorry to autho...Yeah I agree. It's pretty bad. (Sorry to author/designer)<br /><br />This would be completely unreadable in thumbnail and that's what you have to sell it from!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175053073870042983.post-15542236586294823982012-04-01T06:38:08.899-07:002012-04-01T06:38:08.899-07:00Okay. Seriously. WTF is this? I'm sorry, but t...Okay. Seriously. WTF is this? I'm sorry, but this is, just... ugly. I don't get the two different fabric styles, the celtic border, the pink slug thing below the marijuana leaf... I don't get any of it.<br /><br />Sad thing is, it looks like somebody spent some real time on this cover. It just didn't turn out very well I'm afraid.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745547538571404846noreply@blogger.com