The Ruins of Mars: Eye of the Apocalypse June 21, 2017 The Ruins of Mars: Eye of the Apocalypse And then someone looked at it and said, “Perfect! Upload it!” Spread the love Tags: BOO-ring, cut and paste, filteriffic ◀ Igniting Andrew Fairyville Adventures ▶ 7 Comments Oldest Newest Most Voted Inline Feedbacks View all comments Ian 6 years ago The sad part is that is perfect concept art and would be great in the hands of a skilled artist because I love the concept of this cover Hitch 6 years ago Reply to Ian OK, I’ll bite, Ian–what concept? I see a noggin, but…is that supposed to be a skull, inside a scrunched spacesuit helmet? I swear, I could not make heads or tails of it. I had to sit here and stare at it for at least a few minutes to figure it out. Sheesh. ian 6 years ago Reply to Hitch I said it was a concept not final product. I’m assuming sci-fi/horror on mars. but it does need more work. Naaman Brown 6 years ago Reply to ian “Nice rough. When can we see the final? … Oh. You’ve already hit ‘publish’? *moan*” Without self-publishing or indie small press, there would be less Lousy Book Covers. Naaman Brown 6 years ago Reply to Hitch Zoom in on the 1040×1561 pixel version. [open PETPEEVE.TXT, select, paste in lousybookcovers.com] My Pet Peeves at Lousy Book Covers 5) cartoon figures pasted on a photographed landscape Sigh. ♪ ♫ When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? ♪ ♫ It’s almost like some want their covers here. Hitch 6 years ago Reply to Naaman Brown @Naaman: maybe they do. Maybe there’s a contest out there, and we have simply missed it? Surely, we’d know about it, right? KristopherGrows 6 years ago It’s weird how the cover actually improves if you remove the graphic. It would still be dull, but it would at least evoke ‘Mars’.
The sad part is that is perfect concept art and would be great in the hands of a skilled artist because I love the concept of this cover
OK, I’ll bite, Ian–what concept? I see a noggin, but…is that supposed to be a skull, inside a scrunched spacesuit helmet? I swear, I could not make heads or tails of it. I had to sit here and stare at it for at least a few minutes to figure it out.
Sheesh.
I said it was a concept not final product. I’m assuming sci-fi/horror on mars.
but it does need more work.
“Nice rough. When can we see the final? … Oh. You’ve already hit ‘publish’? *moan*”
Without self-publishing or indie small press, there would be less Lousy Book Covers.
Zoom in on the 1040×1561 pixel version.
[open PETPEEVE.TXT, select, paste in lousybookcovers.com]
My Pet Peeves at Lousy Book Covers
5) cartoon figures pasted on a photographed landscape
Sigh. ♪ ♫ When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? ♪ ♫
It’s almost like some want their covers here.
@Naaman: maybe they do. Maybe there’s a contest out there, and we have simply missed it? Surely, we’d know about it, right?
It’s weird how the cover actually improves if you remove the graphic. It would still be dull, but it would at least evoke ‘Mars’.