The difference in competence between the upper half of the body, and the arm and bottle, makes me think that half of this illustration is stolen.
red
9 years ago
OK, I cheated and read the online preview, and now I understand why there’s a “vomit shade of green” “slithering” down the cover.
But the preview didn’t have an explanation for why John Hancock’s head is stuck on the end of a turkey leg, or why the flies are attracted to JH and not the turkey leg or the font.
Waffles
9 years ago
Nothing is as professional as the font ‘Curlz’.
NOTHING!
I’m not sure what that symbol is between the High and the Spirits, but at first glance (AFG) it likes like it is trying to be an ampersand. And in this font, who the hell knows what that should look like.
Magnified it looks even more bizarre. An occult symbol? A weird new symbol that means copyrighted but stolen?
If it is an ampersand (and I hope it is), I definitely think a book named High AND Spirits is definitely read-worthy. Especially in this particular hue of “vomit shade of green.”
The professional look of the Curlz font is a topper that screams, “Pulitzer, BABY!”
&emdash; the above statements are facetious in nature, and are by no means meant to be a serious endorsement of this monstrosity. A monkey throwing darts at balloons filled with its own fecal matter would result in a better cover.
Traditionally, the symbol for “and” (Latin “et”) ampersand “and per se and” is supposed to resemble a stylized ligature of the the letters “et” or “Et”. Since font designers are often constrained by order specifications for fonts, they often go creative with their & designs. A cursive cap E with a vertical bar, dullsville.
red
9 years ago
The author is making this e-book available for free, so it’s a bit difficult to find fault with not spending a lot of money for cover art (especially since e-books don’t really have a cover, anyway). The story itself is a witty, entertaining, amusing long-ish short story that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
The idea behind this cover actually conveys a fair impression of the story, but the viewer wouldn’t know that until after reading it (I would never have even considered the book based on this cover).
My suggestion, if the author should stumble across this, would be to look at the opening credits of the old Pink Panther movies for ideas on how to treat this cover.
Catie
9 years ago
A flying woman has a genie in the bottle. Can anyone read what’s written on the bottle?
The font looks appropriately bubbly, but still… ugh.
And yeah, the face of the woman is definitely traced, I think from one of those old illustrated commercials, it’s very familiar to me but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it.
The difference in competence between the upper half of the body, and the arm and bottle, makes me think that half of this illustration is stolen.
OK, I cheated and read the online preview, and now I understand why there’s a “vomit shade of green” “slithering” down the cover.
But the preview didn’t have an explanation for why John Hancock’s head is stuck on the end of a turkey leg, or why the flies are attracted to JH and not the turkey leg or the font.
Nothing is as professional as the font ‘Curlz’.
NOTHING!
Got Dat Rite!
I’m not sure what that symbol is between the High and the Spirits, but at first glance (AFG) it likes like it is trying to be an ampersand. And in this font, who the hell knows what that should look like.
Magnified it looks even more bizarre. An occult symbol? A weird new symbol that means copyrighted but stolen?
If it is an ampersand (and I hope it is), I definitely think a book named High AND Spirits is definitely read-worthy. Especially in this particular hue of “vomit shade of green.”
The professional look of the Curlz font is a topper that screams, “Pulitzer, BABY!”
&emdash; the above statements are facetious in nature, and are by no means meant to be a serious endorsement of this monstrosity. A monkey throwing darts at balloons filled with its own fecal matter would result in a better cover.
Traditionally, the symbol for “and” (Latin “et”) ampersand “and per se and” is supposed to resemble a stylized ligature of the the letters “et” or “Et”. Since font designers are often constrained by order specifications for fonts, they often go creative with their & designs. A cursive cap E with a vertical bar, dullsville.
The author is making this e-book available for free, so it’s a bit difficult to find fault with not spending a lot of money for cover art (especially since e-books don’t really have a cover, anyway). The story itself is a witty, entertaining, amusing long-ish short story that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
The idea behind this cover actually conveys a fair impression of the story, but the viewer wouldn’t know that until after reading it (I would never have even considered the book based on this cover).
My suggestion, if the author should stumble across this, would be to look at the opening credits of the old Pink Panther movies for ideas on how to treat this cover.
A flying woman has a genie in the bottle. Can anyone read what’s written on the bottle?
The font looks appropriately bubbly, but still… ugh.
And yeah, the face of the woman is definitely traced, I think from one of those old illustrated commercials, it’s very familiar to me but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it.
1777 1777
Viva La France
Les Grande Dames
Champagne Brut
Good grief. A plain brown wrapper would have been a better cover than this one… The words inside are much better.