Am I the only one wondering if the LEAP text is deliberately separated from the remainder of the title? As in…leap? From that part of the cover to the rest of the title? Or is it simply inadvertently ironic?
Yes. I habitually peruse their offerings, and download free for commercial images that I find striking. I never know; I might use something for a blog article, or a client might want a couple strolling in those misty woods, in which case, voila!–I have one handy that will likely fill the bill.
I got tired of being HOSED by istockphoto–they’ve become ridiculously greedy about how you buy/license images, so I’ve branched out to other, less-traditional image sourcing. I don’t object to paying for artwork I like; but I object to non-exclusive licenses costing the earth for artwork/images that have been up there for 10 years or so.
Glad you liked it. I found that in about…2 minutes of browsing there. Ergo…it’s not that hard to find a decent image.
Catie
8 years ago
“Leap Faith of a Chad Beckman Mystery.”
It’s more of a float than a leap.
Naaman Brown
8 years ago
With the 1990s graphics package I play around with, it would have been so easy to darken the cut’n’paste couple image to match the light level of the forest path.
The only rational excuse for this level of laziness is that the cover artist thought being on Lousy Book Covers would be good publicity.
You’re assuming that the cover artist was thinking. This cover could only be explained by the lack of thinking process. Had the artist stop to think, he would’ve given these people some shadow.
![cover[4]](https://lousybookcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cover4.jpg)
Covers like this always make me think of B-movies where the actors are standing in front of a projection screen.
Ross Richdale has a padawan!
Because there certainly aren’t any stock photos of couples walking in the actual woods.
“Look at the weird spacing and layout of those words up there.”
“Yeah, we seem to have leaped into a pretty strange world. Do you think our shadows will be getting here later?”
Am I the only one wondering if the LEAP text is deliberately separated from the remainder of the title? As in…leap? From that part of the cover to the rest of the title? Or is it simply inadvertently ironic?
I actually like this one, although the smallness of the couple probably renders it a non-starter. The photog has an eye, though: https://pixabay.com/en/walking-forest-couple-nature-green-1149747/
Wow. Free for commercial use even. It almost makes me want to write a novel I could put it on.
Yes. I habitually peruse their offerings, and download free for commercial images that I find striking. I never know; I might use something for a blog article, or a client might want a couple strolling in those misty woods, in which case, voila!–I have one handy that will likely fill the bill.
I got tired of being HOSED by istockphoto–they’ve become ridiculously greedy about how you buy/license images, so I’ve branched out to other, less-traditional image sourcing. I don’t object to paying for artwork I like; but I object to non-exclusive licenses costing the earth for artwork/images that have been up there for 10 years or so.
Glad you liked it. I found that in about…2 minutes of browsing there. Ergo…it’s not that hard to find a decent image.
“Leap Faith of a Chad Beckman Mystery.”
It’s more of a float than a leap.
With the 1990s graphics package I play around with, it would have been so easy to darken the cut’n’paste couple image to match the light level of the forest path.
The only rational excuse for this level of laziness is that the cover artist thought being on Lousy Book Covers would be good publicity.
You’re assuming that the cover artist was thinking. This cover could only be explained by the lack of thinking process. Had the artist stop to think, he would’ve given these people some shadow.