[sarcasm]That font really shouts American Civil War.[/sarcasm]
Furthermore there’s no sense of proportion between the cut’n’paste elements (revolver, hat, Minie ball, rose) and each has different granularity between sharp and fuzzy.
The 1990s software I have for funnsies includes scale, blur, sharpen, enhance edges to blend elements so there’s no excuse for any cover to earn a “cut and paste” tag if the cover tinkerer just simply half-tries.
Given all the Civil War interest in the US Union and Rebel, you need to do research that will stand up to historical nit pickers (you lookin at me?). There are quite a few Civil War buffs who will turn up their nose and bypass book covers with incorrect clothing, horse leather, hairstyle, etc. That appears to be a Union blue hat, but Union Colt revolvers were steel framed (sometimes with steel or brass grip frames). “Brass” framed revolvers were Confederate copies of the Colt (bell metal and bronze alloy called gunmetal were easier for small blacksmith shops to work).
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[sarcasm]That font really shouts American Civil War.[/sarcasm]
Furthermore there’s no sense of proportion between the cut’n’paste elements (revolver, hat, Minie ball, rose) and each has different granularity between sharp and fuzzy.
The 1990s software I have for funnsies includes scale, blur, sharpen, enhance edges to blend elements so there’s no excuse for any cover to earn a “cut and paste” tag if the cover tinkerer just simply half-tries.
Given all the Civil War interest in the US Union and Rebel, you need to do research that will stand up to historical nit pickers (you lookin at me?). There are quite a few Civil War buffs who will turn up their nose and bypass book covers with incorrect clothing, horse leather, hairstyle, etc. That appears to be a Union blue hat, but Union Colt revolvers were steel framed (sometimes with steel or brass grip frames). “Brass” framed revolvers were Confederate copies of the Colt (bell metal and bronze alloy called gunmetal were easier for small blacksmith shops to work).