This could have been an okay cover. Certainly better than some we see here. But the boy’s torso is messed up (what’s with that left arm?) and his head looks like he’s a doll that’s been run over by a car. The kink in the neck, the bend/position of the arms. Yikes! And what the heck is up with his shirt, especially the sleeves? I don’t believe ordinary fabric can behave that way.
On the plus side, the apples look delicious! For cartoon apples.
I think he’s a 2-dimensional boy stuck in a 3-D world.
C. M. Kenyon
10 years ago
People who use Poser for book covers should be shot into the sun. I’ve never seen it done well in any medium, and I’ve seen it done poorly more times than I can count.
Jen
10 years ago
WTF?! Is this kid made out of stacked bricks dressed in the world’s most starched clothes? Also, real nice pancake face with the ultimate ’70s hair-do. This book is supposed to be for kids aged 6-8? What kind of kid would look at that cover and say “WOW! This book looks AWESOME?” I was a pretty strange kid but even I would have looked at that and thought “Nope, won’t be checking out THAT one”.
![cover[1]](https://lousybookcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cover177.jpg)
The poor boy looks like he’s itching. The cover isn’t that bad, but his pose for the cover could have been a lot better!
There’s some strange stretching of the kid’s head. Was it drawn that way or was it distorted on purpose to fit the cover? Either way, bad.
This could have been an okay cover. Certainly better than some we see here. But the boy’s torso is messed up (what’s with that left arm?) and his head looks like he’s a doll that’s been run over by a car. The kink in the neck, the bend/position of the arms. Yikes! And what the heck is up with his shirt, especially the sleeves? I don’t believe ordinary fabric can behave that way.
On the plus side, the apples look delicious! For cartoon apples.
Nice fake medallion.
+1 🙂
I think he’s a 2-dimensional boy stuck in a 3-D world.
People who use Poser for book covers should be shot into the sun. I’ve never seen it done well in any medium, and I’ve seen it done poorly more times than I can count.
WTF?! Is this kid made out of stacked bricks dressed in the world’s most starched clothes? Also, real nice pancake face with the ultimate ’70s hair-do. This book is supposed to be for kids aged 6-8? What kind of kid would look at that cover and say “WOW! This book looks AWESOME?” I was a pretty strange kid but even I would have looked at that and thought “Nope, won’t be checking out THAT one”.