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    I like the typography but the previous cover and its bokeh was sweet.
     
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    We need more professors and less lawyers in this world.

    Lawsuits are a waste of time.
     
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    When you said 'bokeh' last time I thought it was some mad typo. You having typed it again meant I had to look it up. Never even heard that expression before.
     
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    Bokeh :love:
     
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    Have you had a cover design / photo stolen?
     
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    I have an idea for my cover already but I'm not sure if I will keep it. Have any of you seen a cover with a white stone on it?

    Basically my current cover design is a simple, It will contain a stone that glows white with maybe a black background. I already have a title planned for it. If I do this I have to find some pale white stone, white jagged edges and edit the picture.
     
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    completely agree. The original fit with the title. The follow up seems like something for a horror novel rather than sci-fi.
     
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    Minimalist design... or at least my attempt at minimalism.

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    It looks good mate!

    With such a monochromatic cover I'd like to see a version with coloured fluid in the vial :D

    Also, try throwing a couple of vials on, at an angle rather than all straight and what not. :D
     
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    I think this is my fave of all, so far... even more than your boloko, or whatever its called.

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    I like blue :love:

    I am not keen on the back cover ghost vial. I get the idea, but it's not necessary and looks more like dirt than another vial / artistry. Keep in mind, this is purely subjective opinion.
     
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    The back cover loses the fact it's a vial, it looks like a bowling pin.

    I prefer the clean single vial on the front, but I'd experiment with different color liquids, perhaps a neon color of some kind that contrasts starkly with the semi-colorless cover. If it were being published, I'd even consider different colors on different books - see if one color sells more than another.
     
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    Don't take that one. It's pure psilochydrinate and will mess you up good.
    A plague on both your houses. I really liked what I'd done with the back cover ampule.
     
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    You're far to generous. It looks like an inventive sex toy.
     
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    very Malcolm Gladwell in style...and i love his book covers.
     
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    As a person who has had content stolen many times i must agree with this sentiment. People who would never shoplift seem to love lifting content and not crediting the creator.
     
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    I must confess I had to look him up, but I can see what you mean. Thank you.
     
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    He isn't a novelist, he is more in the genre of human psychology studies. He does write some very interesting and thoughtful books. Very popular.

    Anyway, i love his covers for their simplicity.
     
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    Thoughts?
     
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    What are the candles illuminating?
     

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