Book Cover Reviews discussion

Hi Guys!
The final installment of my Neanderthal time-travel series (trilogy) is at the developmental editor’s. Time to work on the cover of “N3”! Would like your opinions on this option I’m developing (low res). Thanks for inputs!

for reference: Books 1 & 2:



new N3 OPTION A:

   

N3 PREMISE: With the portal closing, time-traveler Tom Cook confronts enemies in different worlds to save both his family and his adopted band of Neanderthals.

Thoughts? Comments? THANKS!

UPDATE: Wasn’t liking how “soft” and “pastelly” the new cover was looking. Wanted something more genre-appropriate for my Action/Adventure story. Something a little more “harsh.” So I came up with Option B shown below (and added Grayscale tests). Thoughts?

for ref: Books 1 & 2:


N3 OPTION A:
       

N3 OPTION B:
       

100521: revised a bit more: changed the center area, gave more modeling/color to central figure, and made the main title a stronger red (which I may back off of a bit). Here:

N3 OPTION C:
   

I think the last one (C) is most interesting. I like the bit of blue -- gives it depth. The other titles are pretty strong, so I don't think you need to dial the color back at all. I do like the graining in the title, too.

Gifford wrote: "I think the last one (C) is most interesting. I like the bit of blue -- gives it depth. The other titles are pretty strong, so I don't think you need to dial the color back at all. I do like the graining in the title, too."

Thank you, Gifford! Appreciate the feedback.

Harald wrote: "Gifford wrote: "I think the last one (C) is most interesting. I like the bit of blue -- gives it depth. The other titles are pretty strong, so I don't think you need to dial the color back at all. ..."

Agree!

Judy wrote: "Agree!"

Thanks, Judy!

Just realized that I never posted the final cover. Here are all three of the series...

Harald -

This is a great looking series. Each of the covers works really well by itself, but as a set it is clearly linked together—unique, distinct, but through your specific use of typography, unified.

Well done!

Paul

Paul wrote: "Harald - This is a great looking series...."

Thanks, Paul. I feel a little guilty about #3 being a little "lazy," but after beating my head against the wall for a while, I decided it was good enough. And I spent a lot of time on getting just the right Hue of the red title on #3. It's not quite as "poppy" as I would normally like, but I went with it.