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Category: Book Cover Design 101

Book Cover Design 101

How Are LGBTQ Historical Romance Book Covers Made?

I make LGBTQ historical romance book covers. Yet, I often see the implication that creating F/F or M/M historical covers is impossible unless you’re getting a custom photo shoot, due to lack of stock photos. While I acknowledge it’s a challenge (especially
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October 21, 2021sarahwaitestxcraft, diversity, historical romance, how to, LGBTQ book covers, LGBTQIAP3 Comments
Book Cover Design 101

Making a Fantasy Book Cover

I’m a book cover designer who works largely with self published fantasy novels. These days, most of my covers use a combination of stock photos and 3D models posed in DAZ Studios. For the example piece, I’m going to be using “Legend
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February 19, 2021sarahwaitestxcraft, DAZ Studios, how to, making of
Book Cover Design 101

3 Things That Make a Good Book Cover

As a book cover designer, I see some common mistakes both from authors’ DIYing and designers new to book covers. And even for authors who aren’t DIYing, it’s important that they have some basic information so they can evaluate potential covers and
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January 30, 2021January 30, 2021sarahwaitestxcraft
Book Cover Design 101

Where to Find a Book Cover: A Guide for Indie Authors

A lot of self-published authors realize that they need a book cover, but they have no idea where to start. So I decided to put together some information to help you find a book cover! Here are a few common places indie
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January 28, 2021January 28, 2021sarahwaitestxauthor education
Book Cover Design 101, Stock Photos

Making a Book Cover: Everything Before Opening Photoshop

I’m going to go over all of the pre-Photoshop work that goes into designing a book cover! I’m currently offering a discounted custom cover package called “I’ve already done the legwork” where the the client does all of the pre-Photoshop work themself.
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July 10, 2020sarahwaitestxcraft, finding stock photos, renders, resources, stock sites

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