What's Under the Covers 2
After I created that post a while back going into detail about how I created the designs for some of my e-book work, I figured it might be fun to every now and then tell "the story" behind the design of some of my e-book covers. So yes, another regular feature has been created.
Here's a little blurb about the book:
"MR. WRONG is a short, fast-paced romantic comedy. Kat Snow, a widow, decides its time to re-enter the meat market, but finds herself faced with two seemingly insurmountable problems: 1) finding Mr. Right; 2) She hasnt dated in 12 years and needs a brush-up course on current dating etiquette. The trouble begins
when she asks her best friend and boss, Rourke Hawthorne, a cynical divorce lawyer and a poster-boy for Mr. Wrong, for help - and worse, he agrees."
Apparently there is one scene in the book where the male character ends up in jail, and that was the image that the author wanted on the cover of the book. But how the heck to create such an image in a short period of time? And the author also wanted the male to be wearing a jacket and tie, slightly rumpled. Well, the only male model I had handy was the hubby, but would you believe the guy didn't have a jacket or a tie in his closet? Let's just say he's very low-key when it comes to fashion. So first it was a trip to the nearest second-hand store to find some cheap suitable clothing. That adventure alone was worth the payment for the job, just seeing the hubby struggle and grumble about trying on jackets. Never mind trying to remember how the hell to tie a tie. We actually had to do research on the internet for that. I guess I'm a lousy wife 'cuz that sort of skill just doesn't come naturally for me.
Then the real challenge was trying to create the scenario of being behind bars. Desperate situations call for desperate clamberings in the broom closet. I found two old brooms (for some strange reason we have quite a collection of brooms; it ain't like I use any of them; another area of wifely duties where I don't measure up). I got the hubby to stand still and hold the brooms close up to him, as if he was literally, "behind bars", and took quite a few shots. After finding the best shot, then it was Photoshop to the rescue, so with various colour filters the broom handles were made to look as much as possible like the same bars in a jail (the broom handles were originally two different colours; one red and the other blue). I'm not saying it's perfect, but I don't think it's that bad, considering my limitations and time constraints.
Finally, the title was hand-drawn, in Photoshop.
I am very grateful to the hubby, who I must say, is anything but Mr. Wrong for me.
