I was telling another blogger the other day that, until I started this blog and got around to exploring the writer blogger corners of the blogosphere, I really had no idea that cover art was such a big deal. I guess I just took it for granted that I was attracted to pretty shiny book covers. Well, sometimes I prefer them not shiny, to be honest. Point is, it's nothing I ever thought about. I still don't think about it much, which is odd. I have, however, made my own cover art. Mostly for my music.
Above is one example. An album full of my earliest songs, so very dodgy to listen to now in hindsight. The album was titled SOUR because I threw all the songs I wasn't that fond of (or that I never did "proper" recordings of) on it. They had to have somewhere to go, after all! They, along with my other music, can be found here for free download. But anyway...I just wanted to talk about cover art and how I've done some, but mostly not for my books.
P.S. NaNo word count is 54,302. I'm off to a somewhat shaky start with VICTORIOUS.
I like the cover art for your album.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing awesome with NaNo. I know what you mean about the shaky start with book two. My mind is having trouble shifting from novel one to novel two as well.
I find cover art fascinating, for books and music. The albums back in the day were really big on cover art. Really, some of those old 70s albums could be framed and exhibited.
ReplyDeleteI've only written about 300 words today due to
ReplyDeleteBiology projects. Technically, if time starts to pushing, I could finish this sketch tomorrow since it's not due until Friday. I'm just going to get home late tomorrow (figures).
I'm a huge vinyl fan, and mostly due to the cover art. They were like little stories sometimes. I must admit, I'm more likely to buy a book from an author I don't know if I find the cover appealing.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I love CD art as well. I know vinyl is way more special, but I've got a huge CD collection. mp3s just aren't the same ;)
ReplyDeleteI really like this cover art! Cover is certainly not sour :o) Do you have any albums out with songs you like? lol Would love to check them out.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cover! :)
ReplyDeleteCool cover! And congrats on writing so many words!
ReplyDeleteLoving that cover - I know where to come for a kindle cover design :)
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I like that art! How did I not realise you had music out there? Off to listen!
ReplyDelete@Deniz, it's probably my fault for being a not very good self-promoter. hehe. Took me ages to admit to anyone I knew in person that I wrote music.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for visiting!!