My Steps To Self Publishing

So, here’s Ruby, Flesh & Heart’s book cover.

Here’s the first sketch for the cover. I wanted the braids to be individually platted, and the faces to look a more different.

Ruby 1st Sketch

The second sketch had the suggested changes, and then we went to color.

Ruby 2nd Sketch

I had NO problems with the color at all! So it was a thumbs up for me!

Ruby Final Color

And that’s it. My Book Cover Designer is AWESOME!

See the previous post for Irid’s Book Cover design steps.
See the future post for The 9th Symbol steps.

Hurray! I guess going at this a 2nd time around is not as bad as the first. Time seems to fly by fast!
The only thing was I didn’t get my summary edited so I had a different editor work on that, just trying him out. But my designer was going on vacation in July so I had to just send what the new editor had, hoping it was good enough. If not, then I asked for a black back cover for my book, and I can add in the text myself. My Book Cover Designer was so helpful in that arena. She didn’t have to do that for me (she actually suggested blank since I wasn’t ready for my text yet, so I asked for both). I’m just placing the front cover of the book on here.

So here are the stages for my Irid Book.

Here’s the first draft, and I had NO problems with what I saw. It looked great!

Irid Sketch

Here’s the first color and my husband said it was bland somewhere and suggested to add stars. It was a great idea! See results of that small difference below. Also, the key had to be green instead of gold.

Irid First Color

Here’s the final color. I had NO problems with what I saw, so I said YES!

That’s about it for Irid. Next post is the book cover for Ruby, Flesh and Heart!

See the previous post for The Made Cover design steps.
See future post for Ruby, Flesh and Heart Cover design steps.
See the future post for The 9th Symbol steps.