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Figuring out cover styles

🕑 Added 2024-09-10 17:50:52 +0000 UTC

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Seth Palmer

A with the hope that the story becomes more A than it ever is B

Kent

I like A

Nathan217

I'd say C but very close with B

Dual.

A, but make it gory, with them being in a fight or something more unique

Asad haider

I’m possibly the only person here who will say this, but B, with a less edgy font. C is just mundane and A misses the grittier, more mature and more macabre aspect that sets this story apart. I really like A; it’s upbeat and magical and full of a sense of hope based on profound camaraderie. But that means it’s just not a good reflection of the story, which turns on the ever-shifting balance between the brokenness of its various characters and their often unwilling attempts at atonement. It simply isn’t awash with the boundless optimism that A so beautifully conveys.

IamTheCasualReader

Dang, it's hard to say! I quite like both A and C – perhaps A a little bit more. I suppose you could combine them in a sense, in the form of the cover being a depiction of the shuddering.

Jake Swartz

Taylor

I like A better although that’s not at all what I’ve pictured the square looking like. Tbh I’ve never been a fan of the current cover. But I also think a more straightforward, simple cover of just the triangle portal entrance in a similarish style to Cradle’s covers would be fantastic

Sickul

A is the most interesting to me, but I also think that a cover with an actual dice on it would turn me off a book a bit. Just because in my experience those kind of stories are a little too in your face with the game mechanics. Cover A with a darker tone would be the best in my opinion. The polyhedron lower and darker in color, guards at the entrance to the gate, and then maybe Harald with a demonic shadow, or the demon prince lounging atop the polyhedron almost out of view? Of the covers shown C is probably the best.

Fast Lance

A I think as B and C just remind of other series too much

Draddock

B and C are pretty edgy, and I feel like they don't reflect the full nature of the story. I think something like A, where it's hopeful and it's like staring at a tesseract also. And maybe just add a twinge of something dark to reflect the nature of Flotic and the dungeon

nadpnw

Eric Alex

I like A giving a visual to a hard to visualize (for me) area that they frequently go to. I’ve never pictured any of it as overly colorful though, but more drab like everything’s a bit in disrepair bc of the lack of funds, but maybe that’s a misinterpretation by me

Kelly Flynn

A or C

ShivaMcTimber

A is very interesting and does draw the eye with the multicolor-hedron thing. C is excellent and to the point.

Aaron Brooking

A or C personally love c

Lorenz

Bunnydiction

A is unique.

Josh Cothran

And the houses should be further from the gate

Josh Cothran

A but they need the dwarf in it

Mark Timmony

I like C the best.

Kronos

C all the way

John Bierce

You know I'm a sucker for landscape covers like A

You fool, Warren is dead!

I'd go with C myself. I like A, but it doesn't match the vibe of Harald being the main character. B doesn't seem to fit and never has because the color I associate most with Harald isn't a demonic red but the black of shadows and the Abyss. C though.... That shows Harald doing what Harald does well, murdering the absolute balls off of monsters. II vote C

Tom Priscu

I prefer A

John

Zero__PD

I think B misses the mark by a country mile. It's a lot and overwrought. A or C for sure. I have a personal preference for A - it evokes possibility, mystery, adventure, and camaraderie for me. But I don't mind the the action of C, even if it's a bit less evocative for me.

Jeremy Russell

A for the polyhedron and the whole gang

John Cerefice

I personally think B & C are the way to go, as we're mostly in Flutic and the Dungeon and the tone of the story and setting seem to align better with those covers, imo. I also get a sense of desperation with Harald & co's group, the decline of Flutic, the Fallen Angel's war against the Demons and such just to put some examples into my reasoning. The first cover feels more upbeat and mystical which doesn't feel as accurate.