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Coming Soon - How to Create Outstanding Book Covers - Live Event Sat 10th Dec

Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
edited December 2016 in Daz PA Commercial Products

Hi all,

We have a live webinar event being broadcast tomorrow on Saturday the 10th of December "How to Create Outstanding Book Covers" presented by Esther Mann. Details below!

The HD recording of this webinar session will be in the DAZ 3D store in the tutorials section within a few weeks, but this is an opportunity to take advantage of attending the live webinar session, asking your own questions and drilling down into any challenges you've had in creating promotional images for book covers.Some of what's shared in this class may be useful for promo art in general terms.

You can register for the live event on the link below and as part of the registration, you'll receive the HD recording within 48 hours of the webinar. We're only having this particular class broadcast live ONCE!

PLUS here's a coupon code you can use at checkout for a 20% discount : book20

https://digitalartlive.com/event/how-to-create-outstanding-book-covers-with-daz-studio/

 

Mastering Book Cover Art Projects

  • Have you considered mastering the creation of book cover artwork?

  • Where and how can you gain commisions for producing book covers?

  • How can you this as another income stream or as self-promotion?

  • What elements help convey an instant story?

Esther Mann has had success with creating a series of book covers and she will reveal everything she’s learned for you to do the same. She’ll show you in step by step fashion how to approach book cover projects. She’ll point out what details will help you win commissions for your work and become more noticed as an artist.

Date, Time and Duration

Saturday 10th of December at 21:00 GMT (London), 13:00 PST (Los Angeles), 16:00 EST (New York)

1.5 hours

For this session you’ll need:

DAZ Studio or Poser and Photoshop

Content

Where to start? Aka size considerations

  1. Where are you submitting? Different vendors have different requirements
    1. Amazon
    2. Itunes
  2. What type of Cover are you making?
    1. Ebook Cover
    2. Print Cover
    3. Audiobook Cover
  3. Setting up your render environment in Daz
    1. Adjustments to the Render Settings Aspect Ratio
    2. Adjustments to the Pixel settings
  4. Setting up your file in Photoshop
    1. Setting the DPI
    2. Print considerations
    3. Using Templates to help with setup

Elements of Storytelling

  1. Keeping it simple
    1. The 3 second test
    2. Portrait vs. Landscape
    3. Image domination vs Text Domination
    4. Know your story
    5. Know your genre
  2. Size matters
    1. The thumbnail test
    2. Composition

How not to fail with fonts

  1. Creating an image that leaves room for fonts
  2. Font Rules
    1. Contrasting font types
    2. Font Color
    3. Readability
    4. Color Contrast
    5. Special effects
    6. Genre specific font styles
    7. Licensing
  3. Book Title
  4. Author Name
  5. Tag Line placement

Marketing – Name Recognition and Branding

  1. Word of mouth
  2. Associations
  3. Web sites
  4. Self-Promotion
  5. How to price your work
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Comments

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,770
    edited December 2016

    Sounds very interesting! I'm always trying to learn more on this particular topic, as I just designed my first cover in DAZ and Photoshop for my latest book. Will definitely check it out.

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  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    Llynara said:

    Sounds very interesting! I'm always trying to learn more on this particular topic, as I just designed my first cover in DAZ and Photoshop for my latest book. Will definitely check it out.

    Hi Llynara,

    Thanks for your interest. I was going over some final checks on the tutorial with Esther last night and she has prepared a whole series of useful tips and information for this type of artwork, that demands a certain type of simplicity, some story telling-  yet instant attention - all at the same time!

    Paul

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,770

    Thanks, I have signed up and am looking forward to it. I am finding the typography part of cover design the most challenging personally. I've gotten great advice here in the DAZ forums, and am looking to learn more about it. Glad you all are covering that side of it.

  • OstadanOstadan Posts: 1,125

    Those UTC/EST/PDT(???) times don't line up.

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,770
    edited December 2016

    EDIT: Ah, two of them are reversed on the graphic itself. Eastern should be 4, Pacific should be 1. The write-up looks correct.

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  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    Ostadan said:

    Those UTC/EST/PDT(???) times don't line up.

    Apologies. I've altered the poster.

    The correct times indeed are: 

    Saturday 10th of December at 21:00 GMT (London), 13:00 PST (Los Angeles), 16:00 EST (New York)

    Duration of webinar 1.5 hours - though there is some potential to extend if we have more Q&A than anticipated.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    edited December 2016

    I read about this webinar, but just can't swing it right now.  I am so glad to see it will be showing up in the store soon.  I really got a lot out of Esther's postwork webinar that you guys did.  

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  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    Knittingmommy said:

    I read about this webinar, but just can't swing it right now.  I am so glad to see it will be showing up in the store soon.  I really got a lot out of Esther's postwork webinar that you guys did.  

    Thanks KnittingMommy. Glad to hear you gained value from Esther's postwork tutorial. What in particular did you find useful? We'll keep you posted in this forum of future live events.

     

  • LlynaraLlynara Posts: 4,770

    This was a great webinar. Learned some things, confirmed some others, got some new ideas and met some great people. I really enjoyed it and felt it was a good value. Looking forward to taking more of your webinars in the future and am signing up to get the Digital Art Live magazine. 

    Thanks!

  • Tiffanie Gray - IDLMTiffanie Gray - IDLM Posts: 560

    Really enjoyed the Webinar Paul, Thanks for hosting!

  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    Llynara said:

    This was a great webinar. Learned some things, confirmed some others, got some new ideas and met some great people. I really enjoyed it and felt it was a good value. Looking forward to taking more of your webinars in the future and am signing up to get the Digital Art Live magazine. 

    Thanks!

    Hi Llynara,

    Many thanks for attending! It was great to have you participate and it was good to see lots of questions and interaction from the group in this session. I'll liaise with the presenter Esther to see if we can look at a potential sequel; it'll be a case of gathering enough discussion or "pain" points to solve to do with producing artwork for books or similar promo work.

    Paul

  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    tiffanie_gray_aceaa3bc71 said:

    Really enjoyed the Webinar Paul, Thanks for hosting!

    Hi Tiffanie, glad you liked it and gained some good value from the event. Thanks for your input throughout the session in the chat box.

    Paul

  • DamselDamsel Posts: 384

    Will you make it available for those of us unable to attend?

  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    Damsel said:

    Will you make it available for those of us unable to attend?

    Absolutely. The webinar recording is with the DAZ store testing team at the moment and I think will be released, probably by mid January latest.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Digital Art Live said:
    Knittingmommy said:

    I read about this webinar, but just can't swing it right now.  I am so glad to see it will be showing up in the store soon.  I really got a lot out of Esther's postwork webinar that you guys did.  

    Thanks KnittingMommy. Glad to hear you gained value from Esther's postwork tutorial. What in particular did you find useful? We'll keep you posted in this forum of future live events.

     

    Sorry I didn't get back here until now. Just been really busy.  I think the most useful thing about the webinar was seeing a little bit of Esther's workflow.  I found it interesting to see what she actually rendered out of DS and how she took it and turned it into something that was a very dynamic image.  I've only been using DS for the last two years and only just in the last six months really improved my renders.  Added to that, I've been learning how to do a lot of post in Gimp on my images.  Understanding how to use programs like Photoshop or Gimp effectively was something I never understood how to do until just recently.  The quality of my images have really taken off.  I still get images that bomb or don't turn out how I expect but the number of good images I create is far more than the number of bad ones I still manage to make now and then.  I hope that means I'm getting better.  :)

    When I first started I did everything in DS but it was because it was the only thing I knew how to do.  I'd never really used a graphics program for much more than opening an image and resizing it before.  Now, I'm effectively using layers and creating art.  Seeing how others use those tools that I'm still learning how to use helps me figure out turn my images into my visions.  So, thanks.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,282

    ooooh!  I would like it if it is not too expensive and can afford it.   Looks interesting.

  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123
    Miss Bad Wolf said:

    ooooh!  I would like it if it is not too expensive and can afford it.   Looks interesting.

    Thanks for your interest. The Book Covers tutorial is due for release in the store on the 15th of January.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    I will be watching for this on the 15th then, I was very sorry that I missed it.

  • Digital Art LiveDigital Art Live Posts: 123

    Tutorial was released on Sunday:-

    http://www.daz3d.com/how-to-create-outstanding-book-covers

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,282

    Cool!  One day I plan to get all of your tutorials!  Great job!

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