Another book cover for Trana. This one is for one of her romances that she is re-releasing for Kindle. I'm not too sure what this one is about, but I'll update the info once it's up on Amazon.
Kindle Link: Coming Soon
T.M. Simmons: Website & Facebook
Stock Used:
Mountain - xxmynightmarexx
Drums - Provided by Trana Mae Simmons
Font - Chancery Cursive
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Ghost Hunting Diary Vol. 3 Book Cover
Another book cover commission for Trana! This one is for the third volume of her ghost hunt diaries. All of these stories are true, and I'm in a few of them. Like her other books, this one will be available to download on Kindle.
Anyway, she just needed something simple for this one. I originally had gone out and taken pictures of the tree that is featured in one of the hunts, but I couldn't get the image to darken enough without distorting it. The stock image used is actually fairly similar, so it worked out in the end.
Kindle Link: Coming Soon
T.M. Simmons: Website & Facebook
Stock Used:
Tree -- PhoeebStock
Fog -- moonchild-ljilja
Font - Optimus Princeps SemiBold
Anyway, she just needed something simple for this one. I originally had gone out and taken pictures of the tree that is featured in one of the hunts, but I couldn't get the image to darken enough without distorting it. The stock image used is actually fairly similar, so it worked out in the end.
Kindle Link: Coming Soon
T.M. Simmons: Website & Facebook
Stock Used:
Tree -- PhoeebStock
Fog -- moonchild-ljilja
Font - Optimus Princeps SemiBold
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Web Design update
At this time, I will not longer be opening Web Design commissions. Since having a baby, I do not have the amount of free time need to be able to work on one. I may do a few easy ones if I have the time, but for the most part I will be concentrating more on image design and photography.
Book Covers for T.M. Simmons
My good friend Trana commissioned me to make some new book covers for her Dead Man series, which she is getting ready to re-release on Amazon as Kindle books.
The most difficult part of making the covers was finding stock images on deviantArt that would allow commercial use. I tried looking through a few of the stock websites, but the prices they ask for stock is ridicules. iStockPhoto wanted almost $200 for one.
The stories themselves are a mix of supernatural mystery and humor. I tried to get that across with the covers. The first one, Dead Man Talking, came out okay, but I really love how the Dead Man Haunt cover came out. I was lucky to find the skunk image.
Stock Used:
Dead Man Talking
Dead Man Haunt
The most difficult part of making the covers was finding stock images on deviantArt that would allow commercial use. I tried looking through a few of the stock websites, but the prices they ask for stock is ridicules. iStockPhoto wanted almost $200 for one.
The stories themselves are a mix of supernatural mystery and humor. I tried to get that across with the covers. The first one, Dead Man Talking, came out okay, but I really love how the Dead Man Haunt cover came out. I was lucky to find the skunk image.
Stock Used:
Dead Man Talking
- Skeleton - Marcopolio-Stock
- Title Font - Bones
Dead Man Haunt
- Skeleton - Twins72-Stocks
- Skunk - shd-stock
- Title Font - Bones
- Necklace - hand drawn by me
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Update
I've been extremely lax and haven't really put a lot of time into this blog since my parenting blog has taken off. However, that's going to change. In the next week of so, I'm going to start getting some of my photography up and maybe even some of the digital works as well.
I'm also going to be working on some book cover art for a friend of mine. I'll post some more details on that later.
I'm also going to be working on some book cover art for a friend of mine. I'll post some more details on that later.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Superhero Downloads
Here are some super heros that you can use for fan art. There are plently more if you look around his site.
http://fanartexhibit.wordpress.com/downloads/
http://fanartexhibit.wordpress.com/downloads/
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Terrell Photo Walk
I'm currently uploading several pictures to both the flickr group and to my devientArt account.
Friday, July 16, 2010
hmmm...
On a whim, I did that analyzer on I Write Like. I put in my published poem 'Love No More', and this is what I got:
I definitely wasn't expecting that.
I definitely wasn't expecting that.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Worldwide Photo Walk
I'll be participating in the Worldwide Photo Walk for the Terrell area on July 24th.
For more details, follow this link: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/terrell-tx-united-states-downtown-moore-ave/
For more details, follow this link: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/terrell-tx-united-states-downtown-moore-ave/
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
More Poster Tutorials
Here's some more poster tutorials:
http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/fresh-and-excellent-photoshop-tutorials-for-designing-posters-from-2010.html
http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/fresh-and-excellent-photoshop-tutorials-for-designing-posters-from-2010.html
Thursday, May 20, 2010
50 Poster Tutorials for Photoshop
Here is a link to some poster toturials.
http://creativenerds.co.uk/tutorials/50-photoshop-tutorials-for-creating-posters-designs/
http://creativenerds.co.uk/tutorials/50-photoshop-tutorials-for-creating-posters-designs/
Monday, April 19, 2010
Epic Movie Poster Contest Entry
Here is the link to my completed entry for the Epic Movie Poster Contest: http://policegirl01.deviantart.com/art/Azalea-Gambit-Movie-Poster-160926892
Contest info can be found here: http://screeners.deviantart.com/blog/31192481/
Contest info can be found here: http://screeners.deviantart.com/blog/31192481/
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Professional Billing Block Fonts
Here's an article about several of the most used billing block fonts. You can follow the links to either download or purchase the fonts shown.
http://www.infictus.com/a-short-list-of-the-most-used-poster-credit-fonts/
Also, here is a link to download MovieRatingsAndFormats. This font can be used with both movie posters and DVD covers.
http://www.fontspace.com/character/movieratingsandformats
http://www.infictus.com/a-short-list-of-the-most-used-poster-credit-fonts/
Also, here is a link to download MovieRatingsAndFormats. This font can be used with both movie posters and DVD covers.
http://www.fontspace.com/character/movieratingsandformats
setting up...
Since Hostecs decided to delete all free acounts without notifing anyone, I'm moving everything here. It will take a while to get the blog setup, being that I'm busy with the baby and all. I'll try to make some regular updates.
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