Sunday, November 10, 2013

Ghost Hunting Diary Volume V Cover

This one took me a few tries to get it going. Originally, I was going to use a photo of the actual house talked about in the 'Hell House' chapter. The photo was taken years before digital cameras came out and got really messed up every time I tried to adjust the brightness. So after some searching, I found a house that looked very similar and when from there. The shadow person is the same that is used for the team logo, but just in white. I used a few layers of fog brushes for the mist set at 40% to 50% opacity, then erased them down from that at about 42% opacity. That way it lost most of the detail to look like a very light mist. I also painted in the treeline in the background.


Kindle
T.M. Simmons: Website [link] & Facebook [link]



Stock Used

House - :iconfairiegoodmother: [link]

Sky - :iconpurplestripedbrain: [link]

Grass - :iconfairiegoodmother: [link]

Lightning - ObsidianDawn.com [link] (bought commercial license)

Treeline (in background) - :icondierat: [link] & :iconcoffinkittie: [link]

Additional scrub around the house - :iconderangedhyena: [link]

Fence post - :iconfrostbo: [link]

Barbwire - :iconfrostbo: [link]

'No Trespassing' sign - :iconshowna-stock: [link]

Mist - :iconspiritsighs-stock: [link]

Shadow person - [link]

Font - OptimusPrincepsSemiBold

SRT Logo Design


Logo commission for Supernatural Researchers of Texas, a ghost hunting group that I'm a member of. The main logo is being used for things like business cards, car magnets & the like and is primarily printed on a white background. The t-shirt logo will only be used for t-shirts (unless something comes up). Since it will only be printed on purple shirts, I've added purple to the background so that you can see what it will look like.

Stock Used:

K-II - hand drawn by me (using own K-II as a reference)
Shadow Person - [link]
Font - OptimusPrincepsSemiBold

Ghost Hunting Diary Volume II Cover

A slight redesign of T.M. Simmons' Ghost Hunting Diary Volume II cover. Trana did the original version herself and decided that it needed to be updated along with the rest. The original is still up on Amazon if you want to see it.

I took the original image and centered it, then added a brighter sky & clouds after adjusting the colors/brightness/contrast. I also used a different font as well.


Kindle Link: [link]

T.M. Simmons: Website [link] & Facebook [link]


Stock Used:

Background - Photo credit T.M. Simmons (provided by T.M. Simmons)

Cloud - :iconninja-ryo: [link]

Font - OptimusPrincepsSemiBold

Forever Angels Cover V. 2

The original cover was just the background image. I added in the couple and didn't have to do a whole lot editing to them. I added facial & body hair to the guy, but you can't see most of it. I also added in some wrinkles to make him a bit older, as well as some grey hairs on his sideburns.


Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Angels-ebook/dp/B006LD1XYC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354997924&sr=8-2&keywords=forever+angels

Trana Mae Simmons: Website http://www.tranamaesimmons.com & Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001080912099


Stock Used

Background - Dreamstime (provided by Trana Mae Simmons)

Couple - Hot Damn Stock (provided by Trana Mae Simmons)

Body/Facial Hair - http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=27688-0

Wrinkle Tutorial - http://www.photoshoplab.com/aging-people.html

Font - Pristina

Mountain Magic Cover V. 2

Updated cover for Mountain Magic.

I removed a tattoo on the guy's shoulder & added various bits of body/facial hair. I redid the woman's hair and also extended the vest down to cover her middle.


Kindle Link: [link]

T.M. Simmons: Website [link] & Facebook [link]


Stock Used:

Mountain - :iconxxmynightmarexx: [link]

Man - Hot Damn Stock (privided by Trana Mae Simmons)

Woman - Hot Damn Stock (provided by Trana Mae Simmons)

Hair - :iconredheadstock: [link] & :iconvaia: [link]

Chest Hair - [link]

Font - Pristina

Montana Surrender Cover V. 2

Well, the first version I did proved to be a little too hot. So I did a toned down version.

I didn't have to do too much with the guy except some body and facial hair. I also removed a tribal armband tattoo on his arm. The only thing I really changed on the woman was the hair. I wanted to cover up her mid-drift but nothing really worked.


Kindle

Trana Mae Simmons: Website & Facebook

Stock Used:

Couple - Hot Damn Stock (provided by Trana Mae Simmons)

Background - Dreamstime (provided by Trana Mae Simmons)

Hair - redheadstock  & vaia

Chest Hair - http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=27688-0

Font - Pristina

Woefully Behind Again

FenCon was awesome, and I had a great time.  I've been working on some more book cover since & will have a ton of stuff to update once I get a chance.  Things my mom blog have picked up since it's Christmas so I've been testing a ton of products and writing reviews.

I'm going to try to get a few updates up tonight.  I'm on my laptop so I don't have all the files handy to get them all up..but I think I should be able to get most of them up.