[BooMSticK]

Hiya.
This is a bookcover I'm doing. There's still 2 days to go before it has to be delivered, and quite a few things to fix - hands, glasses etc... But I would like to hear what you think of it so far. Comments would be very much appreciated. thx!
,Boom

[afex]

I like it alot. what kind of book is this for? also one thing i noticed was the nose on the ghostly figure, it seems like it doesn't have nostrils, where are the bump outs on the sides? looks like the bottom is flat and the bridge come right into it at a point.

[Pat]

BooMSticK, that's looks real nice. My only question is where are they going to put the book logo? Is there enough room? It'd be a shame if they had to cover up some of the vital visual information on the cover.

-Pat

[Konspiracy]

Yeah, where's the title ganna go?.. you have to make room for the title and stuff..

[Cheiron]

Those colors are working great together!

[jasonN]

really nice boom. How long did it take you?

[Frost]

You rock boom. Maybe I'd tone down the values on the edges to keep the view focused on the man... depends on the mood it should convey. Nice work!

[ArtKeo]

Looks good to me. But yeah, would there be enough space for the title and lettering?

[mad]

it's looking real good. personally i'd like to see the coat of the old man given more attention/definition. (the wrinkles/folds)

[nova]

I think since you used harsher lighting/shadows on the face, you should try to match this effect on the hands, between the fingers.. some of the shadow should be darker, almost black like on the face. Make the hands a little pinker, like you kind of suggested on the face. So yeah, it's really the face and hands. Nice work though.. this is pretty darn great

[ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: Nova ]

[roundeye]

great work boom. i think it would help if you softened up the details, they look a little grainy. like around the mouth area and the seams, the cuffs and the hands. also the shadows seem a little too grey, you could warm them up a bit perhaps. also show a little more hair on his right side, and under his ear. or whatever. cant wait to see the finished piece. dont forget to post it! =)

[BooMSticK]

hey guys. Thanx for all the nice comments. I will be working on the picture this whole day and will post the new one tonight. I will have a few hours tomorrow before I have to ship it out of the door.
The cover is for a childrens horror book, involving a ghost and a old man as the main characters. I'm sorry I can't mention the authors name and the title, as I don't think I should be showing the cover here in the public in the first place. But I just couldn't resist getting valuable feeback from you lovely crowd. I planned to have the title in the lower part of the picture, which is why the lower part of the coart is left pretty much unshaded. The title may have to cover up abit of the hands, but that's ok with me - I hate painting hands...

afex - thanks. Good points. The ghost will get a threatment
Roundeye - thx. Yes the the shadows are abit grey. But since the sounding fog, or whatever it is, is pretty grey then shadows would look pretty odd with too much color in them, right? I will put in more hair on his right side! I will ofcourse post the finished cover!
Pat - thanks. The logo will go in the lower part of the picture. The title is actually pretty long but I hope it won't take up too much space.
Lukias - Thx.
JasonN - huh... I don't really know. I have been working on three projects at once for the last week... But I would guess around 25-30 hours or so... including sketches and initial consepts that the editor had to pick from.
Frost - thanks my friend I will!
Mad - the old man needs more work - hands, wrikles, folds and glasses to name a few areas.
nova - good point. I will try and add abit more contrast overall...

Again, thanks for helping out all of you!
,Boom