My 1st draft koi book cover, what do you think?

[karipeters]

Quote: Originally Posted by lildude Here is nuban ( number 2)

I love number 2, Eric! You are very talented!!

[D@z]

Number 2 for me too. The eyes look a little childish imo and overcomplicate things. It is just too busy. I'd like to see the text in a colour that stands out better though, maybe white but you would have to re arrange the pattern so that the text is all set against red and black.

Remember the number one rule....Less is More.

[lildude]

Hmm thanks for all of the comments on the book cover, maybe this toshio sakai seminar will help me in writing the book.

[koicluboftheair]

Quote: Originally Posted by lildude I spent a lot of time doing this, I just want to know what you all think. Please let me know, what is wrong, what is good? its a bit distorted because of the tranformation I have 3 1st draft covers.

A few initial thoughts of mine on 1st draft cover:

-Why not pull the eyelets up from the bottom (into the black) along with the bottom right puzzle pieces and crop that white space while bringing the Japanese text closer together as well?
-Do you want to strictly convey the puzzling concept or provide a visual path toward understanding? I'd think inclusion of a koi in the image might provide something of that appreciation and demonstrate quickly the purpose of the text.

All look nice. I prefer the first one as I consider it to be asymetrically balanced. The others appear to have too much of an empty path of white space running through them that could in my opinion benefit from the presence of koi.

As the first one is saved as a jpeg hopefully you are able to create them as vector graphics (.png) that would allow you to easily rearrange the pieces at will.

[Gail]

Quote: Originally Posted by lildude I dont think I am ready for this, I dont even know anything close to all of you, besides, my passion has got in the way a lot, more than a lot. A ton. I dont think its time for me to write a book, or even continue the koi life as much as I have been. Its starting to feel dull, and not worth it, because of my stupid actions, I have pretty much killed it for me. I just need to rest, I am exhausted from all this drama. besides, I am pretty sure I like koi too much, its probably very unhealthy for me to be doing this. My koi hobby is coming to a crossroad. Koicop PM'ed me pretty much saying "shut the hell up". He said I had posted 24 posts in 24 hours, which I dont think is a lot, but watever. It kind of puzzled me, but for the most part he was right. I need to "shut the hell up". I dont really know why he would just say this, but whatever, I am starting not to care anymore. This hobby is so exhausting, I wish we could all learn in peace and harmony, but unfortunately its not gonna be that way. I will continue to honor everyones wishes, gifts, and advice. No way in heck will I throw all that away, that would be so disrespectful to all that still care about me and still see some kind of potential in me. Thank you so much Russell, Bob winkler, Dick benbow, keokoi, Nancy M, and so many more. but I want to thank Kari the most. Kari, I have become very close to you, closest I have ever let anyone on here get. I will probably stick my head in from time to time at your place. Thank you for eveything you have done. maybe my koi hobby isnt done afterall, just online. My head hurts...

Hmmmm and this became a new thread?

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gail Hmmmm and this became a new thread?

Yup.............

[Gail]

Ok, I thought I was seeing double

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gail Ok, I thought I was seeing double

Nope, it is part of the pity patrol.

[Seefdro Tvneik]

If your going to keep the eyes........I would suggest tweaking the shape/size or the placement of the eye(s). The eyes as you have it now are cartoonie....

[lildude]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell Peters Yup.............

This is where I posted it first, but then thought of a thread.