Here’s the cover for my second pairing of short stories. I made it bigger on this, since it’s my art blog and this site is all about the art.
Finding an interesting photo to work from was the easy part. I do a lot of gardening and have zillions of photos of my plants. This isn’t actually my plant, but one I found on a walk. I love the textural aspects of agave and century plants. They are as beautiful and striking as the saguaro, though sadly not as iconic.
For the black bands, I am not really sure what I did, but I managed to do it twice, so I hope when it comes time to make a third cover, I’ll be able to do it again. I’m still muddling around on Gimp, but I did this cover in 45 minutes instead of two days, so the learning curve wasn’t as hard as I feared.
For the font, I used powerpoint, since the options on Gimp are limited.
I admit the cover doesn’t have very much to do with the stories; I figure for an anthology, all it matters is that it is interesting to look at.
The stories are both literary fantasy. The first is a story about a woman haunted by the voices of the dead. The second is about an artist living in a tiny cabin in the back country. They are currently free on Smashwords, but the price will rise to 99 cents when I publish on Kindle, so catch them while you can.
