Selena’s Comments (group member since Mar 31, 2015)

Selena’s comments from the Random Design group.

As you all may know, I'm a graphic design student in my junior year of college and I'd really love to have some book cover projects to work on, as that's the area that I want to eventually work in.

I will be offering these book covers free! But, there will be some limits/restrictions as to how many times you can change your mind, etc. since it takes up a lot of time.

Please message me if you're interested and I'll get back to you asap. (Spread the word too!)

Hi (again) everyone,

This group was SO helpful during my book cover project many months ago and it was so fun talking with other people interested in books + design.

Sadly, my memory sucks and I always stay super super busy during the school year. And so... I kind of forgot about this group. >.<

That said this is definitely something I don't want to let go to waste or be lost so keep your heads up for something new soon. :)

Hi guys! Long time no see. :) Aaaand I'm back with another college project.

This time I don't need you to critique anything (yet) so much as give me your opinion and knowledge on some things.

1) What race do I look like (totally no wrong answer. you can name one, several, or none)?

2) What are some racial stereotypes (for those who don't know, that means that one race is thought of as ALL one thing or ALL doing one thing) that you have heard all your life?

Can't wait to hear your thoughts.

Just a note to anyone who might be interested:

The website says that anybody who wants to enter this competition must be over 16 and live in the UK.

Me too! It's so helpful.

I found this great collection of book covers that you can search by designer, genre, etc.

Here's the link: http://bookcoverarchive.com/

Definitely going to be scrolling through these covers in my free time. :)

Natacha wrote: "Hey! I just saw your post, been so busy with uni these past weeks haven't gotten a chance to check Goodreads. But yea, I'd love to be featured in your blog :D"

Great! I'll shoot you a message in soon :D

I know I posted before and nobody was interested, but I'd love to feature you on my blog if you're interested! :) I would interview you with a few questions about you as a designer and ask for a few examples of your work. If you want to be spotlighted hit me up :D

Pippa wrote: "Hi is it okay to post this publishing competition for a new book cover for an emerging fiction writer here it is open to all book cover designers and may appeal to peeps on here

http://www.bloodh..."

Sure that's totally cool :) Sorry, I took so long to reply.

Hey guys, so I have a blog that I post regularly on that I'd love to feature some artists (jut starting out) on. Would you or anyone you know be interested?

I'll definitely let you know! :)

Thanks!! :D That's so nice to hear :)

Natacha wrote: "Thanks! Yeaa, I've got my work on Behance if you want to have a look :) https://www.behance.net/natz17dot

Do you have any more work, i'd love to see it!"

I do have some more work but I haven't gotten it into digital form jpg's yet. Something else I should work on :)

Natacha wrote: "haha Well it was worth the risk, the effect it gives is great!

What made you decide to paint them? I've only used watercolours for one of my projects, but don't dare try other mediums with paint ..."

Well, first of all, I painted them digitally which helps a little bit with minimizing mistakes as far as possible. There are some great brushes out there!

I decided to paint the goblet because I wanted it to be recognizable and very specific to the story and I couldn't find anything out there that matched what I wanted. I was just playing around with brushes and came up with the wings. :D And the green vines *sigh* they took me HOURS bc of the detail I put in them. I told my teacher I'd found the original pngs from DeviantArt (of course making sure they were open to use)and he told me to take it off and paint it myself. >.<

Because he hates DeviantArt for some reason. So..yeah lol I guess it was worth it in the end but it did take many hours.

Natacha wrote: "Uuu pretty :D I really like the background washes you used for both covers, they make such a nice effect! Did you paint both illustrations?? If so, that's amazing! Well done :)"

Thanks! I really feel like it gave it the kind of old-timey/ancient feel that I wanted it to have.

Due to time constraints, I painted some of the stuff on the covers and some are digitally tweaked *grins* I painted the angel wings, the goblet, and the green vines, and some other little stuff.

I have little to no experience in any painting so it was a huuuge risky thing. >.<

Hey peoples :)

So I was thinking about it... and even though Goodreads is really handy for connecting with the book community and talking about things. It's kind of ridiculously hard to post pictures of our art.

Therefore, I have made a Facebook page for us as well!
It's here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Random...

It's wayyy easier to post pictures on FB and much easier to critique each art piece without making a hundred threads like we would have to here on Goodreads.

One thing I would suggest doing though is putting some kind of signature or watermark on any completed artwork.

Book #2

Thought I'd post the final versions of the book covers (that I turned in for grading):

Book #1

Natacha wrote: "Hey!

I just found your group & I'm so excited haha I've just finished my first year in Graphic Design like you and really into book cover design & just books in general :)

Had a look at your Mor..."

Welcome to the group Natacha! Wow um you sound like my twin :D

Thanks so much! I'll have to get into gear and work on some projects. Is there any chance we could see some of your work?

sounds good