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Also, you can totally post your own stuff down here. But judging from the total lack of comments...I'm guessing no one gives too much of a damn. :(
Alright, I'll bite. My book LURK is about a horror movie fan who finds a box of old pictures buried under his house, which leads him to believe someone may have been murdered there, and the house itself may be evil. Set up is intentionally conventional, but it goes off the rails. Also Yicheng, I pre-ordered your book, it looks sweet. https://www.inkshares.com/projects/lurk
Cool. So what do you help with? A book trailer or poster? I'm no graphic designer, but I'm sure I can help out
Cool. So what do you help with? A book trailer or poster? I'm no graphic designer, but I'm sure I can help out
A book trailer would be awesome. Really anything would help. What can I do in return for your hard work?
I need ideas for a better cover and title for my book.I'm leaning toward Four Eyes right now. Better than One, right?
I might need a video. I can air mail you a cake. It might make it alive?
Adam wrote: "A book trailer would be awesome. Really anything would help. What can I do in return for your hard work?"Cool. Send me an email to liu0074 'at' eastdonsc 'dot' vic 'dot' edu 'dot' au. Tell me as much about your book as possible and we can host a brain storming session where I throw book trailers I cobbled together with open source videos. But I will be going to china this october, so don't expect it any time before November. Sorry.
Elan wrote: "I need ideas for a better cover and title for my book.
I'm leaning toward Four Eyes right now. Better than One, right?"
Well, personally I think whatever you like is a good title. But again, I'm not sure what sort of book cover you're aiming for. Please contact me privately and we can figure something out. I can do a book cover in 2 days if I'm fast.
Jae wrote: "I might need a video. I can air mail you a cake. It might make it alive?"
Same thing I told Adam and Elan, talk to me in private and we'll figure something out before long. No, I don't need a cake, just make sure to preorder my book. That would be enough.
No I'm still here Yicheng! Working on feedback to email you as I write this. Well not actually while I write this. I took a break to write this. But I'll send it to you before the end of the day
Thank you! But uhh, just tell me next time. Since I'm taking the time out of my day to do this. Thanks for responding!
I think we all need help. I am not certain what else I need out side of advertising,revamping my blurb/pitch. My wife is drawing out the cover, but I will need a pro artist to make it cover worthy. My readership is only growing slowly, but faithfully. I need to hit a larger audience. Win or lose on inkshares isn't as important as building a readership I can on with after or beyond inkshares.
Maybe some feedback on what I've got so far, and where i should go next would be a great place to start. Thank you.
Here's the link to my book. Any help is welcome.
https://www.inkshares.com/projects/to...
I'm a bit late to this one, but if the offer is still open I would love some help with a cover and/or poster design. I'm absolute crap at both envisioning & executing visual designs, so I've just been wracking my brain on this front with 0 mental traction.If you want to read some samples to see if it gives you any ideas, here's my project:
Hello Yicheng,If your offer is still open I would really appreciate your help designing a book cover for my book Brown Skies/Fallen Angels (Letters From Folsom). Have a few ideas I'd like to share. Let me know if you have time? Thank you.
Michael wrote: "Hello Yicheng,If your offer is still open I would really appreciate your help designing a book cover for my book Brown Skies/Fallen Angels (Letters From Folsom). Have a few ideas I'd like to shar..."
Don't worry. I should have time. Just make sure to email me. Thanks.
Thomas wrote: "I'm a bit late to this one, but if the offer is still open I would love some help with a cover and/or poster design. I'm absolute crap at both envisioning & executing visual designs, so I've just ..."I already got a cover image thought up. Might take a while to do it, but I think I can create a cover. Shoot me an email.
Hey Thomas! Hey everyone else! I want to tell you guys that my offer is always open and I am willing to help. I had done a concept art for Thomas' book: Exile, magus. I think I could now add that to my ever growing résumé of success stories. ;)
Jodhan wrote: "I think we all need help. I am not certain what else I need out side of advertising,revamping my blurb/pitch. My wife is drawing out the cover, but I will need a pro artist to make it cover worthy...."Hi, I think I could revamp your cover and your project page if you want. Just email me. K?
Adam wrote: "No I'm still here Yicheng! Working on feedback to email you as I write this. Well not actually while I write this. I took a break to write this. But I'll send it to you before the end of the day"
Hey, I haven't heard from you in a while. You still interested in the book trailer?
Yeah, I need someone to write me a Book 2. You in? j/k... But seriously, that shit needs writing.
Punksthetic wrote: "Yeah, I need someone to write me a Book 2. You in? j/k... But seriously, that shit needs writing."
I am hoping you are joking, because ghostwriting isn't my thing. Hopefully never will, that is shady and lazy. If it's a joke...uhh, that isn't an awfully good one. Sorry.
Punksthetic wrote: "Yes, it was a joke. Lighten up."I kind of realized, I am not to comment further on the matter.
Also, for those asking for book covers...have a look at this webpage, It should answer 90% of all your questions and design problems regarding book covers. Seriously, I'm not that good at book cover design. My covers could be more realistically said as a placeholder until your funding goal was reached and professional graphics designers were called in. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/designing-book-covers/
Yicheng wrote: "Hi there! I'm not exactly a helpful person, but I want to try and support as many people as possible before going down. So if you need any help with your Inkshares project, ask.I had experience c..."
Hi Yicheng. I'll like for you to do a book trailer for my novel. Click on this link so that you can read what my novel is about. I saw your book trailer and I loved it! https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Cool. Please send me an email of what you want in the trailer and a script of all the text you want in the trailer, and the music you want for background. Please be prepared. Thanks.
Hey Yicheng,Think you can help me with my trailer? Have song I want played to different photos in my book. An introduction, followed by a slideshow. What could be easier? Would PowerPoint work in this case?
Yicheng wrote: "Cool. Please send me an email of what you want in the trailer and a script of all the text you want in the trailer, and the music you want for background. Please be prepared. Thanks."
Hi Yicheng. Are you talking to me? What's your email address? Thanks.
Francesca wrote: "Yicheng wrote: "Cool. Please send me an email of what you want in the trailer and a script of all the text you want in the trailer, and the music you want for background. Please be prepared. Than..."
Michael wrote: "Hey Yicheng,
Think you can help me with my trailer? Have song I want played to different photos in my book. An introduction, followed by a slideshow. What could be easier? Would PowerPoint work in..."
At this point, I could say this applies to everyone. My email address is liu0074 "at" eastdonsc "dot" Vic "dot" edu "dot" au
:) Your work looks amazing!!! My husband is an animator and my best friend is in advertising so I don't need help there right now. Although i'm pretty sure both of them aren't taking me seriously when I said I was putting this book up for publication as I've been saying that for 8 years now and really haven't done anything till now. :( Although I don't need help right now doing anything I love seeing what others are doing!!!
Greetings Yicheng,I see that your Fiver Gig for reviewing is paused. Are you too busy right now?
Yep. Been writing short stories, Nanowrimo, amd stuff. Too busy. Might restart my fiver gigs in December when I finished my 50,000
Hey everyone! This thread is not dead. I am still available to help any and all of you people that needs it. If you have a need, run it past me and I am pretty certain I can get it done for you. If you guys haven't seen it yet, this is one of the book trailers that I had created in the wild. https://youtu.be/CEFE0tMteOM
Yup, highly recommend Yicheng to all Inkshares authors looking to add some sizzle to their page with a movie style trailer. He's super generous with his time and easy to work with. The Last Machine video he did for me is exactly what I was looking for. I won't say exactly how fast he worked the magic, because I don't want to set crazy expectations, but it was quick!
Matthew wrote: "Yup, highly recommend Yicheng to all Inkshares authors looking to add some sizzle to their page with a movie style trailer. He's super generous with his time and easy to work with. The Last Machine..."Thank you for promoting my book trailer design skills, Matthew. I liked your book concept and I had the time, that added up to a super productive evening of drafting and research. ;)
But for all these interested, I can also do character sketches and some whiteboard animations. Or I could critique book trailers and teach you about what works and what doesn't. Shoot me an email and 9 out of 10 times I will probably respond :D
You are welcome if you decides to tip me. That would be extremely appreciated if you did that.
Is it possible for you to make me a book trailer? Kelsey
Kelsey wrote: "Is it possible for you to make me a book trailer? Kelsey"
Yeah, definitely! Email me and we can discuss the details on what you want, how you want it, and when you want it. I'll try to be nice. :)
Kelsey wrote: "Ok thank you so much"No worries, mate! I work throughout the entire holiday season, so don't worry
Okay folks, I had just finished making Kelsey's book trailer for her book. I think it's pretty awesome. I am available to help you make that book trailer/creative promotional stuff of your dreams. If you have a need, just run it past me and I can get it done for you. I'm a professional. :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwtv...
I had created the map for Craig Munro's fictional world Bones Of The Past. Here for any creative need that you have. :)
Quick update: moved my email address to: Iamnotunique57@gmailDONT TRY TO REACH ME AT MY OLD ADDRESS.
Hi folks,I recently finished making andré brun's book trailer for his book Lies & Deception. This is now part of my ever-growing large list of book trailers I had done for other writers. Contact me if you want to see your book get the same treatment.
http://youtu.be/6FVOJ2MXgvQ
Great work Yicheng, what's involved in making one of these? Average time, cost, what you need from me the author?
Jodhan wrote: "Great work Yicheng, what's involved in making one of these? Average time, cost, what you need from me the author?"I would need images, author's opinion on what I should look like overall, reviews of the book, a description, and sometimes music. Because music is something that more often than not requires a license and if the author has a piece of music picked out that doesn't infringe on copyright laws, that would usually be great and I don't have to go to shop for one.
If I am really bored, it would take about three HOURS to finish a good book trailer, if I am really stuck on how to really bring out the best of the book (I.e. Actually requiring to do research or making a serious typo), it would take a few days at most. Since the dwellers of the Internet have a short attention span, I aim to make the video at around the 1:30min mark, that's the sweet spot.
Most of the time I use free stock footage and images that the author provide, but if they require something specific...then I would need to purchase a few from Getty or some other place unless they could also provide those with me reaching for a credit card.
All in all, making a book trailer is a pain, but something that could be done right if you have the right material and a video editor (any video editor, doesn't matter if it movie editor 2007. As long as it edit videos and insert music). I estimate the cost to be between $0~$50 (remeber music? Professional ones cost around that much) for the average book trailer. So yeah, if you're looking to create a book trailer, you could either make it very easy for me or end making it very hard (some writers decided to just leave a link for their book and let me do the research, trust me, you really shouldn't do that), which is the essence of every job anyway.
So I'm still open to making book trailers. If you need help, tell me.
I had experience creating posters, advertising, and creating content in general. Don't take my word for it, watch the book trailers I had created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhfuKvj-hs; or this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSziNb80ssA.
Like those? leave a comment below if you're interested. I can also help design a promotional book poster for your book. Like this one:
...I'll let you be the judge of how good it is.
Then of course, 3d mockups of books. Yeah, I had actually designed one for John Robin's blood dawn:
, and one for my book as well:
P.S I'm offering all of this for free. But please buy my book on the way out(https://www.inkshares.com/projects/the-remains-of-civilization). Also, check out my fiver gigs, they are probably helpful: I will help you become a BETTER writer for $5; I will write a honest review of your fiction book as a writer for $5
Thanks,
Yicheng Liu