Art Based On Novels - Good or Bad?

@hushicho Hushicho
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 05:11:47 +0000

@hushicho wrote:

It's said "you can't judge a book by its cover" and it's good advice; you really can't. But the whole reason why that is even such a timeless quote is because book covers are generally designed to captivate a potential reader and get them interested in reading what's inside. You indeed cannot judge a book by its cover, nor by its promotional art, but using art as a promotional tool is not only wise, but widely-done because it communicates a great deal efficiently.

Another well-known saying is "a picture paints a thousand words", well-said and good to remember. Everyone will have a different mental image of the written word, but there's nothing wrong with having one example of an image that comes from another person. It might not interest someone, but then again it might! It's worth giving it a try and potentially interesting plenty in what you're doing.