Cover Pages: what's your technique?

[ratique]

I have the best covers of all time:

All jokes aside, I find doing cover pages extremely hard. Yet I appreciate great covers so very much! Maybe I won't JUST make a black page for the next chapter. We will see. : )

[jecie]

I like cover pages that have a pop color. Not too detailed.
If anyone has ever read 100 bullets, Dave Johnson does a very good job.

Here's one of mine

[getsuart]

@Cielle Indeed, teasers are quite hard. As long as it isn't big shocking spoilers, I don't think it's a problem. Usually, I put characters that are coming up in the first half of the chapter, so you will still have a lot of big things to discover.
And when i don't have characters, I just sketch the main scenery. Or there will be simply items.

[AngieVX]

For "Summerdays" they are more conceptual. They don't have much to do with the story itself, but more with some concepts. Sometimes they feature small details that are important for the story or just fun and cute, sometimes they set the mood of the chapter or relationships. Also I try to choose different characters, I like asking my readers who they want to see on a cover of the next chapter, or ask my friends.
That's the newest

[Kamikaze]

We haven't done a full 'episode' cover yet, but we do covers for our act breaks. It's been really interesting to read through people's opinions on the main covers though. Main covers always baffle me. I never know what to put on them. x.X

We're in the middle of trying to figure that out for both episode 1 and 2 on Kamikaze.

On our act breaks though, we do the teaser method. Objects of importance are featured with background images of import. It's simple, but a lot of our readers like to guess what the objects mean, or how it'll effect the story.

For example the pages for our first episode acts look like this:
Act 0

Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 4

They're simple, but they work for us.

[ErithEl]

This is the most recent cover I've done for Burning Bright; trying to keep things a little more simple, but still throwing a little teaser in their - trying to catch readers' interest.

[zwebb90]

mmm i try not to go too crazy in detail, i mean i would love to but i just know ill have a lot of covers to make so i try to make them look organized and simplistic. im going with that (one character a chapter) look right now, all traditional, copic marker.

[Cielle]

@AngieVX those heart sunglasses are cute!

@Kamikaze I like your act-cover style! like you said, it's simple but effective! It makes you think and theorize~

@ErithEl I think it's a nice balance for a cover. From what I've read so far of Burning Bright (which is one of my favorite comics, BTW, just saying ;D) I think this cover hints at what's to come without giving anything away.

@zwebb90 I think going for a simple look is a-ok ^.^ sometimes less is more. Sometimes less is less. Each comic has it's own style, which is part of what makes it so fun! What works well for one comic/artist might not be what another comic/artist needs/wants.

[ErithEl]

Thanks @Cielle that means a lot to me! -hugs-

[gearpunk]

I don't have a COVER cover for mine just yet, but I do have a chapter page in the work~
I was deciding on whether or not to add some texture to the lettering and ended up going with just black.

What I would normally do is add elements from the said story/chapter and make it work from there~
Like this chapter focuses on the owner of the hat, who happens to be a pirate captain.

[AngieVX]

@Cielle Thank you! Glad you like them!

[zoonland]

I usually draw something that is good looking, but acts also like a teaser on what's to come in the story.