Show us your series poster & why it's designed like that

Chita 2020-12-07 15:05:26 UTC #49

I just reaaaaally wanted to play with the white simple background and use the wings as a way to deliver the cover since most of my volume covers will have a winged character in them.

Every character's placement means something, in this case Flare is in between Shade and Balzac cause in the comic proper she literally gets caught in their conflict. Still, she keeps focused on her own interests, specially her earring which reflects her desire to know more about her past, which is distracting her from what's going on around her.

Balzac (left) is focused on Shade, as he's trying to finish some open bussiness with him. Khaus (the blue eye) is keeping a close watch on him, being prepared to deflect any posible attack. Shade, however, keeps looking forward as he is actively avoiding facing both Flare and Balzac as he tries to run from responsabilities.

sourdoughprincess 2020-12-08 03:07:02 UTC #50

This is my series cover, It is designed fairly simple because it is my first one and I didn't really know what to do with it. My protagonist is Kenin in front, the others are all important as well. I just did a space backdrop because it was simple and looked cool and vibed with the story as a form of foreshadowing. Like I said it's a fairly simple design I will more than likely change later on

steffiemusings 2020-12-08 09:09:14 UTC #51

Mr. Slick and Dr. Alma are floating in space since they're traveling in the galaxy.

The shadowy hand grabbing Alma symbolizes that the main villain wants to get hold of her for his own diabolical purposes.

Mr. Slick trying to reach out to her symbolizes that he's Alma's hope.

Siromany 2020-12-08 09:16:10 UTC #52

I'm going to be changing it eventually, but currently the series poster is a minimalist depiction of the main character in the dual forms he comes in. (One is the waking world, the other is the dream world.)
The cover was meant to show a peek at the concept of the series, but I feel like I didn't get that point completely across, thus I'm going to be changing it.

shadowrayugah 2020-12-08 16:51:12 UTC #53

Art cover of my novel.

CorgsCof 2020-12-08 18:31:20 UTC #54

Great idea for a thread, I love talking about the subtle symbolic meaning of things in art. This is the first good cover page I've made for my comic. I plan to change it as I progress through arcs to represent the current state of the story, plus it'd be cool to see how my art evolves.

The reason for this design?

Show off both of the main characters together and their personality/relationship: David (the boy) is shy which he shows through his slouched posture, while the dog (haven't revealed his name yet in the story, so won't here) is leaning back because he is more confident. They are both smiling because they are happy to be together. The dog is more open about it than David, who is a more reserved character.
A forest to show of setting and mood: The first part takes place in a forest a lot. It's also where David lives and feels the most comfortable. It also represents his loneliness and isolation, that is why it's dark and there's no one else in the poster.

crowstories 2021-01-16 00:14:19 UTC #55

In part mine is designed like this because what I initially tried wasn't working and I had to change some things around... But mostly I wanted to show the tension between the two main characters, who start off hating each other, and to hint at the secret they come to share/kind of begrudging interest that develops as they get to know each other. Did kind of a spooky night setting because it eventually falls more into the horror genre, but it takes a while to get there so it's currently listed under drama as its primary genre so people don't get too impatient waiting for the horror.

kitschensyngk 2021-01-16 00:50:33 UTC #56

Nachos Con Carne's cover art is based off a 4th of July/Canada Day piece of character art I made a few years back. One of my main characters--Terry on the right--is from Canada.

We're just about to meet a new character in the Tapas/Webtoon continuity in the chapters to come, so I plan to update it later this year.

For the Words. cover, I used a piece I made for a local art show last year in which I intended to show off the characters in it.

emmaemeh2011 2021-01-16 00:51:02 UTC #57

it's a just a re-imagination of the first scene in the prologue of my webtoon

couldn't think of anything else to draw

yoyoyoshiko 2021-01-16 01:01:16 UTC #58

This is the upcoming cover for my third chapter that i'll be posting next week:

Its always a tricky process for me to choose what to draw for chapter covers. I went in this direction because this chapter begins with an altercation, so I have my protagonist and his co-stars standing in defensive positions. Later on (light spoilers) I'll be re-introducing some characters from his past, which i'm pretty excited about, so I set the three of them in a cloud-filled environment, an allusion to one of the upcoming character's power, and re-used a theme from a previous cover with the looming shadow to foreshadow(lol) another.
Also i just realized I should probably change the year to reflect the date Chapter 3 starts, and not the date it was drawn on aahaha!

CytricAcid 2021-01-16 01:14:01 UTC #59

For mine, I really wanted to get the decade feel down pat first. I went with a font that is often used by 70s posters and album art, something a bit like the logo for Yes or Budgie, but not quite something like Genesis. Progressive rock is a huge inspiration for everything I do, so I try to take my influence from things surrounding that genre, including aesthetic. I also love using the color purple, my natural color choices work well for the era, I think.

We have Edwin at a record store, because music is an important part of the setting. While Edwin is no musician, he is certainly in the musician circle, and he's looking through the records, all featuring bands/musicians in the story, though some more important than others. In fact, the one he's holding has a particular importance in the story, but that happens way later...

MerrowBros 2021-01-16 01:26:16 UTC #60

Here's my cover. I didn't put a huge amount of thought into the composition, so I'll reverse engineer an explanation for my decisions after the fact. Like a champion.

"Tall Poppy Syndrome" is an expression that means: a secret desire to see successful people fail. Building off of that, I have my three main characters reaching towards the top of a tall poppy, reflecting their combined desire to be successful, despite the fact that success is out of reach.

Jim is on the bottom of the character stack, as he is submissive and everyone walks all over him (This is also the reason his head is smallest in the icon in the upper right corner).

The color scheme is warm because I like warm color schemes. That is a totally valid reason.

ApplesOverIndia 2021-01-16 04:32:36 UTC #61

Cool idea! Here's my novel cover:

Throughout the book, the two main characters dye their hair twice, ending up like this. It's a very outward reflection of clear character development and confidence growth for one, while it's symbolic for the other as well, just less obviously so (and a bit more spoiler-y than I would like to share). The entire book is wholly focused on these two characters and their backstories and growth, so it made sense to focus only on them, and I liked the aesthetic of only using hair. The background was a function of needing to not clash with or match any of the hair colors, which were already set by the book itself. The font was chosen to be reminiscent of handwriting, which I feel fits with the general polaroid aesthetic.

I also wanted to keep it very simple and clean to be striking at a glance and not require much time to take in, especially since covers display so small here. I played around with silhouettes of their faces from a profile view instead, but it never really worked.

Here's a link to the story. Still very early in the posting!

Pony_wearing_a_hat 2021-01-16 04:36:51 UTC #62

The story takes place after a devastating apocalypse, and as a result there is just smog and ash everywhere, so I looked for an image that could resemble that. The one I found just had this really quiet eeriness to it that appealed to me. it really had the somber and empty atmosphere I was looking for. then I added the campfire because that's the other part of the story, people sitting around a fire and telling their life stories. The font was chosen because it sort of felt like it was in tune with the dialogue style (very snappy, heavy swearing)

skyfarron 2021-01-16 18:55:24 UTC #63

This is my current book's cover, without the text. It's called Grim & The Vampire.

The central subject is Graham, dressed up like a vampire. His high-collared jacket blends in with the silhouette of the living shadow that stalks him, and he's surrounded by crosses - maybe gravestones, maybe something else. Bats and birds and leaves are swirling around in a windy autumn vortex, under the crescent moon. The background is slightly pink, as well as the apple in Graham's hand (a subject of the book and minor allusion to Twilight), while Graham himself is in black and white, to suggest a silver-screen monster movie tone for the story. It is unclear whether Grim is the hero or the villain, whether the shadow is his own, and which one of them is the Grim and which one is the Vampire.

The overall effect is two entities leaving unmistakable impressions on each other, both bound by deathlessness and struggling for their own identity through supremacy over the other.

And... I might change it! I think it makes it too confusing as to which one is which, and it comes from an earlier build of the story where Graham WAS the vampire. I'll share the new one when I make it.

skyfarron 2021-01-16 22:35:43 UTC #64

And here's the new one I just whipped up.

I decided to use my old toon style again.

I turned the shadow into a more defined figure of its own, imposing on the central subject, Graham. The protagonist is now more clearly the one who's Grim, while the shadow is the Vampire. A prop from the story, a scythe staff that's missing a blade, is aligned with an enlarged crescent moon that forms an optical illusion of a blade.

The soft pink tone has been relegated to the hoodie on Grim, as it's the most reader-adjacent object on the poster, creating an impression of depth through variation in saturation.

And the background objects, the crosses, are now taller and more imposing as well, creating a warped space that's perfect for a good scare.

Finally, the overall tone was kept pretty friendly to make sure people know what to expect from a PG-13 story.

sarahmcsquish 2021-01-17 02:27:42 UTC #65

For my cover I wanted to convey a dash of mystery. She wants you to go with her; follow and see where the waters take you. Also, for obvious reasons, paw prints in the sand. But shouldn't it be human foot prints? More intrigue for the reader! And if you look to the water, it has the faintest pride flag gleaming in the highlights, letting you know that everything in this comic is gay, including the entire ocean.

danitasibert 2021-01-17 15:11:38 UTC #66

this one is going to e replaced, over the last few years I've realized that i can do better this was made in 2015 and I'd like to show what the series can truly represent better. :slight_smile

I wanted something to reflex the idea of the comic..... blood and action to be honest i don;t really plan what is a title cover cause i just wanna draw my characters the best i can

AHaplessFool 2021-02-07 03:42:29 UTC #67

This is also a chapter cover for chapter 2, which happens mostly during day, so I wanted to kinda reflect that in the cover (though I think I might look into making a new one before the chapter's out because I changed the art style by literally just a couple pages into it). Most of the comic takes place in the corners of cities, so I figured an alleyway would fit, plus that's literally in the title.

As for the fire, I wanted for it to look as if the comic itself was being set aflame, since fire is such a big deal in the comic (like even within the first three pages tbh).

lucifervermilli 2021-02-07 04:53:54 UTC #68

This is for my novel series.

Nothing much. It's just the main characters of this series.