Welcome To Art For Authors
How would it be to see your protagonist
or infamous anti-hero staring back at you in full color? Perhaps
the character isn’t fleshed out as fully as you would
like and having a visual would give a boost to the writing
process. Maybe your book is complete and now you are ready
to grace it with professional cover art. Or maybe you would
simply like to commission an heirloom-quality oil painting
of your hero or heroin to hang on your studio wall. All of
these options and more are available to you through Art For
Authors.
Through this web site you can attain the personal
services of S. C. Versillee, a skilled oil painter, digital
artist, and graphic designer. If you are a self-publishing
author, you will appreciate the opportunity to have access
to high quality art that is usually associated with the book
covers of large publishing houses. Additionally, you will enjoy
one-on-one interaction with the artist as close attention is
paid to the important details that define your book. To learn
more continue to explore the site and view the example art
displayed on every page.
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The Importance Of Your Cover
After all the emotion, time, and
effort you’ve invested in your characters you want to
do for them what any well-meaning parent would do: better their
odds at becoming a success. If you are a skillful wordsmith
with a collection of prose that few readers could resist you
have the battle 25% won. Other challenges face you in your
journey to deliver your work to the public, among them may
be getting bookstores to accept your book, enticing reviewers
to critique your book, and most certainly, encouraging potential
readers to pick your book from amongst a dizzying array of
competitors.
In this challenge the professional quality and appearance of
your book cover becomes more than an extra gesture of dedication,
but a necessary selling tool. Publishers oft site the “30
second” rule when referencing the amount of time readers
give individual books while browsing a shelf. As a book browser
I can attest to it being closer to 3 seconds while glancing over
spines and maybe 10 seconds if the cover is facing outward. If
the cover is particularly captivating, then I pick it up to look
more closely. If intrigued, I next turn it over to read the back
copy. Lastly I open the book and read a few pages – the
cover artist has done their job and now it is the author’s
turn to sell me. Like wise, these browsing habits tend to follow
suit over the Internet, though slightly altered.
Sometimes novice authors will bargain hunt
for cover art in an attempt to save on production cost, or skilled
or not, they will determine to produce the cover themselves.
While wanting to save money is understandable, cutting cost in
areas where optimum quality is important can be detrimental to
the author’s efforts to successfully sell her or his book.
Just recall the last beautiful book cover you saw and then contracts
it with one you considered very poorly done. Chances are the
poor cover was a bargain design while the gorgeous cover was
an investment in a professional artist’s and / or cover
designer’s services. Further, take note of your feelings
while regarding these two book covers and decide which reaction
would be most desirable for your own book. If you are confident
in your book and the characters that populate it then investing
in professional artwork to adorn it is a logical choice.
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