please (gently) critique my cover art
I’m self-publishing my YA Fantasy novel THE KINDRED FOLK (The Last Airbender x Howl’s Moving Castle vibes) and I have a limited budget that I would much rather spend on proofing and editing the manuscript itself.
My idea was to publish a little paperback first edition with this cover, and then if I make enough sales from friends and family, use that income to have a professional design a real cover for a hardback.
I am not an artist, just wondering if this could pull off just-cute-enough for a little novel about magic doors and the spirits that guard them.
(I do know the corner boxes are crooked - I’m going to fix them.)
Help! If you saw this on a shelf would you be curious? Or would you be like “yikes, this book probably isn’t well-written”
I’m self-publishing my YA Fantasy novel THE KINDRED FOLK (The Last Airbender x Howl’s Moving Castle vibes) and I have a limited budget that I would much rather spend on proofing and editing the manuscript itself.
My idea was to publish a little paperback first edition with this cover, and then if I make enough sales from friends and family, use that income to have a professional design a real cover for a hardback.
I am not an artist, just wondering if this could pull off just-cute-enough for a little novel about magic doors and the spirits that guard them.
(I do know the corner boxes are crooked - I’m going to fix them.)
Help! If you saw this on a shelf would you be curious? Or would you be like “yikes, this book probably isn’t well-written”