Dec 042009
Kneel to Me
Recently I got the cover art back for a novel I wrote, and I was not pleased. However, bad cover art stories are boring little cliches, so I didn’t post about it.
Today, however, I finalized with Circlet the cover art for my next anthology. Because of our low budget and tricky requirements, Circlet is pretty much stuck with making something out of stock art. It’s tough to find one image that gets across what a book is about, especially if it’s an anthology. Distributors won’t take art with visible female nipples. There’s a lot of information about what covers work best to sell a book, and some of it’s even right.
That said, it came out rather nice, don’t you think?
Kneel to Me
Mate: And More Stories from the Erotic Edge of SF/Fantasy
Up for Grabs
Wired Hard 4
Wishbone
The thing that is most amazing about the art is that the “normal” version of the photo, where his jeans are indigo and the rose is red just looks straight off a Valentine’s Day card (ugh, gag) but the version where it’s desaturated just moves it into the realm of Circlet territory, not quite real, and begging for exploration/explanation.
At least, that’s what I thought when I saw it.
Being a fan of white roses, bare chests, and kneeling (in pretty much any combination), I think the cover is wonderful!
3 other folks here (viewing over my shoulder) agree! Yay!
The desaturation on the rose and jeans is a neat trick, and adds an interesting impact to the image. I do think that image works very well with the title too.
Why are female nipples verboten but male nipples aren’t? I’ll never understand that.
Love it, very nice:) Thx for drawing my attention to it on FetLife
Roxy
You’re welcome! The book will be out next month, so be sure to check back!
Depending on where you are, showing female nipples may against the law. As silly as this may be, we’re stuck with it for the moment.