Staring at book covers

I didn't manage to get some of the Avon publishing version of Lynsay Sands's books so I bought the Orion Publishing ones. The book's bigger, a little more pricier but it's a damn piece of eye candy. I couldn't resist taking a look at the cover every 5 minutes!

The female [only one so far] is just so cute but the men... are just mouth watering. Lol.
However the interesting [or otherwise] thing about being an author is that you don't always have a say in the book covers. Except for sometimes; as you see Lynsay makes a change from the darker haired to the lighter haired guy in Bite Me if you Can. But I like the covers so far. Makes reading more pleasurable =)

[photos can all be found on http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/a-quick-bite-paperback]

Into The Vampire's Lair covers

And so here my photoshop skills are put to use as I play around with photos and try to create a possible cover for my stories. It's mostly for fun and I am not going to use it for profit. =)

So here's the first cover I made. It's Draven and Amber... although it's really difficult to find male models with long hair. *sigh* But this what I put together.



The male model here looks half Asian... but that's okay.  I was experimenting with a new trick while doing this; which was to highlight only one colour from a picture... and thus Amber's hair here is red [yes, she will dye her blonde hair red later on]

And of course, the reference to Culzean Castle as seen from the Gothic architecture at the background.










But just to give myself another alternative, here's a more "Draven" like model. Plus I changed the background; still gothic but at least the two of them are looking at something. Lol.

So which one [or which guy rather] is better?



 
Next is the Alaron and Erika cover. Somehow it turned out better than I expected! Looks ALMOST like what most romance covers look like!

The photos are mostly stock photos... but I really have got to get a proper camera and beg my friends to pose for me. *laughs*

Right, then there's one photo of Ian Somerhalder that I JUST have to put here. It totally inspired me for the character of Alaron. Yes, he looks almost like that in my head. [and yes later I will make reference to him in Chapter 5!]



By the way, I have never watched Vampire Diaries though... but my brother loves to watch it... and so I end up seeing this sexy guy on screen now and again. And then I found this photo and it hit me... if Alaron was to watch Erika as she does her work, he'd look like that!

Right, so here ends my visual playground.

Glasgow photos and Story book covers

Today I was looking through my phone and realized that I still haven't uploaded Glasgow! So here are a couple of pictures.

On the right is one of the streets that we passed by. It looks somewhat like London, except a bit more gloomy. Hehehe.

And here is the Kevingrove Art Gallery:
I took the description from wiki:

The museum's collections came mainly from the McLellan Galleries and from the old Kelvingrove House Museum in Kelvingrove Park. It has one of the finest collections of arms and armour in the world and a vast natural history collection. The art collection includes many outstanding European artworks, including works by the Old Masters, French Impressionists, Dutch Renaissance, Scottish Colourists and proponents of the Glasgow School.
The museum houses Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí. The copyright of this painting was bought by the curator at the time after a meeting with Dalí himself. For a period between 1993 and 2006, the painting was moved to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.

We didn't get to go around much as I had a serious case of food poisoning. But at least I got around to see some buildings on the first day.


So anyway, I was bored and so I decided to work on possible book covers [if I ever decide to publish my book online or in print]

Here's the design for Apple of My Eye:

Hahaha. I had fun doing this!

The Hunters
 

And lastly, here's To Love A Were:

That is the Danish royal family by the way.... [laughs]

TLAW didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be. But I'll try again some other time when I'm free. Hehehe.

So tell me what you think!