Last week, my officemate, Shayla, introduced my to Canva.
and. I. was. hooked!
People buy book titles, not the content. This is an idea I'm trying to comprehend after reading one of my favorite books, Think and Grow Rich.
I couldn't change the titles, but I can change how the story covers are. The covers I've selected for my fanfics are, well, crap.
I have nothing to lose if I create simple covers, yes?
This is my first story cover for my third story.
Plain. Safe. Decent.
Not to mention it's boring.
I uploaded and temporarily set it as the story cover.
Several hours later, I created another one for my second story.
This was totally giving me a chick-lit vibe. It's decent and waaaaaay better than what the original cover was.
Simple and clean.
Because I was in the realm of Final Fantasy VIII, I decided to create an advance story cover for a future project, Raine and Laguna's love story.
Oh, gee. I see the same red dot as above!
It was unintentional, really. I suppose this isn't the final cover.
Then I remembered the very first story I wrote in the site, it was Julia, Laguna and Caraway's love story.
The cover was horrendous! It was just an in-game screenshot of Laguna and Julia talking in her suite.
Since I couldn't find a Tetsuya Nomura-drawn image of Julia and Fury, I decided to settle with a neutral image.
The characters met because Julia played the Piano, so I settled with this one.
Simple and clean, right?
Something tells me I have a fascination with texts encased in circular objects, but then, it could be just a coincidence.
I was having so much fun that I ended up changing the plain cover I initially made for The Flower from Midgar.
WHOA!
Me gusta!
It's far from perfect, but I think it captures the story's mood.
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I'm reaaaaaaaally happy I discovered Canva. It's reviving my love for the visual arts. It's easy that I feel like I'm cheating. At this point, I don't really care. I've lost my mojo that I'm willing to do activities to revive my patience for dabbling photoshop or any graphics design.
If you're interested to have a cover for your story, feel free and drop me a message!
