Finally happy with the cover I am ready to print the dummy and add the two required finishes. It is a simple story with lots of action and I loved watching Clarence and Alexander go off in search of snow. If you scroll down on the blog you can see the older version of the cover. What I did was to make the bears smaller, simplify the area around them and change the text on the back cover a tiny bit.
When sending a dummy book I usually send prints of one fully painted piece from the book and one black and white version. Because this is my story I won't suggest that any publisher pick another artist. It is what it is and I am learning to be patient.
This is the older version of the cover.....
and here is where I began the changes.....
Simple pictures are the best.
4 comments:
very cute- and good luck-!
I am working on a dummy too- are you saying that you dont send the whole 32 page dummy- just two pages and then the manuscript typed out? Do you have another post on how you do dummies?
Hi Julia, I send the whole dummy but I also send prints of one or two finished paintings and one print of a black and white version of one page. Those are loose but the dummy is sent along with those. The dummy is still the 32 page version with full color cover.
There is a short version of dummy making on my website at:
http://www.gingernielson.com/dummybook.html
and also on this blog at:
http://gingerpixels.blogspot.com/2009/12/dummy-up.html
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