I'm always around to plug Affinity Photo and its sister apps, Designer and Publisher, as alternatives to Adobe! They have a relatively low one-time payment to OWN the app(s), rather than Adobe's extortionate subscription price. So it's much more budget friendly, especially if you're planning to publish a lot and make all your own covers! Adobe has some functions that Affinity doesn't (yet), but as a professonal book cover designer, I have never missed any of it. Adobe has a million features you'll never use as an author making your own covers, haha! I also like supporting a company that actively cares about its users. Affinity has done a lot of 50% off sales, including during the pandemic when they put their apps on sale to make design more accessible to people wanting to try it out during lockdown! In any case, I can't recommend them highly enough. Comparable software capabilities to Adobe, a fraction of the price, and a company you can feel better about supporting. :)
I love your original Essence cover as it was beautiful and such a huge milestone of the beginning of your journey. The new covers are great as well. Thank you for all of your information ❤❤
Hi Mandi, thank you for making this! I recently got my book's cover designed through a company called "Writers Of The West" they're based out of Houston, Texas and did a pretty good job and not too expensive too. But I might DIY in the future lol!
I just got your book launch planner series for Christmas last year and been trying to use them but been busy with going to work and coming home around 4:45 pm everyday
Thanks for this excellent information! Have you heard of instances where KDP takes issue with covers using Canva stock images and fonts? I've seen several authors discussing this scenario.
This was interesting just for the vis-vis between your old and new essence/I am covers - the titles in the new covers pop because (I am learning) the backgrounds allow a good contrast between title and background - thanks I need that! Keep it up very useful thanks!
Certain AI art generators are low cost and give you full commercial rights. You can get everything from photo realism to character art. If you have any art skills, you can edit any of the wonky stuff on your own, or pay for the AI to fix it.
@@CubenYT Plus, at this time, 1) the majority of AI "art" generators are trained using stolen art, and 2) "art" created by AI is uncopyrightable, which means that anyone can use your cover and you can't do anything about it.
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I'm always around to plug Affinity Photo and its sister apps, Designer and Publisher, as alternatives to Adobe! They have a relatively low one-time payment to OWN the app(s), rather than Adobe's extortionate subscription price. So it's much more budget friendly, especially if you're planning to publish a lot and make all your own covers! Adobe has some functions that Affinity doesn't (yet), but as a professonal book cover designer, I have never missed any of it. Adobe has a million features you'll never use as an author making your own covers, haha!
I also like supporting a company that actively cares about its users. Affinity has done a lot of 50% off sales, including during the pandemic when they put their apps on sale to make design more accessible to people wanting to try it out during lockdown! In any case, I can't recommend them highly enough. Comparable software capabilities to Adobe, a fraction of the price, and a company you can feel better about supporting. :)
You designed two of mine ( the tarot witch series) and i love them ill be back to you for a thrid one
thanks for this
I've learned in my own cover design, the more you do, the better you get. The more instinct to know what's right and what doesn't work. Great video!
I love your original Essence cover as it was beautiful and such a huge milestone of the beginning of your journey. The new covers are great as well. Thank you for all of your information ❤❤
Hi Mandi, thank you for making this! I recently got my book's cover designed through a company called "Writers Of The West" they're based out of Houston, Texas and did a pretty good job and not too expensive too. But I might DIY in the future lol!
I just got your book launch planner series for Christmas last year and been trying to use them but been busy with going to work and coming home around 4:45 pm everyday
Thanks for this excellent information! Have you heard of instances where KDP takes issue with covers using Canva stock images and fonts? I've seen several authors discussing this scenario.
Can you do a tutorial using Canva? I have no idea how you’d make a full cover (front, spine, back)
I'll add it to my filming list!
This was interesting just for the vis-vis between your old and new essence/I am covers - the titles in the new covers pop because (I am learning) the backgrounds allow a good contrast between title and background - thanks I need that! Keep it up very useful thanks!
I use Canva. I am also learning to use GIMP.
Certain AI art generators are low cost and give you full commercial rights. You can get everything from photo realism to character art. If you have any art skills, you can edit any of the wonky stuff on your own, or pay for the AI to fix it.
True, but I feel like that is cheating
@@CubenYT Plus, at this time, 1) the majority of AI "art" generators are trained using stolen art, and 2) "art" created by AI is uncopyrightable, which means that anyone can use your cover and you can't do anything about it.