Thanks for the invite.
But i have some queries.

First of all you have mentioned a size which includes crop marks and bleeds, which i assume is for printing purposes.
But your brief says its a e book cover.

Could you give the exact sizes for the full book jacket including the spine.

Thanks
Katrina

Dear Katrina,

thanks for accepting.
It is for an eBook cover, so no spine, but I wanted to make sure that I get a file which I can use later on for at least the front cover of a printed version. First priority is an eBook cover though. Haven''t done this before, so please get back to me if the information given here is still not sufficient.

Best,

Yves

I am extremely interested in this. So you do not want any background at all? Just a boy and the spider's shadow?

Hi. Can you please give feedback to my submissions. At the moment only the designs were submitted without the bleed and cutting marks for feedback purposes. Thanks

Dear Jake,

the boy and his shadow are key. But you are free to be creative on the rest. If you are looking on adding a background, the book takes place in an old Belgian town (e.g. Gent) in the early 2000s.
Regards,

Yves

Dear Noelopan1955,

thanks for your design!
I''ll give my general feedback here, in order for the other designers to as well understand what I like.
+ The character is not photo-realistic but believable.
+ Overall atmosphere of the picture (suspensefull).
+ I like the way you work with dark/light.

There are two main things that I would like to address for possible changes:
1. The boy is a little too young in my eyes. He should be around 16, which puts him somewhat closer to manhood. Of course this is subjective, but to me he looks more like 13 or 14. This could give a wrong impression to readers on the type/content of the book.
2. The spider shadow looks like it is suspended from a thread, instead of being connected to the boy. To me it seems there is a small spider hanging somewhere in "a doorway" and the lighting then projects this shadow on the floor.
3. A little more "depth" in the picture would be nice. Not sure how else to describe it.

Hope this helps and again thanks for your nice work, I''m looking forward to a possible tweaked version,

Yves

Dear Noelopan1955,

I just notice one more thing: I''m not a huge fan of having an inset picture. I prefer a full design with the title and author superimposed. Would you have an idea on how to do that with your design?
Best,

Yves

Hi. Yves. First may I know the full name of the Author. Second. I'll try to revise my design and submit it ASAP. Thanks.

Hi Noelopan1955,

sure, that would be: Yves Gorat Stommel

Regards...

Hi. I submitted a revised one. Please give feedback/comment and will gladly revise until fully satisfied. Thanks again