Delta
Queen: A Novel. For this love story
set on an old-fashioned riverboat, we wanted a dream-like cover. To
create that effect, we started with a digital photo of The Delta Queen's
famous paddlewheel and the trail of white water it leaves in its wake.
We used PhotoShop to turn the photograph into a painting. We added big
white lettering of the cover's title, creating the effect of a hand-painted
poster.
Elk
River Ghosts, Tales & Lore. Author Mack Samples had a
photo he had taken of the Elk River that he wanted to use on the cover
of his new book. The photo was rather gray and pale, but had very nice
lines. We scanned the picture into the computer, then enhanced it, bringing
out the reds and browns, quite appropriate for the topic of the book.
We then sampled the dark, rich brown of the improved photo to create
the border of the cover, which brought out the bold white letter of
the titles.
Mystery
on the Delta Queen. The challenge in
this cover was to signal "mystery" at first glance, but also
to preserve some of the romance of riverboating that also is central
to the story. We went with the contrasting of stark black and white
with the beautiful shot of a rainbow over the boat's signature red paddlewheel.
Also, we wanted a typeface that subtly suggested a typewriter, because
an old-fashioned manual typewriter plays a part in the plot.
