And just when I got this post up, Jared comes up with another idea!
And here’s what they look like in thumbnail.
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Another wonderful cover! Now it’s even harder to decide!
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Two votes for the new one! And another vote for “Jared is awesome!”
Absolutely: Jared is awesome.
I like the one with the picture of the 2 men. We don’t often acknowledge that being gay is not a “modern” thing — that indeed, there were homosexuals who loved one another a century ago, and 2, and 3, and 30….. I think the “old” looking photo shows that.
You know my thoughts on the picture with the two guys – it’s cool, but reminds me of Henry & Jim by JM Snyder. I’d love to see a variant with different guys, but if not, the new cover. 🙂
There’s a bunch of convo in the background with me and Jared that you aren’t seeing–we’re tweaking the title color just a bit. Heidi’s comment and Chris’s are sort of an intertwined problem–we don’t have a lot of pictures to choose from for a couple. Josephine Myles has an astonishing array of older pictures, but they’re mostly doing something too naughty to put on the cover! :S
LOL about Jo’s pictures! Maybe judicious cropping?! 🙂
At that point all that would be left of them is from eyebrows up. And you would recognize them!
I love the new (top) one. Love the parchment in the background that looks as if it could be a passenger record or a captain’s log from the ship. It’s a subtle and evocative. 🙂
Oops. It’s good to actually finish my sentences before I punctuate. Pfft. I was going to say it’s a subtle and evocative reminder of the event the love story is written around.
There. Done. 🙂
I liked that touch. One day I will learn to just say a few words to the cover artist, like, Titanic. Man/men, and then get out of his way. When I do, good things happen.
You weren’t in my way. You had a picture you love and it’s my job to incorporate it into the design. Sometimes, I just have to do it a different way. *hugs*
They’re all lovely, but I’d definitely go with the one at the top of the post, with the guy and the rope and the ship, because it works best in thumbnail.
I loved this story, btw, so it’s great to see it getting a snazzy new outfit! 😀
Aw, thanks! With a shorter title and no rainbow strip, it should look more enticing.