Covermakers Chat Thread

Post by **annise** » February 22nd, 2020, 4:51 pm

I think you can make them display by making all the projects you do your favourite ( or Favorite if you prefer that spelling)- I think some of our makers do that.

Anne

msfry · Post by **msfry** » February 22nd, 2020, 5:12 pm

annise wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2020, 4:51 pm I think you can make them display by making all the projects you do your favourite ( or Favorite if you prefer that spelling)- I think some of our makers do that.

Anne

I do that already and have my private collection in a Word doc on Dropbox. I'm interested in showing my collection to other people. It represents quite a journey and untold hours of my time, and I'm very proud of it. I suspect other covermakers feel the same about theirs, and I'd love to see their work gathered in one place. A mutual admiration society would be welcomed by me, wonderful and well deserved.

Post by **TriciaG** » February 22nd, 2020, 5:29 pm

Yeah, in that case, you'd need to make your own "project" and upload the cover art to it. As you make more covers, you can edit the project to add the additional artwork.

EDIT: On the other hand, you could also just advertise your favorites page. I found it: https://archive.org/details/fav-msfry

Post by **annise** » February 22nd, 2020, 7:36 pm

They are not only her covers though.
No idea how to - but you could probably use youtube somehow.

Anne

Lion24 · Post by **Lion24** » February 23rd, 2020, 5:39 am

Availle wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2020, 5:33 am *sigh* I wish I could draw

My only suggestion would be to focus on the creative effort rather than the outcome; otherwise you'll fall into the trouble of bringing fantasy into reality! Today the digital world gives a lot of opportunities. You don't exactly need the ability to draw, but you certaily need to know the tools to find a way to accomplish what you desire. Free tools like Blender for 3d rendering, Inkscape for vector drawings and Gimp for photo manipulations will give you plenty of ways without a graphic tablet. I hope this will cheer you up a bit.

Could you share how you made your collection display on Archive? That's a great idea I bet we'd all like to do.

When you make your page, there is a place on the description with an icon like this <> clicking it will allow you to write some html code and insert a picture on a description. The code is usually something like <img src"picture link here"> however I had some troubles making it work. I can't say if the archive team want this type of description.. and I hope this won't be considered a personal use since I want these resources to be public and free.

Basquetteur · Post by **Basquetteur** » February 23rd, 2020, 9:22 am

Lion24 wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2020, 3:43 am Just wanted to say that I'm collecting all the covers I make on the Internet Archive. Since I always draw something on my own I thought it was needed if only, as a reference. Feel free to remix or re-invert them; they are not very polished and farly simple, on SVG format, so compatible with a lot of graphic sotwares. https://archive.org/details/librovox

Lion24, your covers are very nice!

Regards

Basquetteur

Lion24 · Post by **Lion24** » February 23rd, 2020, 3:06 pm

Thank you, I had the idea looking at your page and was going to mention you; you made so many!

Post by **annise** » February 24th, 2020, 2:20 pm

Not exactly relevant, but Archive blog has a display of some Russian book covers which is interesting https://blog.archive.org/2020/02/21/russian-book-covers/

Anne

Post by **philchenevert** » February 24th, 2020, 4:12 pm

I want to thank Michele Fry for the great covers she did for Dr. Doolittle's Post Office and Grandpa in Oz. Both are nice to look at with great detail and very attractive. Cool! All of you cover art makers are should be thanked for the meticulous and artistic job you do with little or no recognition. Keep it up! I rest easy knowing that our projects will be handled like this.

(and knowing that I am totally incapable of doing 'em)

grampa in oz https://librivox.org/grampa-in-oz-by-ruth-plumly-thompson/

Dr Doolittle's Post office https://librivox.org/doctor-dolittles-post-office-by-hugh-lofting/

msfry · Post by **msfry** » February 24th, 2020, 5:31 pm

Thanks, Phil. It is a pleasure when I get to design for your audiobooks. You do some really good work and pick some interesting projects.

schrm · Post by **schrm** » February 25th, 2020, 9:10 am

hm, seems to be some glimpse in the covermakers claim window: i claimed negroes complaint and tricia made the cover already?
just to make it clear: please keep tricias cover - let's say i claimed it for you!

Post by **TriciaG** » February 25th, 2020, 9:35 am

schrm wrote: ↑February 25th, 2020, 9:10 am hm, seems to be some glimpse in the covermakers claim window: i claimed negroes complaint and tricia made the cover already?
just to make it clear: please keep tricias cover - let's say i claimed it for you!

Uh oh. My fault. I saw it wasn't claimed, then went to see what I could find for artwork before claiming it. I didn't refresh the list before uploading my cover, or else I would have seen your claim. Sorry!

schrm · Post by **schrm** » February 25th, 2020, 9:43 am

TriciaG wrote: ↑February 25th, 2020, 9:35 am
schrm wrote: ↑February 25th, 2020, 9:10 am hm, seems to be some glimpse in the covermakers claim window: i claimed negroes complaint and tricia made the cover already?
just to make it clear: please keep tricias cover - let's say i claimed it for you!

Uh oh. My fault. I saw it wasn't claimed, then went to see what I could find for artwork before claiming it. I didn't refresh the list before uploading my cover, or else I would have seen your claim. Sorry!

no harm done, i claimed it after looking for a picture, too - and there was your cover

msfry · Post by **msfry** » February 25th, 2020, 12:37 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑February 25th, 2020, 9:35 am Uh oh. My fault. I saw it wasn't claimed, then went to see what I could find for artwork before claiming it. I didn't refresh the list before uploading my cover, or else I would have seen your claim. Sorry!

schrm wrote: ↑February 25th, 2020, 9:43 am no harm done, i claimed it after looking for a picture, too - and there was your cover

I, too, look around for pictures before I claim, but I never check the project for a cover after I've claimed it, confident it is mine! If I took time to design a cover I claimed, only to find somebody else's already up, that would really upset me. I think EVERYONE should follow the same rules - claim first, and only pre-claim projects you are either BC or Soloist for. And our admins it seems have an additional rule: REFRESH YOUR SCREENS before you claim!!!!!

Post by **TriciaG** » February 25th, 2020, 12:44 pm

Yes, lesson learned here.

In my defense, I will say that it does seem like the weekly/fortnightly poetry projects haven't been getting claimed very quickly lately, so I was pretty confident no one would be claiming it in the hour or less that it took me to check the claim was empty, hunt for a photo, and make and upload the cover.