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Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating YouTube videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and digital book marketing. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
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Designing an Illustrated Romance Book Cover in Photoshop
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This is always fun to watch! I can’t wait to read this book!
I like it! Great job!
why have you designed in photoshop, why not in illustrator ?
Typically, Illustrator is used for more minimalist covers, ones where the typography is the focal point, Photoshop is generally better with more complex illustration covers as it’s better at more detailed image adjustments that those sorts of covers require. They both have their place though, you could use either, or both.
My illustrator designed it in Photoshop because he draws. Illustrator is for vector art, not digital drawing.
@@backloggery_tales very nice 😊
@@MandiLynnWrites Great. Best of Luck 👍
I just wanted to say—thank you! I bought your cover design course bundle during your live, and it’s honestly the best course I’ve taken. I’ve never worked with Photoshop before, and within just 3 hours of finishing the 3 courses, I designed a cover that I absolutely love! I feel so empowered and inspired. Thank you for making it so clear and approachable!
That’s wonderful to hear! 🥰 Thanks so much for letting me know how much you loved it!
I have been wondering, from where do I get those couple illustrations? I have been seeing so many light-hearted and dark romance book covers with couple illustrations, and I was wondering how do I do those illustration arts?
You have to hire an illustrator