I'm a fixin' to start work on the covers for my new Urban Fantasy series: The Immortal Spies. I'm torn between using the traditional protagonist on the cover and the less common thematic art piece.
Examples of Protagonist-Centric Covers:
Examples of No People on the Covers:
For fans of Urban Fantasy, what are your thoughts? Preferences? Strong feelings on either front?
While I appreciate the object covers, the people ones grab my interest more. There's me, a single data point...
ReplyDeleteI read in a photography somewhere that people have a stronger emotional response to pictures of other people more than they do to places or things. Of course, that can go both ways: stronger-good response or stronger-bad response.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the No People Covers as much because I can't tell for certain that they are in the fantasy genre.
ReplyDeletePeople! People! People! No, really, people win it. Excellent. Thanks for the input!
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DeleteI prefer people.
ReplyDeleteGenres have a type of cover and the ones with people scream UF to me. So I'd go with people too. Bonus if they are holding a bad ass weapon ;)
ReplyDeleteOooo, weapons to boot! Love it.
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