Procrastination. This leads me to most of my creative outbursts. I can't tell you how much novel plotting occurs in lecture halls. Half of my university notes have illegible outlines all along the margins. Less of it occurs now that I'm giving the lectures, but knowing that there's a pile of marking that needs doing - provided that I don't have a complete panic-inducing fear about it getting done immediately - there's just no better time to make something completely unrelated happen.
So last night, after glancing at my NaNoWriMo dashboard and realizing that a book blurb without a cover is a very depressing thing to see, I spent (you don't want to know how long) browsing through different images. I stumbled upon one that I thought wouldn't be too much of a stretch, though it wasn't anywhere near the direction I pictured my future cover to look like. I got over it because, really, this is just for my NaNo page, not for the actually yet-to-be-written book that hopefully will one day sit upon bookstore shelves. So I played with it in different cover art formats, and the more I played with it, the more I discovered how much the image just spoke for itself. Eventually I removed pretty much all of the fancy stuff and just stuck the title on a cropped version of the picture. It's not my finest work, but damn did I underestimate the beauty of this photograph. It's only been about 24 hours, but it has been growing on me every moment since I posted it.
The photographer's name is Dominik Martin and so far I am using this image for personal use only. Though maybe if I do self-publish this one, I might submit this photo to a professional to really work with. Again, it's so simple, but damn is it growing on me.
Anyways, I felt really guilty for just using public domain work without acknowledging the artist, and there isn't really a caption option on NaNoWriMo covers, so here's my acknowledgement: Dominik Martin, https://unsplash.com/dominikmartin
Hidden treasures are truly everywhere!
So last night, after glancing at my NaNoWriMo dashboard and realizing that a book blurb without a cover is a very depressing thing to see, I spent (you don't want to know how long) browsing through different images. I stumbled upon one that I thought wouldn't be too much of a stretch, though it wasn't anywhere near the direction I pictured my future cover to look like. I got over it because, really, this is just for my NaNo page, not for the actually yet-to-be-written book that hopefully will one day sit upon bookstore shelves. So I played with it in different cover art formats, and the more I played with it, the more I discovered how much the image just spoke for itself. Eventually I removed pretty much all of the fancy stuff and just stuck the title on a cropped version of the picture. It's not my finest work, but damn did I underestimate the beauty of this photograph. It's only been about 24 hours, but it has been growing on me every moment since I posted it.
The photographer's name is Dominik Martin and so far I am using this image for personal use only. Though maybe if I do self-publish this one, I might submit this photo to a professional to really work with. Again, it's so simple, but damn is it growing on me.
Anyways, I felt really guilty for just using public domain work without acknowledging the artist, and there isn't really a caption option on NaNoWriMo covers, so here's my acknowledgement: Dominik Martin, https://unsplash.com/dominikmartin
Hidden treasures are truly everywhere!
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