Check out Farah Evers--she's just launched her design site and she's very reasonable.
https://www.facebook.com/FarahEversDesigns
Tri
https://www.facebook.com/FarahEversDesigns
Tri
Be that as it may, 99Designs and sites like it are notorious havens of image pirates who casually rip off copyrighted images and sell them, leaving the client stuck with the copyright violations once the piracy is uncovered.
You get what you pay for. Using an art sweatshop is not prudent.
...you ...have to keep in mind that if you're publishing an ebook most of what people will see of the cover is thumbnails -- all that gorgeous detail you paid for would be lost.
Hi everyone!
I am pretty new here. I am super excited that I am going to be publishing to Kindle e-books, and on Createspace. It is a science fiction book that is dystopian with a little romance. Ever since I finished it I have been searching and searching for the right fit for the book cover. It is so important to me.
I have a vision of an art science fiction cover in a style similar to these:
http://eventrue.deviantart.com/
The realistic art of people, beautiful fantasy colors...
However I have been contacting all sorts of artists that do digital art work such as this and I have gotten such stiff prices they make me want to cry.
I understand that I am not going to find it for free, but I have set aside a budget for a professional editor, and set aside a budget of about $300 for a professional book cover... and barely scraping by doing that. The quotes they've been giving me are from 1200 to upwards of 3000 for a book cover.
Am I just dreaming here thinking that I am going to get a digital art cover? : / I had such a clear picture of how it would look in my head! Can anyone help me with the costs and realities of this, as well as if the digital art fantasy world is all about this price?