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Another common motif is dandelions in the flower state, rather than the puffball state. She and those around her are a bit obsessed with them. | Another common motif is dandelions in the flower state, rather than the puffball state. She and those around her are a bit obsessed with them. | ||
Here are a few options, though if something else catches your eye from the synopsis, that's cool, too. I have perhaps $700 to play with for this, but I can see about more if need be. | Here are a few options, though if something else catches your eye from the synopsis, that's cool, too. | ||
== Requirements == | |||
The dimensions of the covers are 5.625x8.75" including bleed, and the spine is 0.485", leading to a full spread of 11.735x8.75". The resolution required is 300dpi. There should be a spot free of interesting stuff on the bottom of the back cover 1.5x3" for a barcode, but no need to make a rectangle; the printer adds their own. | |||
I am happy to do the cover design once the art is done, but if you would like to do it, the full title is ''Motes Played'' and the authors are ''Madison Scott-Clary and The Lament''. The back copy is: | |||
I have perhaps $700 to play with for this, but I can see about more if need be. | |||
== Ideas == | |||
=== Chalking the sidewalk === | |||
While it doesn't appear in the book, I've been thinking a lot about a scene of her crouched down while doodling on the sidewalk with chalk in a pretty standard spread-out neighborhood. The closest that appears in the book is a scene of a trick of the setting that allows chalk lines to follow her feet as she walks:<blockquote>She had chalked up all of the sidewalks — Warmth had conspired with A Finger Pointing and Serene, the sim’s designers, so that colored chalk lines flowered behind her automatically as she walked when she so desired — and she so desired — only to fade some hours later. One could always tell where Motes had come and gone. | While it doesn't appear in the book, I've been thinking a lot about a scene of her crouched down while doodling on the sidewalk with chalk in a pretty standard spread-out neighborhood. The closest that appears in the book is a scene of a trick of the setting that allows chalk lines to follow her feet as she walks:<blockquote>She had chalked up all of the sidewalks — Warmth had conspired with A Finger Pointing and Serene, the sim’s designers, so that colored chalk lines flowered behind her automatically as she walked when she so desired — and she so desired — only to fade some hours later. One could always tell where Motes had come and gone. | ||
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Even so, she continued down around the slow curve of the neighborhood’s main street, not bothering to venture into any of the cul-de-sacs. The chalk lines were fun, a little trail describing where the little skunk had wandered, but she ''was'' tired.</blockquote> | Even so, she continued down around the slow curve of the neighborhood’s main street, not bothering to venture into any of the cul-de-sacs. The chalk lines were fun, a little trail describing where the little skunk had wandered, but she ''was'' tired.</blockquote> | ||
== On the playground == | === On the playground === | ||
There's a playground in the neighborhood complete with swing set she is quite fond of. This could go either joyous with her swinging or going down the slide and happy, or pensive with her sitting on the swings or the structure and poking around in the gravel with her toes. | There's a playground in the neighborhood complete with swing set she is quite fond of. This could go either joyous with her swinging or going down the slide and happy, or pensive with her sitting on the swings or the structure and poking around in the gravel with her toes. | ||
== In her studio == | === In her studio === | ||
There are a few scenes in Motes's painting studio. One involves her sitting on a stool, painting something on an easel, and the other involves her crying after having received a nastygram in the middle of playing. The alert for such caused her to fall, leaving her scraped up with a bloody nose. Probably not quite the vibe for the cover, though. | There are a few scenes in Motes's painting studio. One involves her sitting on a stool, painting something on an easel, and the other involves her crying after having received a nastygram in the middle of playing. The alert for such caused her to fall, leaving her scraped up with a bloody nose. Probably not quite the vibe for the cover, though. | ||
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Her sense of self lagged behind — an idea of a mote of a Motes tethered like a helium balloon — as Beholden carefully lifted her unsouled-yet-still-living body and hoisted her up to carry her from her studio — ''the lights, she left the lights on'' — to her bedroom. A place of soft things. A soft mattress, a too-thick duvet, stuffed animals and yet more stuffed animals. ''I should put away childish things, I am…''</blockquote> | Her sense of self lagged behind — an idea of a mote of a Motes tethered like a helium balloon — as Beholden carefully lifted her unsouled-yet-still-living body and hoisted her up to carry her from her studio — ''the lights, she left the lights on'' — to her bedroom. A place of soft things. A soft mattress, a too-thick duvet, stuffed animals and yet more stuffed animals. ''I should put away childish things, I am…''</blockquote> | ||
== Motes's dream == | === Motes's dream === | ||
Motes dreams that she is sitting on a field speckled with dandelions, and the day is so nice she starts rolling around in the grass, but just in the distance above her is one of those hyper-black rectangles.<blockquote>Motes dreamed. | Motes dreams that she is sitting on a field speckled with dandelions, and the day is so nice she starts rolling around in the grass, but just in the distance above her is one of those hyper-black rectangles.<blockquote>Motes dreamed. | ||
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== Potential for sketches == | == Potential for sketches == | ||
Given the nature of the story being presented as a mid-grade chapter book, there is the option of having sketches or | Given the nature of the story being presented as a mid-grade chapter book, there is the option of having sketches or ink doodles throughout, in the vibe of, like...[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Pinocchio_(1904)/Chapter_4 Pinocchio] or whatever. Perfectly happy to pay for as few or as many, within the budget constraints. | ||
Totally optional, of course! If you're interested, though, they should fit within 4x4" at 100dpi. | |||
The synopsis has more information, but here is a brief summary of scenes chapter by chapter, any of which might also be a candidate for the cover: | |||
=== [https://motes-played.post-self.ink/draft/2 1] === | === [https://motes-played.post-self.ink/draft/2 1] === | ||