I'm sure most of you have either seen or participated in the rather epic marketing campaign unleashed by HarperTeen to promote Insurgent, the sequel to last year's fantastic dystopian novel Divergent. I recently stumbled across a fun contest and giveaway on All Things Urban Fantasy asking entrants to recreate the cover for Insurgent as part of this campaign and thought I would give it a go! Below are my three submissions, and if any of you are interested in participating, the contest runs through April 28th and all the details can be found HERE.
COVER #1
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You can't really tell at this size, but the trees have a brushed metal effect I added to try and give the cover a bit more of a futuristic feel.
(I also need to give a shout out to my mom who is a phenomenal illustrator and helped me create the trees)
COVER #2
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COVER #3
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Wow these are simply amazing! I'm in love with Cover #1, the font and the trees (Amity, right?) look beautiful. Great job!
ReplyDeleteAwesome covers. Love #1, as well. The others look like something from a contemporary novel with a title like "Losing Faith" or "Finding Charity" or something else about a girl and her tragic-story sister.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the contest!
My favorite is #3. I love it. I would buy that book right away without even looking at the blurb.
ReplyDeleteAre you epic or what???!?!?! Honey, you are amazing!!!!!!!! Did you ever thought of designing covers as a side business? You would totally rock, those covers rock so hard! I can't even decide which one I love more.. But, I'm so going to vote for you!!
ReplyDeleteGosh, you are awesome!
WOW Jenny, these are amazing! I love them all, though I think I love #3 the best. They all look so professional. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, Jenny, these are absolutely awesome! I especially love the first one, but the third is great too. I love the orange details (: I think you could easily be a professional cover designer actually
ReplyDeleteJenny, your talents know no bounds! I love them all, but #3 especially stands out because of the colors. So are you adding cover design to your repertoire? :)
ReplyDeleteHoly Lord! my dear you kick-asses with photoshop! I relly love your artworks! specially the first one =D
ReplyDeletebut... I must say that you almost killed me with the post title >___< I was so sure that Harper was going to change the cover design and I just HATE when they do that!! LOL! Oh my dear... you did scared me!! I get fond of cover very easily and I am still crying and missing the old cover of Black Heart by Holly Black... sniff!!! Im still mourning it sniff!!
great artwokrs my dear! I hope you win ^.^ muah!!
Olivia - Thank you! Yes, I went with an Amity theme on covers 1&3 since the Insurgent cover featured a tree:)
ReplyDeleteRiv - The second 2 do look a little more contemporary, I agree. I just really liked the jagged edges of the bridge on cover two- they had a sinister feel to them, and I liked the blurred effect. It adds a little chaos which I thought suited the book based on what happened at the end of Divergent!
Kara - Thank you! I love the colors in that one:)
Danny - Thank you so much:) I'm thinking about adding a design tab to the blog, been thinking about it for a while. We'll see!
Sam - Thank you! I really appreciate it:)
Celine - Thank you!! I was really happy with how they turned out:)
Ash - Hahaha I might be! It would fit in really well with the design business I run from home already, and it would give me something new to work on. I love being in the wedding industry, but it can be repetitive in terms of design sometimes, and book covers would let me stretch my creativity a bit more!
Natalia - Hahaha no! Have no fear, no actual redesign on the cover:) I hate when they change covers too, and I love the Insurgent cover they have now! Glad you like my designs though:)
Dude, I bow down to your talent! They definitely look like real covers, and like Danny/Ash said, you should totally add book covers to your design business!
ReplyDeleteHmmm not sure which I like better because they're all so cool in different ways. Perhaps the first one, though... I could see the trilogy all embossed in different metallics... like the Divergent flame one could be the bronze, the Amity trees the silver, and then whichever other one leading up to gold for the third book.
Ashley - Oooooo I love that idea! You are brilliant:) Maybe when we see the third book's cover I'll remake those two and have the whole trilogy:)
ReplyDeleteYou have created some awesome designs Jenny! They are all fantastic, I seriously can't choose a favourite, it would pribably have to be either number 1 or 3! I would be terrible at creating designs!
ReplyDelete*stares in awe* These are simply gorgeous, Jenny.
ReplyDeleteThese are AWESOME! Seriously girl you rocked it :)
ReplyDeleteI can't decide between 1 and 3, they are so different and cool
ReplyDeleteYour redesigned covers look amazing Jenny!! :)
ReplyDeleteJasprit - Thank you! I think 1 and 3 are my favorites as well:)
ReplyDeleteAmanda - *blushes* Thank you:)
Felicia - Thanks! I had so much fun taking a break from weddings and doing these:)
Linda - Those seem to be the favorites thus far, I think the oranges on the 3rd one are what grab me:)
Liz - THANK YOU!
Oh these are incredible Jenny. I can honestly say if these books had any of these covers, I'd buy them all. :)
ReplyDeleteThe first one is lovely! Same with the second...and the third, lol.
ReplyDeleteHope you win! :)
OH MY GOSH, JENNY! I. Can't. Even. TELL you how amazing all of those covers are! They're so professional and beautiful and holy wow, I wish I could be as tech savvy as you but my cover redesign skills are pretty much limited to cut and paste! x)
ReplyDeleteI love all three of them so much that I can't even pick a favourite! I'm so in love with the first one for how simplistically GORGEOUS it is, the second one is such a seriously stunning picture, and the third one is just too beautiful for words. And I'm not just saying that because I'm Canadian and the maple leap put a huge smile on my face!
Why you so talented, Jenny? :') <3 I LOVE & I really hope you win!!
The first cover is so pretty and the second cover reminds me of the cover for Eve.
ReplyDeleteThose are some amazing covers! WOW!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! All of these are stunning!!! You are one amazingly talented lady. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful job, Jenny! Do you know if Insurgent will focus more on Amity? It's hard to pick my fave but I think #2 wins.
ReplyDeleteWoah - wait - you made these? They are all incredible. They look like legit book covers and are in fact, quite a bit more pretty than certain book covers produced by major book publishers that I can think of. Really great job, Jenny!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I wish I could make something like that. You are so talented!!! I like them all. Ugh...I can't choose. Can we vote for yours?
ReplyDeleteOMG these are awesome, you're very talented Jenny :) !! I love all three but I would either pick the second or the third one !!
ReplyDeleteI'm caught between 2 & 3
ReplyDeleteTwo has more emotion but three is more likely to catch my attention.
Good luck!
They are each fabulous.
Good luck Jenny! Those look fantastic! I think my favorite is the one with the metal tree.
ReplyDeleteI love that last one! But they are all fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteWow Jenny! These are great! I don't know which I like the best, but I think I like the middle one with the bridge the best. They are all so cool!
ReplyDeleteHeather
Oh my gosh, those are GORGEOUS! o: I love them. I think number 1 and 2 are my favorites... So pretty, I love it!
ReplyDeleteJenny!!! Why the heck aren't you a cover designer? OMG, woman, your talent is truly spectacular! I love, love, love that first cover. It is amazing, but the simplicity of the other two is pretty dynamic as well.
ReplyDeleteP.S. If I ever finish my book, you are doing my cover design. I won't take no for an answer. LOL
JENNY! Wow!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly SHIT! THOSE are flipping AMAZING!!!!! I'm pretty much in LOVE with the first one. Can you imagine those brushed metal trees (I can totally tell) Can you imagine them like foil embossed?! *gasp*
So proud of you doll!
Jenny....!!! Oh my goodness how did I miss this post??? These covers are gorgeous!! You are very talented, I think you need to start designing covers and blogs....
ReplyDeleteSeriously if I ever get the guts to publish my own work Ill hire you to do my covers....:D
Cover two with the bridge was my favorite...but I love all three.
I really like better the original cover, but these are beautiful too :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for this book to be released!