Sunday, September 7, 2014

Sunday Flourish: This Is Your Afterlife

Okay. Clearly I'm a little all over the place with my flourish posts, but in my defense, I'm not always sure when the official reveal for a cover is going to take place so I'm just going with the flow and sharing my cover design work whenever I'm given the green light!

A little while back I was contacted by the amazing team at Bloomsbury Spark with an offer to work on one of their upcoming paranormal young adult titles, and I may or may not have fallen out of my chair in my haste to respond with a resounding YES. What followed was an opportunity I'm ever-so grateful for, and I couldn't be more excited to share with you today the cover for debut author Vanessa Barneveld's This is Your Afterlife.

This Is Your Afterlife releases October 21st, and I hope after seeing the cover below and checking out the blurb you guys will be looking forward to this one as much as I am!

THIS IS YOUR AFTERLIFE

 
When the one boy you crushed on in life can't seem to stay away in death, it's hard to be a normal teen when you're a teen paranormal.

Sixteen-year-old Keira Nolan has finally got what she wanted—the captain of the football team in her bedroom. Problem is he’s not in the flesh. He’s a ghost and she’s the only one who can see him.

Keira's determined to do anything to find Jimmy's killer. Even it if means teaming up with his prickly-yet-dangerously-attractive brother, Dan, also Keira's ex-best-friend. Keira finds that her childish crush is fading, but her feelings for Dan are just starting to heat up, and as the story of Jimmy’s murder unfolds, anyone could be a suspect.

This thrilling debut from Vanessa Barneveld crosses over from our world to the next, and brings a whole delightful new meaning to "teen spirit".



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If you want to see more of my work, including some fun fan art posters, you can check out my full portfolio online at Seedlings Design Studio!

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    1. Late last week, I just removed the left sidebar because I was bad at updating the covers:)

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  2. Ooooh, so awesome! Big congrats on being contacted by Bloomsbury Spark! I hope it'll be the beginning of more and more publishers contacting you!!

    And the cover is absolutely wonderful! I love the colours and the fading guy that is there but not really, going with the summary, I'd say it captures the book very well! Brilliant job as always!

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    1. THANK YOU!!! I'm really hoping we'll continue working together on additional projects:)

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  3. Oh it's a great cover! I really love the colors. Great work!!!

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    1. Thank you! I absolutely love how it turned out:)

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  4. Another stunning cover! Your work is amazing and I wish you only more continued success

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  5. Thanks so much Felicia! I love the colors on this one too:)

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  6. Two flourishes in one week!! Yesss, please, I can't get enough of these cover reveals of yours. I'm totally in love with the font you used here for "afterlife". Super, super pretty!

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    1. I'm on a roll Aylee! I'm a really big fan of this font as well, we went back and forth for a while, but I had my fingers crossed we'd end back up at this one:)

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  7. I'm not at all surprised you were contacted by Bloomsbury Spark, Jenny--I'm only surprised it took them this long! You are unbelievably talented and I adore this cover. Here's hoping for a long and prosperous partnership, dearest--you deserve it!(:

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    1. THANK YOU KEERTANA!!! I had a blast working on this one, so I've got all my fingers and toes crossed that they're interested additional collaborations:)

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  8. Jenny! I'm crazy about my cover! Everything about it just sings to me. It suits the story so well. Thank you a thousand times!!!

    I nearly fell off my chair when Bloomsbury contracted me too! Here's to many more of those moments!

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  9. *HIGH FIVE VANESSA!!!!* I definitely had to read through the initial email from Meredith multiple times just to make sure it said what I thought it said. I'm so glad this first project was for THIS IS YOUR AFTERLIFE, it's fun to share firsts with someone else!

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  10. Wow, perfectly executed design, beautiful colors and highlights, and to top it all off it's one of the prettiest type fonts I've ever seen. Simply incredible cover design, Jenny! Pam

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  11. Love the font and the dappling sunlight!

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  12. Congratulations, Jenny! I'm not surprised that Bloomsbury contacted you. Your work has been beautiful and fitting for the stories! Love the fonts and the coloring. :)

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  13. Damn, Jenny! You are seriously rocking these covers. It seems to really go with the synopsis, which sounds great!

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  14. This is so beautiful, Jenny! I think this is my most favorite cover of yours to date. I may or may not have said that in your other reveals but whatever. :P And that color palette! Love it! Super congrats that Bloomsbury contacted you. Hoping for more cover deals for you in the future. :D

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  15. Oh my gosh Jenny this is gorgeous!! I absolutely love the typeface (or font or whatever it's called), and the cover image is breathtakingly lovely! As you probably know I'm a total cover whore and I would totally pick this up without even reading the back, but the story sounds great too - win win! I love ghostly mysteries and add in some romance and I'm sold. :-)

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  16. *New meaning to teen spirit* lol - can't wait to read this!!

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  17. really do love the cover and the books good too I will be doing a Review post on my blog on the 21st Oct (Release Day) http://www.katsbookpromotions.com/ hope you come check it out on the day Kat

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