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"Ich suche ein stimmungsvolles Cover für eine Horrorstory" winning Book cover by kritzelkunst
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Ich suche ein stimmungsvolles Cover für eine Horrorstory

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The Brief

Title

Der Abt von San Sempagna

Author

Frank Schenker

Author biography

Ich wurde... in Duisburg geboren, lebte seither ein wenig; lernte viel, vergaß noch mehr; kämpfte mein Leben lang mit Windmühlen und anderen Monstren, die wider mich ... Ich habe viel Zeit in Sälen mit großen Fenstern und breiten Tafeln verbracht, es zu einigem Erfolg gebracht, aber keine Befriedigung dabei ... Seitdem suche ... Mein Leben ist ein wirrer Traum, meine Geschichten sind mein ...

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Book description

Der mysteriöse Tod eines entfernten Verwandten bringt Robert Milton Brown zu einem unerwarteten ... Er beschließt den Tod seines Verwandten zu untersuchen und den schaurigen Legenden nachzugehen, die damit in unheilvoller Verbindung ... Sein Weg führt ihn zu einer Klosterruine in den italienischen Alpen, wo ein uraltes Grauen brüten ...

Target audience

Männer und Frauen, die an klassischer, atmosphärischer Horrorliteratur des beginnenden ... Jahrhunderts interessiert ... Eher klassisch als ... Nach dem lovecraftschen Vorbild verwende ich wenige Dialoge, viele Beschreibungen, die möglichst stimmungsvoll sein sollen und zudem ...

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Feminine
Masculine
Pop
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Literal
Abstract
Simple
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Design needs

- Ideal wäre eine konkrete Szene: Gasthaus (Italien, nachts)(siehe Anhang) - alternativ: Klosterruine auf kahlem Berg mit vorgelagerten Dorf (siehe Anhang) - das Cover darf ruhig den ganzen Rahmen einnehmen; muss es aber auch nicht - düstere Stimmung, dunkle Töne; es muss nicht detailreich sein; Hauptaugenmerk ist die Stimmung - die Fonts sollten eher klassisch und nicht unbedingt affektheischend sein

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Every design category has flexible pricing for all budgets. Book cover starts at $299.

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