Cover Art Needed

My design for the cover of the book of Family History for my mother in law Pearl had to be done quickly. So I took one of the standard designs offered.

I sent them feedback telling them what I needed.

I need a better choice of cover pictures includinga) Cartoons b) All professions c) Memoir or family history pictures d) Better colours e) Load a photo to fit a frame - you convert it to PDF / pixels whatever. :lol:

1 Cartoons needed. I went looking for a picture for my book of comic poetry. Nothing amusing available. Not a single cartoon.If I look in Clipart in Word I find dozens of cartoons.Please include cartoons. :P

2 All Professions neededIf I look in Vistaprint's business card pictures I can see half a dozen for every profession. So writing a book for eg lawyers or primary school children, I would like to be able to use different images on half a dozen books.

(I also need a choice of images to be sure my book of recipes does not have the same cover as every other cookery book by other writers.)

In addition to Vistaprint, look at the selection of designs offered by sticky address label printers such as Ablelabel. You can order Initial letters, signs of zodiac, religious symbols, animals, every profession - dozens of designs.

All ages needed, too, from babies to the elderly. And all nationalities, from flags to city symbols.
Alternatively give some links to clipart sites which offer pictures free or very cheaply, under 5 dollars. If I'm doing books for 10 members of my family, even 5 dollars for a picture for each book would be a lot of money. And 25 dollars would be a lot if I only want one picture and can't be sure the set includes anything suitable. But a free site, or a very cheap price for a dozen pictures would be great. :lol:

3 I would like to write memoirs or family history book for numerous members of my extended family.

Each one needs a different pictures. It needs to be bright and jolly.

I don't want those dismal pictures in brown and grey with skulls which suggest I am waiting for granny to die whilst standing in the mud by her grave. :shock:

I looked at the tropical picture - only one of a palm tree - and it's a sunset - telling my 90 year old granny that she's at the end of her life and it's about to set! :shock:

I picked a bridge. Somebody said that's a symbol of passing on to the next life. :shock: How about a 'family tree' picture for all of us genealogists.

4 Photo frame to fill

Finally, I suggest being able to upload for the front cover a photo to fit in a frame - square, oblong or portrait. Or round or oval or heart. Just square would do. 8) You do the conversion of pixels, PDF whatever. :idea:

I know I should be able to do it in a photoshop program. But hundreds of people can't do this. :cry:

If it's that easy that I should be able to do it, you must be able to set it up so that we can send a photo of the author or subject of the book to you to stick in a frame on the front cover.

Even if you chopped my photo off at waist level and turned it into sepia it would be better than nothing. :P

I just wanted granny's latest photo, or her wedding photo, on the front cover. If you can arrange this, I'll do it for her next birthday. She would be thrilled. :wink: