As someone who has read and enjoyed the fic, I like the cover art. Unfortunately, I think it’s probably off-putting to new readers. The biggest thing that jumps out at me is that it’s fan made, and it’s lower quality than the writing. It also doesn’t make much sense if you’ve not read the fic: Why are they wearing green? Who is in the upper left? What’s Draco holding? Why a book? Why are there stars, and is that a space probe? Why are they standing on a little earth?
I don’t have a good idea about what to replace it with, though.
I could just have it cycle through the crystal ball, wizards-in-space, and finger-snapping covers at random. I had switched to the space one because Eliezer seems to prefer it, and authors don’t often get to have much of a say about the cover art.
The cover art looks amateurish to me. Quirrell’s cheek is a mess. Harry’s head can’t decide whether it’s frontal or 3⁄4. Draco’s arms look like they’re painted on the book cover. Augh, too many mistakes to list. Here’s what a good drawing looks like.
I’m not a huge fan of the wizards-in-space illustration myself, but it’s hardly fair to compare an amateurish original illustration to a technically competent copy of a movie poster. They’re different beasts entirely.
As someone who has read and enjoyed the fic, I like the cover art. Unfortunately, I think it’s probably off-putting to new readers. The biggest thing that jumps out at me is that it’s fan made, and it’s lower quality than the writing. It also doesn’t make much sense if you’ve not read the fic: Why are they wearing green? Who is in the upper left? What’s Draco holding? Why a book? Why are there stars, and is that a space probe? Why are they standing on a little earth?
I don’t have a good idea about what to replace it with, though.
I could just have it cycle through the crystal ball, wizards-in-space, and finger-snapping covers at random. I had switched to the space one because Eliezer seems to prefer it, and authors don’t often get to have much of a say about the cover art.
I wonder if there would be a reasonable metric for a/b testing?
The cover art looks amateurish to me. Quirrell’s cheek is a mess. Harry’s head can’t decide whether it’s frontal or 3⁄4. Draco’s arms look like they’re painted on the book cover. Augh, too many mistakes to list. Here’s what a good drawing looks like.
I’m not a huge fan of the wizards-in-space illustration myself, but it’s hardly fair to compare an amateurish original illustration to a technically competent copy of a movie poster. They’re different beasts entirely.
Oh whoops, I didn’t know that was a poster… Here’s some nice original fanart.
Speaking only for myself, having questions like these would raise my curiosity about the contents, not diminish it.