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18 Sep 2012, 05:27 PM | Post: #1

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Gladiatrix--some information and ideas needed please.

This post was last modified: 18 Sep 2012 05:59 PM by LindaGruchy.

Until now I've been able to use my own photographs for my e-book covers, but I have split from my agent because she was too busy to give my work the attention it needed to sell it.

So I'm going to e-publish both books on Kindle.

This leaves me with a problem for the cover of Gladiatrtix, an Adventure set in early Second Century AD. I tried drawing something in Photoshop, to make it look like a mosaic, but quite frankly, it looks like a cartoon out of a comic, and just isn't sexy enough.

People do judge a book by its cover

I can't just grab a photo off the internet, naturally, besides which, the images of a female retiarius are non-existent.

My thoughts are to amalgamate photos of a gladiator helmet or two with a mysterious female face and swirling mists etc.

Not only have I got to find these photos, I have to learn how to amalgamate photos in photoshop to get the image I have in mind.

How does one go about buying images off the internet, please? How much am I likely to have to pay?

Lots of authors on here have professional-looking covers. How do you get them, please?

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18 Sep 2012, 05:40 PM | Post: #2

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RE: Gladiatrix

No help on that, but I'm wondering if you should change the title of your thread as people might not come visiting, thinking it's a promo or a "how does my cover look".

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18 Sep 2012, 05:52 PM | Post: #3

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RE: Gladiatrix

You could try istockphoto.com or bigstock.com - prices are usually around £10 - 15 although it does vary.

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18 Sep 2012, 06:36 PM | Post: #4

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RE: Gladiatrix--some information and ideas needed please.

Shutterstock is also pretty good. This sort of thing? http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=94405492

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18 Sep 2012, 07:07 PM | Post: #5

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RE: Gladiatrix--some information and ideas needed please.

This post was last modified: 18 Sep 2012 07:07 PM by LindaGruchy.

I've seen that image, and it's completely wrong, unfortunately. The woman looks wrong, the clothing is just wrong, the pose is... wrong.

Someone has told me they know a female gladiator, which might solve the problems.

I considered digging out the paints but I suspect I'd find it hard to get what's in my head down on paper, because I find painting the human figure very hard to do.

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