Like House of Cards promo art, but with a mollusk.
So this evening was my husband’s night out with the boys, and as usual, when he left the house looked normal and I was full of project ideas.
When he came home, there was sand and fake blood all over the bathroom, the house was a disaster, and I was holed up in my office with a carton of fro-yo. For art.
It’s a testament to either my husband’s character or to my insanity that he didn’t bat an eye. In fact, he didn’t even ask why the bathroom looked like Quentin Tarantino had just filmed a scene there. He’s that used to this kind of thing.
But you might want to know, so I’ll tell you.
I recently got the bright idea to self-publish two already-published stories with Amazon’s Kindle Direct. The stories are not doing me any good just sitting around in my computer, so why not?
Apparently, however, you need to have a cover for such things. Since I probably won’t make enough money off these stories to cover the cost of a graphic artist, I thought I’d try to come up with a cover myself.
One of the stories is about a killer sea god. (Thus the fake blood and sea shells.) The other story is about a creepy lady who conveniently has an ice cream addiction. (Thus the half a carton of frozen yogurt I consumed.)
The result of my photo shoot? A bathroom that looks like a triple homicide was committed in it, a blown diet and a few okayish photos (but not of the fro-yo, because I ate most of that.) I think the photo in this post is probably the best. It doesn’t show how my fingers are now dyed the color of Mikhail Gorbachev’s birthmark.
I will keep you posted on the progress of the short stories, but at the moment, I’m not sure when they will be coming out. This is mostly because of the cover art. Despite the fact that the bathtub might now be permanently pink, I still think I need better photos.
Might it be a good idea to hire an artist? It might. But only if that artist is willing to work for fro-yo.
Looks like real blood to me.
I think that photo is terrific. If you’re really dissatisfied, I do know a photographer…
Thank you, Hilts. And you never know; I may call on The Total Package someday. And man does that last sentence make him sound like a superhero, like he needs a bat-sign to be projected in the heavens whenever a good photographer is needed.
I really like your photo; I really think it would work. Very visceral and arresting. Go for it! Regards, Paul
Thank you (and thank you for subscribing.) I’ve got a whole bunch of these photos, but maybe this is the one I’ll use.