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Count_Babula
01/17/21 7:32:05 PM
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Modern books have so much better cover designs

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GhettoFlip
01/17/21 7:41:39 PM
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Graphic design in general is much better nowadays

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indica
01/19/21 1:33:17 AM
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GhettoFlip posted...
Graphic design in general is much better nowadays
I'm a graphic artist and I disagree. Every period of time had it's sense of aesthetics, both good and bad

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Sictis
01/19/21 1:33:58 AM
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Nice examples

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Count_Babula
01/19/21 2:03:53 AM
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16-BITTER posted...
Says no one

lmao what? old covers are super cheesy, you clown. @16-BITTER

Sictis posted...
Nice examples

here's a horror lit example:



vs



which one actually looks creepy?

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Questionmarktarius
01/19/21 2:06:06 AM
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The_Creep_2020
01/19/21 2:06:34 AM
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Count_Babula posted...
lmao what? old covers are super cheesy, you clown. @16-BITTER

here's a horror lit example:



vs



which one actually looks creepy?

This is creepier



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Gafemage
01/19/21 2:21:23 AM
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GhettoFlip posted...
Graphic design in general is much better nowadays

nobody even remotely human has thought this since like 2014
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andri_g
01/19/21 2:47:35 AM
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ArianaGrandSlam posted...
I swear we had this specific bait topic on CE before
Yes, a few weeks ago.

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vigorm0rtis
01/19/21 2:58:54 AM
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My friend Mike has gotten great covers for his books.





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Zikten
01/19/21 3:50:54 AM
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Depends on the genre. The old 80s and 90s DnD novels had cool cover art usually.

https://images.app.goo.gl/PyNne9XDh9TAfriF8

https://images.app.goo.gl/Ty3HAHM3HgZFw5SQ8

https://images.app.goo.gl/fbTpoc71kzQ6a6yf6

This trilogy I saw in a bookstore when I was 12 and the covers got my interest. And I ended up reading DnD novels for like 20 years
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skermac
01/19/21 6:34:42 AM
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No one cares about a book cover only the words inside in other words read the bok dont waste time looking at the cover

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Sictis
01/19/21 6:37:09 AM
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skermac posted...
No one cares about a book cover only the words inside in other words read the bok dont waste time looking at the cover


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St0rmFury
01/19/21 6:47:47 AM
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Not really related to the topic, but the cover of Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall scared the beejesus out of me as a kid.

https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_II:_Daggerfall?file=Daggerfall_Cover.png

I never did find out if the guy appears in the game.
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