A Work in Progress

OK, so I started writing a long dissertation on creating ebook covers, but it suddenly vanished into the æther when I was about halfway through. Rather than rewriting the essay from the beginning, I'll just post an abbreviated version and assume that you can figure out what I'm doing as I go along.

First, this is what I want the cover to look like: a set of photos lying on a woodgrain desktop, with the central graphic depicting two T-girls 'caught' in the act of cross-dressing:

As the cover template has already been designed, the first step is to do a free-hand sketch based on a number of different reference images:

Next, I scan the drawing into the computer and start coloring it up in photoshop (quasi flesh-tones for the figurework):

Then, I added some solid color to the lingerie (I normally chose virginal white, but decided something a little more colorful might work better in this context):

On reflection, I decided to adjust the colors a little and added some tones to the figures (I'm not quite sure at this point whether I want full briefs, thongs or bikinis. Fortunately, photoshop allows for multiple versions):

That's about as far as I've gotten, due to various prior commitments. Sorry I can't post the final version right now; hopefully, I'll get 'round to it sooner than later.

Tracy :)