Sydney Rose needed a new book or magazine cover design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 117 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
Sydney Rose
Author of Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy novels
Book Cover Image.
Synopsis:
Piper has lived her life as a normal teenage girl but when she discovers that she is an alien, her whole world begins to unravel.
Her Earthly parents are afraid of her and her true parents died long ago on her home planet. Scientists discover her secret and try to perform unusual experiments on her. They give her the nickname Watergirl once they discover she has gills. Her closest ally is her twin brother, Leo (Fireboy).
They discover their planet’s past and the horrible truth: a race of aliens known as the Yairganders destroyed their planet as well as many others. Every planet sent a hero and Piper finds that she is the prophesized and reluctant leader of them all. She must try to stop the Yairganders from doing to Earth what they did her planet as well as find the other aliens and get them all back to their home planets safely.
I'm expecting this to be a multi-volume series. Perhaps 3-5 titles to the full set.
This means I'm interested as well in something that will work well for the next title(s), as they come out.
I really like the covers for authors Veronica Roth, Pittacus Lore and Cassandra Clare.
Dimensions:
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Print: "Trade" perfect-bound paperback, with ISBNeBook: same as above, but will use front cover only (6x9)Book Size: 6 x 9" (15.24 x 22.86cm)Image Size at 300ppi: 6.125 x 9.25" (15.6 x 23.5cm)
Characteristics/Features:
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Water/Blue- Piper, the main character, is commonly referred to as Watergirl. Her outfit and
almost everything else about her is blue.
Fire/Red- Piper has a brother who is commonly referred to as Fireboy. His color is red. Also,
later in the book Piper learns to control fire. She has a burn on her left
shoulder for most of the book as well.
Conquered Planets- The whole conflict revolves around an alien race (the Yairganders) conquering
planets.
White Hair- Piper gradually gains white hair (she starts blonde). The reason is a mystery for most of the book. For
most of the book, she has one strip on both sides of her head.
Dreaming- Piper dreams a lot but it isn’t the typical prophesizing dreams you normally see. She
can actually go into the past or stay in the present. Her dreams aren’t dreams
to other people, they think she is a real person if she chooses to interact
with them.
Twins- Piper is a twin. Her brother is important to her.
Eyes- Everyone’s eyes characterize them. (Piper’s are blue, other colors are green, brown,
almost colorless blue, blue.)
Prophecy- Piper was made leader by a prophecy. There are no exact words to it but everyone
knows it.
Leader- Piper doesn’t like being leader even though the prophecy told her she was. Other
characters constantly try and have her live up to the role.