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I am a self publishing writer looking for a great book ...

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... Simple and ... There are two ideas I would like to go ... I've uploaded some photos that I liked to be used as REFERENCE, not to be ... I do not claim ... I just really liked them and are to be used to help you guys design the ... Also here is a summary for the back cover: One night, Ezekiel Marek receives a package containing an amulet granting him the ability to control all eight elements Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Wood, Metal, Ice and ... Of course, he doesn’t know this…not until an angel named Natiél, dressed in a business suit, appears and tells him he’ll be spending the next weeks in rigorous ... Till now, he thought getting the girl he like to notice him was hard ... A local factory called Sabios has been hiding secrets of a dark project—a monstrous black beast—that has gotten loose in the miles of woods surrounding his small ... Now it’s hunting ... Design cover Idea 1 ... Its a dark forest, there is a dark silhouette of a young man facing to the right leaning against a tree with fire coming out of his hands (either red, white or blue fire). In between the trees is a red eye with the outline of a wolf/beast ... Design cover 2 ... The back is ultra/blaring/bright white, almost a blaring ... Hand coming from the right side (or left side either or will see what looks better) of the cover, palm up with fire coming out of ... There is a glowing insignia in his ... for the insignia-gold, yellow, white) I drew a picture of the amulet to give an idea of the outline theres a pic at the ... I would like the title like this, stacked on top, near the top Elemental Bête Noire Not side by side The authors name on the bottom Joshua Guerrero The font should be modern or have a dark feeling to ... Mostly shades of black, white or gold The theme of the book is a dark teen scifi ... The main antagonist of the story is a dark creature called the bete noir that stalks the ... In legends theres no description of the creature so I gave the reader the idea that its a mix of wolf and a big feline (ex cougar or leopard) The teen has the ability to wield eight elements earth, air, water, fire, ice, lightning, wood, and ... This is not a witch book, more like mutants or people who have ... Im really interested to see what you guys create even if it deviants from what I would ... I will be using this design for my soft cover and hard ... The soft cover will not be having a ... The hard cover will be using ... Back cover will just have a little bit description of the book on the back and of course the bar code and isbn the bottom right corner If you have any questions don't hesitate to ... Good luck!

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