Hey guys, i have been working on my story for a fair bit of time already and just tried to make a cover for it. Turns out my artistic capabilities eqal those of bread 
What do you guys think ? Could use some constructive opinions.
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The layering of the characters isnât too good, for example on the right side, it looks a little weird.
The blank space between the characters on the left and the black figure is a little big. I would also recommend using another background
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thanks, i really need to fix up the layering 
so advice better layring, the girl with a green jackes is soaring to high over the guy with glasses, and she is at a higher layer than the girl who forgot her shirt.
the witch and dear dude are just idle, maybe give them an animation too.
also I am asuming purple hair girl(aka girl who forgot a shirt) is the MC, if she is she should be the main focus, right now the background and shadow is the main focus of the picture.
I recomand that you look at some movie posters, they are good exampels
els if you dont like your own cover you could always go to an art shop. of course only if you want to
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Personally, I donât think u can even use that cover whether u wanted to or not. I say this because there is a gun being held & used on your cover. Guns are not allowed on covers. The use of them are against cover guidelines (:
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whooops, not a big dealâŠwill just remove it 
yes, I forgot about guns been against the guidelines, that you cant have them on the cover, which is funny because I think I edited them out of ten covers(as a favor for others) by now.
I did some updates to the original fotoâŠnow what i am actually trying to depict is:
The girls in colours are de facto the protagonists, The front one is the main main character though.
The shades on the left and right side are supposed to represent the rivaling factions. And the big evil wing-lady is wellâŠthe big evil wing lady i cant talk about.
The speech bubble and everything below is hidden.
It would be so much more appealing to readers if there wasnât so much going on at once. Looking at that cover, all I can see is faceless people who I canât tell what theyâre actually doing, 2 girls that look to be fighting, some random silhouette of a female doing something that again is confusing for me and then overall thereâs this girl looking terrified just holding a book?
Personally, I would not click this story to read the description/start the story since thereâs just too much going on. Itâll be even more confusing for readers since the cover will show up so much smaller on the app that the back characters will hardly be seen (:
As a summary, donât make the cover so busy. Itâs off-putting to readers when they canât guess a base genre of the story. (I.e = A romance story could have two characters kissing/in a romantic pose. That way the genre is guessable).
Taking a guess, Iâd assume your story is either drama, fantasy, action or mystery. But with that said, that implies that thereâs no simple guess. Covers should be intriguing and understanding. Your cover looks like youâve screenshotted a scene of your story and used that as your cover (:
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yeah i see your point. I will cut some stuff. And yes it is a screenshot that will be turned into a proper background. I do lack the artistic capabilities to draw stuffâŠunless you expect some stick people 
Besides, the story will obviously come with an explanation about whats going on
If youâd like, PM me and Iâll give you some tips about making your edited cover⊠if youâd like 
i would love to, but apparently you do not accept personal messages atm .
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Oops⊠let me change that 
Fixed it
I love it
I had a gun on mine oops
Theyâre not always noticed and it also depends on who reviews your cover since some donât care and will still accept the cover whereas others donât allow them. Overall, they are against the guidelines but itâs better to be safe by not including them than test the chance (:
My hockey player overlay was âinappropriateâ apparently the most clothes you could put on a character and it was rejected 
I did a new one, does actually look better than my first attempt. I suppose i should asking someone to make me a cover though. I have been trying to work with Gimp but i dont even get how you draw a line there.
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OMG Yes!!!
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