Behind the Scenes – Murder In Her Dreams

This is a cover for Melange Books.

For this cover, we wanted a dream-like feel to accompany the idea of the story, in which the main character is having symbolic dreams involving a black rabbit attacking a man. While we stuck with the initial positioning and texturing I created, my first proof used a contrasty red and yellow theme. For the final, we decided to tone it down to purple and blue and black to give it a more dream-like feel.

This is is the end result:

Stock photos from Dreamstime:
http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-man-green-jumper-34-image2456679
http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-image-jumping-jack-rabbit-image13466896
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-torn-metal-texture-over-rusty-grunge-backdrop-image15468411
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-grunge-blue-painted-wall-texture-background-image14562711
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-wall-texture-may-use-as-grunge-background-image24050441
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-abstraction-image1251511