Info Volume Covers Thread - Part 1

jagman1x3 · Mar 15, 2015

Unok said:
Drea Mer v01

I don't know why, but Dolly looks really weird in color to me. Maybe it's the whole yellow color scheme, I can't say I've really seen that with sheep before.

Covers · Mar 16, 2015

Tokyo Ghoul:re 2 HQ:

Hunt · Mar 16, 2015

Kasane 5

Rin 9

Freezing Zero 8

Zettai Karen Children 41

BE BLUES! 18

Denpa Kyoushi 15

Boku wa Mari no Naka 5

Biorg Trinity 6

jagman1x3 · Mar 16, 2015

Q 2:

Leoat12 · Mar 16, 2015

I don't know what the author is trying to do with these Q volume covers.

jagman1x3 · Mar 16, 2015

Leoat12 said:
I don't know what the author is trying to do with these Q volume covers.

Conceivably, he might be assuming that Ultra Jump's target audience might be more interested in picking up a volume with giant sci-fi monsters on the cover than little girls. Crazy, I know, but I can't think of any other explanation.

Leoat12 · Mar 16, 2015

jagman1x3 said:
Conceivably, he might be assuming that Ultra Jump's target audience might be more interested in picking up a volume with giant sci-fi monsters on the cover than little girls. Crazy, I know, but I can't think of any other explanation.

He is digging his own grave with this.

Silverblade · Mar 16, 2015

Q qovers are quite unique eyeqatchers.

Hunt · Mar 16, 2015

Innocent 08

Rikudou 03

Beshari Gurashi 18

Nijigen Jumpin' 01

Tokyo Ghoul:re 02 (Almost) Full cover:

Leoat12 · Mar 16, 2015

Aikyet said:
Q qovers are quite unique eyeqatchers.

Unique doesn't mean good.

Netorare · Mar 16, 2015

but they are good.. i don't need the 10.000 copy of a cute/moe girl on the cover

Leoat12 · Mar 16, 2015

The lack of cute girls is just one of the problems (it is more like a commercial problem since cute girls is appealing to the readers and nobody can deny it). Thre cover is ugly when it comes to design. It is not worth of the drawing of the series.

Silverblade · Mar 16, 2015

Leoat12 said:
Unique doesn't mean good.

But it sure can.

Q monster design is better than Q character design. Makes sense to show it off in interesting composition with a an imposing sense of scale instead of making yet another "characters posing on uniform background" type of cover that plague the industry.

vinceled · Mar 17, 2015

Leoat12 said:
The lack of cute girls is just one of the problems (it is more like a commercial problem since cute girls is appealing to the readers and nobody can deny it). Thre cover is ugly when it comes to design. It is not worth of the drawing of the series.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't be interesting in buying Q if there were only cute girls on the cover, the monsters make this really interesting.

Leoat12 · Mar 17, 2015

Seraph of the End #08

Since we're at it...
Seraph of the End (novel) #05

DoctorApollo · Mar 17, 2015

No idea what you guys are talking about, Q's cover is one of the most interesting I've seen lately. They're unique and beautiful. Really minimalistic with a great atmosphere, says a lot more about what the author is trying to convey than some random character(s) in a cool pose.

Creativity shouldn't be discouraged in this industry, almost all covers in this thread look the same. The few artists that challenge this notion should be respected and encouraged.

speaking of shitty covers, though, man I wish RiN had covers that weren't just MC holding manga tools. he had this problem with BECK, too, which was such a great manga. all covers are just MC with his guitar.