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This is a mock cover for the amazing fanfic Like Betta Fish Do by Paper Puffin on A03 and is the amazing writer of this fic and artist of the adorable chibis on the back of this mock that they have drawn for each chapter. I am so glad she gave me permission to bind her fic!
I am trying different styles of covers at the moment and I wanted to try and do one where the title is the focus. I chose the colour of green ectoplasm/Lazarus water as the focus colour for the whole hypothetical bind. In the background I used the skill design from the artwork to tie it together.
In title I've got mini ghosts for the eye dots and over the author name I've got a little fish for the dot. I made the card by copying over what was said in the fic in a chosen handwriting choice. I added a ghost corner border and made a bat corner border. I've also got a phantom coloured betta fish in the corner and the main focus is a gift basket.
I made this using Canva and I am really happy with the look of it.
I've continued the background skill motif copied over from the artist/authors chapter chibi backgrounds and chosen the 1st 2 chibis to go on the back of the book. I have included the summary, a quote and a bit of fic info alongside a qr code to the fic itself. I also included another fish in phantom colours as it is such a consistant part of the fic. If there had been a different fish name each chapter I would have made that more of a focal point in the design elements.
Keep fanfic free.
Linking other social as A03 can be hunky with images and nothing makes me cry more than when you click a tumblr link and it no longer exists 😭
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