I Paid Artists on Fiverr to Design the Same Book Cover [CC]

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  • čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
  • Switching things up a bit today! Instead of designing our own cover we're going to be judging four covers I commissioned from artists on Fiverr to do for the same book.
    Chapters:
    00:00 - Intro
    01:22 - Design Brief
    03:18 - Design 1
    05:40 - Design 2
    07:47 - Design 3
    09:17 - Design 4
    11:46 - Ranking
    12:45 - Outro
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Komentáře • 78

  • @LilyCReads10
    @LilyCReads10 Před 3 lety +63

    THE HP FONT.. HELP
    & the wearing a ballgown to a frat party has me dead💀

  • @muskaan3711
    @muskaan3711 Před 3 lety +80

    Video idea for you: design covers for books that aren't out yet (like no cover, no title on Goodreads) of popular authors. You can look at the author's past books and maybe get a sense of the cover style. Like, V. E. Schwab is coming up with the third book, Victorius in the Villains series.

  • @Carrottastic
    @Carrottastic Před 3 lety +89

    I'm a bit surprised nobody even tried to take this cover in a more modern direction considering the tone in the blurb was more comedic. From the premise I would've guessed something more silly and colorful.

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +3

      That's true! I would have much preferred than than whatever these are.

  • @supercalime
    @supercalime Před 3 lety +49

    These covers scream “graphic design is my passion”. As a graphic designer, I’m sad.

  • @Numb1234ification
    @Numb1234ification Před 3 lety +41

    Can you maybe design a cover for this yourself in the next video? I'm really curious to see what you would come up with. Even I have some good ideas but I cannot use photoshop haha.

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +4

      I nearly included my own version in this video! I just cut it out because it was making the video too long so... you never know... maybe in the future!

  • @kiracritchlow_
    @kiracritchlow_ Před 3 lety +12

    The third one screamed zombie apocalypse to me

  • @prcs420
    @prcs420 Před 3 lety +63

    didn't even know what my expectations WERE and they still weren't met 😭

    • @muskaan3711
      @muskaan3711 Před 3 lety +1

      Same lol

    • @bestnarryever
      @bestnarryever Před 3 lety

      so relatable in so many ways... think i need to get my life together sjkdsjsj 😅

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm Před 3 lety +13

    I love how throughout the video you quickly realize you should always just make your own covers 😂

  • @jeremyfee
    @jeremyfee Před 3 lety +5

    That Harry Potter font is hilarious. I love that you did this and then talked through them all for us.

  • @bestnarryever
    @bestnarryever Před 3 lety +10

    I think the saddest thing is that circa 2013 these would have been actual book covers because I found some similar ones in my bookshelves 😅 the last one would definitely be out

  • @lua_ferraz
    @lua_ferraz Před 3 lety +12

    Ok, I'm feeling much better about the basic covers I spend hours making on Canva 😂

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +6

      I'm sure you could make covers 100x better than these!

  • @theodore2487
    @theodore2487 Před 3 lety +7

    I love how you always include [CC] in your titles so I know I’m safe to read the captions :]

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +2

      I'm really glad you find it useful!

  • @StarsAndEmbers
    @StarsAndEmbers Před 3 lety +3

    Why did I think 'zombies!' as soon as the third one was revealed? 😂

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety

      It's so grungy that makes sense! Like grumpy vanilla teen girl taking on zombie apocalypse

  • @muskaan3711
    @muskaan3711 Před 3 lety +10

    The first cover look like a 1920s historical mystery which is inspired by the Gatsby era. I've seen some covers like that. Cover 2 is just bad. The girl on the cover and the fog 😂 the castle in the bg looks okay. The third one looks like a cheap thriller novel. The photo is okay but the font style sucks. I think the 4th one is the best out of these. The photo is cool, the text is really bad tho.

  • @martizen
    @martizen Před 3 lety +3

    im mourning for your wallet because of these covers 😭 would love to see you make a spellbound hellhound cover the right way!!

  • @billywhite1267
    @billywhite1267 Před 2 lety

    OMG You're brutal Angus! Those reactions would break glass haha, but amazing.
    I have seen many YA novels that literally have cover designs like these.

  • @kimivanbasilan5897
    @kimivanbasilan5897 Před 2 lety

    hey! i love your works. maybe you can make a video tutorial on how you redesign book covers. id love to learn everything from such an artist like you.

  • @RaspberryDevil
    @RaspberryDevil Před 3 lety +5

    This is a fun idea until the covers were revealed, I'm sorry that it didn't work out like you expected.
    The three with the houses look like historical something books and not modern ones like the humour in the brief suggested :')
    Hope you have more fun when you're filming your next video!

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety

      I was so excited and then so let down... I don't think I will ever use Fiverr again lol

  • @gtkozik
    @gtkozik Před 2 lety

    Halfway through - great video

  • @Le_Blanc666
    @Le_Blanc666 Před 6 měsíci

    Am designing 3 book covers atm, for the first time. It's such a difficult task. There is so much to take into consideration. At least with your video am learning much more of what not to do. 😅

  • @nonfictionfeminist
    @nonfictionfeminist Před 3 lety

    How did you get into book design? It's my dream job, I'd love to do it remotely

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +2

      Just practice honestly! I pretty much taught myself with photoshop. A good place to start is trying to replicate existing covers so you get an insight into how they work etc,

  • @robertfalse9063
    @robertfalse9063 Před 2 lety

    Checking your channel to see if you have covered illustration. This was eye opening. I can make better photoshopped covers myself.

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri Před 3 lety +1

    💖💖

  • @aaryayadav4762
    @aaryayadav4762 Před 3 lety

    love your channel! rip these covers though

  • @armymoura7778
    @armymoura7778 Před 5 měsíci

    Essas fontes estão de matar

  • @peterselgin9452
    @peterselgin9452 Před 2 lety +1

    You get what you pay for. It would be interesting to see what a true designer, someone who is expert at typography and color (as these designers clearly are not!) would do with this project, but the budget would have to be greater. Reedsy vets its designers, but they charge more.

  • @kassandra4929
    @kassandra4929 Před 3 lety +1

    This was such a good idea ahaha aww so sorry they turned out so questionable 😂😭

  • @pagesandleaves
    @pagesandleaves Před 2 lety

    i was so hopeful considering the brief was pretty fun and its ya/na but these covers were so disappointing- also did any of them actually read the brief😭

  • @gizmofox5995
    @gizmofox5995 Před 3 lety +1

    I think the first cover would have be been great for a Dan Brown style thriller, but not so much for a YA urban fantasy 😆

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety

      It does give off that vibe! Like home brand dan brown

  • @colonialp9
    @colonialp9 Před 3 lety +1

    How bout a pixel art book cover?

  • @bintube5269
    @bintube5269 Před rokem

    Hello

  • @sydneysbooks
    @sydneysbooks Před 3 lety

    I feel like I just took a MasterClass in book cover design and I ain't mad

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety

      imagine me trying to teach an actual masterclass though it'd be so chaotic skjdasld

  • @captainnavy8716
    @captainnavy8716 Před 2 lety

    Im just beginning to start designing covers on fiverr and even I know these didn't cut it. At all.

  • @desb303
    @desb303 Před 2 lety +1

    Video idea: you design a book cover this is titled just Angus about a bookstore owner's and steak restaurant that opens next door enemies to lovers. And do one something youtube name inspired for other booktubers e.g. itsdivya. P.s. idk if your vegan if you are my bad. Loving the channel 🥰

  • @Jarino507
    @Jarino507 Před rokem

    I've been watching a few videos like this and everyone else seems to have better luck with covers than you.

  • @GeraldTheBookworm
    @GeraldTheBookworm Před 3 lety

    This is such an amazing concept!!!! But, YIKES! Those covers are... not good.

  • @LoveHope-mi4lx
    @LoveHope-mi4lx Před 2 lety

    Are you in the occult? How do you know so much regarding that

  • @bradenchu
    @bradenchu Před 3 lety

    that building in the last design is literally metres away from me at the university i attend i can't believe this 😭😭 (university of toronto btw 💀)

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +1

      Omg this is insane!!! What are the odds! Too bad they absolutely did not do it justice with this cover 💀

  • @llavande
    @llavande Před 2 lety

    Fiverr quality is why I'd never use the platform to work :D

  • @jordansharon3324
    @jordansharon3324 Před 3 lety +1

    gRapHiC DeSiGn iS mY pAsSiOn

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri Před 3 lety +1

    those covers are experimental art 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @AbiofPellinor
    @AbiofPellinor Před 3 lety +2

    I'm sorry is this a new career for me? Book covers on Fiverr? Cause I don't even know how to use photoshop, but give me PowerPoint and a stock image website and I can make these 🤣🤣

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +1

      Honestly I KNOW you could make covers 100x better than this.

    • @AbiofPellinor
      @AbiofPellinor Před 3 lety

      @@JustAngus starting my own small business 😇💷💷💷

  • @BreakevenBooks
    @BreakevenBooks Před 3 lety

    That first one reminds me of a romance book lmao 😂. Oh jeeze the second one is bad 😬.

  • @hollyperret
    @hollyperret Před 2 lety +2

    I'm a book cover designer and that first cover looked like a template for some sort of corporate / business related book. That was awful. Lots of designers use stock photos in their covers. There is nothing bad about that. This person just did it poorly.

  • @F4mouzLadY
    @F4mouzLadY Před 2 lety +1

    If you look for really bad artists on Fiverr, then you get bad covers. It takes a long time to find good artists on Fiverr. You have to look at the reviews. If you write in the briefing that the artist has creative freedom, then you shouldn't complain. You have to give more precise information about your ideas. Not all artists on Fiverr are bad.

  • @livia6929
    @livia6929 Před rokem

    I got custom book covers on Wattpad for FREE that were better than these.

  • @ConnorStompanato
    @ConnorStompanato Před 3 lety

    omgg you need a refund 😭

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety

      refund + compensation honestly. I want to sue

  • @rachelthompson9324
    @rachelthompson9324 Před 2 lety

    photoshop covers always look cheap and mundane

  • @rachelthompson9324
    @rachelthompson9324 Před 2 lety

    first one cliché as hell

  • @rachelthompson9324
    @rachelthompson9324 Před 2 lety

    number three doesn't fit the motif, it's a sci-fi illustration and not unique, it doesn't give any indication of content

  • @HEReIAM829
    @HEReIAM829 Před 2 lety

    Know that Jesus loves u ❤His Will is for us to repent and saved🙏

  • @rachelthompson9324
    @rachelthompson9324 Před 2 lety

    I hate modern book covers, they all look the same. It's like 5 year old kids playing foot ball, one kicks the ball and everyone chases it. Where is the original art work? Where are the new and fresh ideas?

  • @spudspuddy
    @spudspuddy Před rokem

    Awful

  • @rachelthompson9324
    @rachelthompson9324 Před 2 lety

    number two, cliché as F**k. Every romance cover in one, no imagination and doesn't fit the theme

  • @bestnarryever
    @bestnarryever Před 3 lety

    I have a video suggestion, Angus! I’ve seen this been made before by a few booktubers/bookstagram, and what they did was choose or let the followers choose between different country editions for different books
    The reason many in my country did this was because my country (Brazil) has a very good reputation when it comes to book cover design, I personally purchase a lot of my countries editions instead of the US or UK, because they do such a good job! And the thing behind this was the fight that happens here around evelyn Hugo’s cover (which no one is satisfied by 😂)
    Hope you like this idea!
    (Note: the ones I’ve seen are a german bookstagram, he puts up polls with different covers, his page is kaispellmeier; and the booktuber, who is brazilian is Livraria em Casa, here on youtube and livrariaemcasa on Instagram; but I’ve seen many more people do it!)

    • @JustAngus
      @JustAngus  Před 3 lety +1

      That's a great idea! I'm adding it to the list!

    • @bestnarryever
      @bestnarryever Před 3 lety

      @@JustAngus hope it's fun! :)