Tattoo, or bare? (Patreon)
Published:
2017-09-29 18:37:39
Imported:
2023-02
Content
Howdy everybody! I'm preparing to unleash the first of many old stories to Amazon. One of the first is an old commission, The Roommate Agreement. In the course of the story, the young woman eventually is so obsessed with fulfilling her bargain that she even has the roommate agreement tattooed on her thigh. I've always kind of liked tattoos as a device, as there's something proprietary in marking what's yours, and something powerfully submissive in giving up that aspect of one's self-identity. For a cover, I like the idea of including it just a kind of preview of where the premise might go. However, I'm worried that I just can't pull the visual off well enough to work. But then, I always remind myself most people won't zoom in and stare/scrutinize it like I do. Or will they? After all, bet most of you never noticed the freaky floating sword gaffe in The 300 poster, right?
By no means am I a master of photoshoppery (as you've possibly noticed from previous covers), but I made a good faith effort to try to include the tattoo in the cover art, which features a whole heapin' helpin' of thigh to put it on. So my question is: do you like the cover better WITH the tattoo, or without?