DaddyFishGotBigPp uhh probably? I personally don't know bc I've never used the program but you can try haha. that probably doesn't help very much but that's about all I can tell you.

yaoyueyi Neh, too lazy. Just gonna try to complete the prologue and a few more chapters and ask Granddaddy You to make one for me ಠ‿ಠ

That is probably gonna take a few years, so no worries... ;-;

DaddyFishGotBigPp sure, good luck with writing! :)

Tutorial #7

Romance Genre

Time spent: 1.5 hours
Total amount of sprites/images used: 3

Step 1: Place desired image on canvas.

Step 2: Rotate image and remove background with the quick select tool + eraser tool.

Step 3: Remove undesired text over hair with the smudge tool. To get a really great texture, follow the directions of the strands of hair and make the smudge tool as small as possible. Use the yellow left over from the text as color complexity/highlights. Also, extend the hair with the same tool to create more volume.

Step 4: Using one single image of a row of chains, duplicate and rotate to create an entire background of chains. The reason why I decided to duplicate the chains instead of finding a background of chains online was because I wanted to be able to fully customize what it looked like.

Step 5: Use the Gradient Overlay blending option on each individual chain layer to add dimension. I set the gradient to a black and white one.

Step 6: Add PSD coloring to sprites and add a geometric background as well.

Step 7: Add text (on the Difference mode) and voila.

Tutorial #8

Romance Genre

Time spent: 2 hours
Total amount of sprites/images used: 4

STEP 1: Place desired images on canvas.

STEP 2: Remove the background of the images with the quick select tool + the eraser tool. Then, resize and position them.

STEP 3: Add in a background and use the Crosshatch filter in the Filter Gallery to apply texture to them.

STEP 4: Apply PSD coloring and find a picture of a poppy flower to match the color scheme. Duplicate and resize the poppy flowers to create a border.

STEP 5: Add on text and other textures. This is by far the most time consuming step because I had to figure out how I wanted to arrange the text. It was hard getting an idea because of how the flowers were positioned and the darker tones on the female render. In the end, I decided on using a bunch of watercolor brushes that I downloaded to add on the texture and make the text (which is some layers on multiply, others on color burn, and others on overlay + motion blur filter). This is also the finished product!

yaoyueyi I agree with you, the process of making cover not that easy. If you don't know how, it can be confusing. I also still learning how to use photoshop, so I can understand how annoying it is when people keep pestering to make cover like it's as easy as blew your breath

Xiaoyiyi8 ye, i'm merely using a phone with basic designs and it's taking me an hour per cover. not to mention, it does not even look good. the only easy part is placing the title.

Reinesse haha placing the title is the most difficult thing for me because typography requires so much practice/skill :cry:

yaoyueyi it was only easy cause it's placed in a black background the fading black stuff in typical translated novel covers.

yaoyueyi lol, that's true. they just randomly buy the character they put in the cover and place them in a chosen background. they don't even try to exert effort on searching acceptable ones. just look at black bellied miss as an example.

yaoyueyi I am really impressed with each of the above. Omg!! It's really time process, you spend almost 2 to 3 hours on each cover even considering the likes and dislike of each and every person.you even do it for free.
Really great works and I would really appreciate you for making each and every cover adorable.
I think i yould spend my whole time in looking those tutorials and also your great work.

shrishthi thank you so much <33 wow I am flattered haha
i'm glad that you like reading my (poorly written) tutorials !!

Oh, so that's how the covers were made...
I assumed everyone knew how to draw. I don't have Photoshop, so I had to draw my own cover from scratch lol. >3</

90751052 haha no. :joy: I do draw (e.g. here yaoyueyi ) but that would take too much time that I'm not willing to spend on making covers for other people.

yaoyueyi Cool!

yaoyueyi This is look so cool. Only problem is I don't think I'll be able to do it. I'll try though.

NatsumeRikka lol it took me 2 years of experience to get to where I am today. :') really this thread is more like a process than a tutorial since I haven't gone in detail on how all the adjustment layers and tools work and all that. it would be preeeetty difficult for a beginners to do this but like you said, you can always try! I also highly rec looking up actual tutorials and getting photoshop or a decent program if you don't have that already.