Poster Poll - the Witch Who Trades with Death
Good afternoon, lovelies!
To celebrate the paperback release of The Witch Who Trades with Death, I have commissioned a poster from the fabulously talented Madison Schubert. (I fell in love with her art on TikTok and asked if her commissions were open.)
After some back and forth, we've decided on a poster that's more of an alternative cover art. Only problem: I can't decide which color frog we should have!
So I am posting the possibilities below, and leaving it up to the gods! Or rather, to you, via poll. Congratulations, you're a god now. Please smite responsibly.
Note that these are not finals. They're more rough sketches. She'll clean them up and make them pretty later.
Which color frog should we go with?
Comments (25)
Bright purple
I voted green but it could be darker,
I like how the green works with the overall color palette, but it doesn't convey the allure and gravitas of the title that the red does. If I were picking my next read simply by the appeal of the cover art, the yellow would be a hard pass. Purple, as some have suggested, would convey to me, that this tome contains gender fluid and/or female identity favorable content.
I think Red with purple tone would work great.
I agree that purple would be great
I think maybe red frog, purple background. Light blue/dark teal for text? I agree with many other commentors that purple makes a lot of sense, and without putting an hours work to making an alternative myself, I think a combo like that could really fit the life/death magic theme of the title. Alternative, of the three options given by the author, I like the yellow frog best.
All 3 combo
Red and blue combo
It’s a toss up between red and yellow. I think the green blends too much into the background. Purple might work well. I think you want to do the complimentary color of green (if that’s going to be your background color). In the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) color model, used in printing, the complementary color of green is also red. However, one source states that in CMY (which goes hand in hand with RGB), the opposite of green is a slightly darker magent
Purple with the darker green background
Purple <3
Purple-ish red, I want the red but with a purple undertone to the red parts of the frog, I think it would look really nice
Purple or blue
Purple 💜
I agree with purple!
Red please. The red and black is very eye catching in a "you shouldn't touch me but you want too" way.
I agree with purple, it just feels like the right vibe
The red doesn't stand out enough but I don't care for the green or yellow. I'd say make the red more fuchsia so it pops
Yellow-green, but instead of black do a very dark bluish purple - hex codes #080019 for the 'black', and a slightly darker inverted colour from the bluish purple, #beff33
Blue from WWTWD frog shirt or taupe (taupe brown or desert taupe) I have the colors image on my phone.
The red just doesn’t “pop”.
Purple! Though a more subdued purple. Those colors seem too bright.
Red makes the most sense as that was the company but, I do agree that the brightness maybe needs to be adjusted so that the red pops more.
Purple or a darker green
Red seems to hit just a little more subtly. With the green and the yellow the skulls and the pattern on the Frog are more immediately obvious. The contrast of the yellow against the Green is a little bit easier for the eyes to read then the green against the Green. Hope this helps!