I'm working on the cover design for The Answer to Atheist's Handbook by Richard Wurmbrand and I'd love honest opinions from fresh eyes. 🕯 Cover A — Dark and dramatic: candle casting a cross shadow against a brick wall. Simple, moody, mysterious. 📖 Cover B — Rich and ornate: navy blue with gold borders, an arched frame, and radiant light behind the cross. Classic and elegant. Which one would make you pick this book off a shelf?
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Wrong colors, wrong impression. You really don't want any religious symbols, if you are promoting atheism.
Talk more about why atheism.
There has been far too much talk about why not religion. The points against religion has been over emphasized. Not that they are invalid.
Religion itself, does that type of repetitive brainwashing. So the approach needs to be far more positive about atheism itself.
Atheism is perceived as negative, because of that over emphasis against religion.
Think positive, as well as make a "positive" cover approach. That actually is as well a atheistic approach.
In marketing, the positive approach works better, than the negative divisive approach. Your cover needs to be that positive.
I'll give you a bad example that shouldn't be taken. Your second cover is far too much like "Buckland's Complete book of witchcraft" cover. That book already has a negative connotation.
@DeWayfarer Thank you for the detailed thoughts. Just to clarify though — the book isn't promoting atheism, it's actually a Christian response to it. and that’s why the religious imagery is very much intentional.
@DeWayfarer Fair point—the title is definitely bold. The idea is to reflect a direct response to atheist arguments, so the cover is designed to communicate that clearly.
@DeWayfarer To be clear once again. The book is a Christian response to atheism — the title and imagery are both intentional and accurate. No deception involved.
@DeWayfarer Interestingly, you're the only one in this thread who's read the title that way. The book isn't promoting atheism—it's a Christian response to it. Have a good day.
@Daquered Part of the reason for that conversational thread is the apostrophe punctuation. That indicates possession something belonging to an atheist. The title should be "The Answer to Atheists Handbook"
@LamontCranston Ah, I see what you mean about the apostrophe—that’s a fair observation. I’m working with the given title here, so my focus is on making the cover communicate the intent as clearly as possible.
