• US$120

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• 5 designers

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Book Cover Design Brief

I need a cover for my debut sci-fi novel: "Bel". This is a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, but it is NOT a love story. The main character, Bel, frequently wears a mask due to horrific burn scars on her face, and her only vanity is her long dark hair. She has dark skin, but is of an unspecified ethnicity.

She is physically strong but mentally struggles with suicidal thoughts and depression. I am looking for a book cover to showcase her; I like the style used by artists who work on Brandon Sanderson's novels, particularly the Mistborn series. I also like the simplicity of the Halo Book series covers: a heavy sci-fi feel, a single character with a relatively plain background. For Bel herself, her suit is most similar to Marvel's Black Widow. She wears a simple black suit she can easily move and fight in. And for the first half of the book she wears a full-face mask.

Detailed Character Description from the first chapter:
"A tall, lean figure dressed all in black stepped forward. A black mask covered her face, long dark hair pulled back into a tight braid, and a black knee-length coat shifted slightly, displaying an impressive array of knives and small firearms strapped to her legs. Not a soul spoke as she surveyed the gathered ruffians, mercenaries, arms dealers and other members of the degenerate underground. They whispered her name in fear and any remaining near her scrambled away. Sharp spikes glinted in the light from between the twists of her braid.""

Amazon Book Summary
As a disfigured bounty hunter, Bel lives as an outcast and has fought and sacrificed everything just to survive. When she is offered a chance at freedom at the price of another's life, she leaps at the opportunity to escape the horrors of her own twisted mind and her world, knowing the payment would be enough to restart her life several times over. All she must do is kidnap and deliver Senator Prince Adam Jean Trousdale to a buyer. But when everything goes horribly wrong, Bel and her quarry are sold into slavery. Bel loses the will to fight for herself, but as conditions throughout the sector begin to further deteriorate with the disappearance of the senator, Bel knows she is the only one who can hope to find him and set him free. Will she be able to save the prince, and ultimately, herself?

Target Market(s)

Young adults

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Requirements

Must have

• A sci-fi feel, a featured, strong female character. She is a fighter, a bounty hunter, I would like to see some sort of gun/blaster/weapon featured.

Nice to have

• The character wears a mask for the first half of the book.

Should not have

• A sexualized character.

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