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Sugararmy07 - Aeonian (Mini Interview)

I'm here interviewing one of my favorite cover creators on Wattpad, and her name is sugararmy07, or Honey! Everyone, let's give a warm welcome to her!

Honey is an esteemed guest: she won the "Best Cover" category in the Padauk Awards for her cover for "Aeonian," and of course, I have a few questions for her. I mean, come on, look at that cover. Isn't it a beaut?

Alright, alright, enough intro, let's get into it and talk to Honey! Everyone, round of applause, now!

Bold is me, italics is Honey. Labels will be there, too.

Raven: Thank you so much for taking the time to submit to my contest. You know I always love your covers, and one of the things I praise most about them is just how clear and well-organized they are. Everything feels like it flows smoothly, leading to a satisfying visual experience that makes readers hooked, to say the least. And that leads me to my first question, a more general one just to warm up and give new readers a sense of what's going on: would you mind giving me an insight to your cover-designing process, like maybe the tools you use to edit and how you decide where to put your text and graphics on the covers?

Honey: Hey, Raven! I'm glad to have an interview with you. Thank you for the appreciation toward my covers. Generally, the first thing I do is register all the details given to me for the cover, specifically reading that small summary they provide me again and again. Then, I go on Pinterest. I scroll through hundreds of pictures to find that perfect one for the cover. I make two to four covers for choices. So, I always end up downloading a lot of pictures. Then, I use Canva for the editing as well as for typography. The main thing is to analyse the picture and sort out where the font should be placed, considering the colour scheme too. I usually tend to go for white color font and centre alignment (it always works). Also, if someone is reading this, I would tell you to use the cover of 512 × 800 pixels (standard size of the Wattpad cover) so that your cover would be cut from sides when you use it. I also go through a lot of font designs to find a suitable one for the specific cover. It all works out well.

Raven: Ah, I see, you're getting all fancy on me, aren't ya? Haha, I kid, I kid. I've heard a lot of good things about Canva, and I've used it here and there, so this is convincing me to get back into it and to stop using templates all the time. And I gotta say, Pinterest is the best place for pictures. I don't even have an account, but I go on the web version just to find all the cute boards and aesthetics. You have good taste, my friend.

Well, seeing as you won for your cover, I think it makes sense to ask you another cover question! What you won for was Aeonian, a oneshot book, and so far, there are three oneshots out (at the time of writing this question). If you had to make a cover for each individual oneshot, could you give some insight into what you'd make and why? I'm especially curious about what cover you'd make for the birthday one for no specific reason at all...

Honey: Well, if I had to make different covers for the oneshots, I would definitely focus on the central theme of every oneshot. The first oneshot is "Under the Moonlight" which is already converted into a short story named "Entangled Emotions" and already has its own cover which you can see on my profile. Second is "Noona" which is a kind of love confession scene and I would make it a little cute and cozy. The third one, which was out on your birthday featuring you, is "Birthday" and for that I would make something related to Jimin, of course (knowing how much you love him) It would be something eternally romantic. I would do a job where you would drool over him wink wink.

Raven: Awh, I love the idea of a cute and cozy cover! And of course I love the idea of a Jimin cover... I'd do anything to see a Jimin cover right about now 😍😍😍 Gosh, he is such a beautiful man. Beautiful, beautiful man. Good sweet lord heavens- okay, I need to stop before I drool over the very idea of it. Well, looks like you accomplished your goal without even needing to show me the real thing. Anywho! Next question! You've made a lot of covers for both yourself and others. That's another thing I like about your covers: I can tell you made it without even needing to see the cover credits. You just have such a distinct style that I can tell right away, which I think is very impressive. Out of all the covers you've made, would you mind telling me two or three of the ones you liked the most? And maybe if there are any covers you'd redo if you could?