What My Customers Are Doing With My Design Resources . . .

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I love to show people how my customers use the image resources in their businesses.
This page is dedicated to showcasing the many ways my customers find to employ Jaguarwoman products to embellish and advertise their own services and products.

Bellebridgebooks.com and Bellebooks.com have used my design resources in their book covers for several years now, providing a great example of how my images can be employed in derivative designs for a wide variety of commercial projects.

BelleBooks, Inc. is a traditional book publisher, putting out books both in print and in all the digital media (Kindle, iPad iBook, Sony, BN, etc.). For more than 10 years, Bellebooks, Inc. has published regional Southern fiction and they recently added a new imprint - Bell Bridge Books - to broaden their publishing footprint. They publish a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including fantasy, thriller, young adult, self-help, and literary fiction.

In the words of Debra Dixon, President/CEO of BelleBooks, Inc., Tennessee business consultant and successful women's fiction author:

For us, like many small publishers who compete with the big New York publishers, the "package" or the right cover and cover copy is critically important. The reader's buying decision starts the moment they first see the cover. The national chain buyers will decline to stock a book if they aren't fans of the cover.

Debra has been a valued customer at Jaguarwoman Designs for several years and actually creates the book jacket designs herself. I just love the way she incorporated one of my dragon images into this character to emhance the exotic mystery:

I began doing the covers simply because we weren't happy with the freelance production. In our price range we just weren't finding graphics artists who excited us, who layered and integrated elements. So, in desperation, I decided to give it a whirl. I have a little art background, but Photoshop and serious graphics programs were new to me. I quickly realized you couldn't just sit down and click a few buttons! But it all worked out and the folks in the company are happy. Authors are happy. And I enjoy the hunt for resources and art.


Currently one of our titles that is on special is # 4 in the iPad iBookstore (full list) and # 1 on the Fantasy/SF list. That cover (FROST MOON) uses one of the jaguarwoman dragons as a tattoo. The book is also available in print from Amazon, etc. (Debra Dixon)

 

I find these book covers are a great example of skillfully weaving design resources together to create graphics that promote sensitive products which rely on visual impact for sales. I never underestimate the power of that first visual impression and neither does Donna.