Book cover design

Status: Closed
Prize: $110
Entries Received: 113
Winner: naveen14198600

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Contest Brief

I am looking for a cover for a book entitled:

"The Hacker Prince - A True Story"

I HAVE REMOVED THE PHOTOS USED IN THE MAJORITY OF THE SUBMISSIONS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CREATIVE IDEAS THAT ARE NOT BASED ON THE PHOTOS.

The book takes place in the early and mid 1980's, in California, Hawaii, New York and Seattle. It is a true story. The character is young (NOT malicious), and I am looking for an eye catching, attractive cover THAT DOES NOT give a sinister or dangerous impression (Please NO hooded faceless figure sitting in front of a laptop).

I am looking for something that captures the spirit, COLORS, graphics, and technology of the 80's.

The cover must be eye catching in icon format.

Here is a synopsis intended for the back cover:

This is the extraordinary tale of the first teen ever jailed for the crime of hacking. In the early 1980's, Michael Wilkerson, aka The Sprinter, set out to explore the inner workings of computer and telephone networks throughout the nation, and to find the others...

In the years that followed, The Sprinter conquered numerous systems, learned to control the inner workings of the telephone network, and attended secret hacker meetings (HackCons) rubbing elbows with the world's hacking elite.

The Sprinter's journey came to an abrupt end in 1985, in Seattle, Washington, after he was caught and charged with four counts of Illegal Computer Trespass, having bypassed the security of tech giants MICROSOFT and BOEING. This is a true story, suitable for both technophiles and technophobes alike. Sometimes the truth IS stranger than fiction!

Cover size: 22cm X 15 cm
Number of pages: roughly 400

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Public Clarification Board

naveen14198600
- 3 years ago
Sir also check #117
- 3 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 3 years ago
  Hi Naveen Kumar S.,
  
  I am about to award a winner for this contest. I like the work you have done, but I want to make sure that over the next couple of weeks you will have time to make additional changes and finalize the cover?
  - 3 years ago
raoufsefsaf
- 3 years ago
PLEASE CHECK #140 #139
- 3 years ago
YoussefTl
- 3 years ago
Dear Contest Holder, I was about to upload the second version of my #121 but I ran out of time. So here is it https://imgur.com/zfkDTxb contact me via chat for a high-resolution version. Thanks
- 3 years ago
abujafarbbd91
- 3 years ago
My honorable contest holder, please check my entry #134
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
sir please again check #130 ,132,133
- 3 years ago
crazywebonline
- 3 years ago
Hi CH, Please have a look at entry #129 I hope you like it. Thanks!
- 3 years ago
nozrulislam2020
- 3 years ago
I'm working, please Wait
- 3 years ago
kaiserhoque1
- 3 years ago
sir please check #95
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
PLEASE CHECK #123 ,124,125,126,127
- 3 years ago
naveen14198600
- 3 years ago
sir please check #116
- 3 years ago
mdshahinor555
- 3 years ago
please check #113 #114 #115
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
please check #103 ,104
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
please check #101 ,102
- 3 years ago
MRGRAPH003
- 3 years ago
PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY "NOT malicious" IS NOT A CRIMINAL= HACKER?
- 3 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 3 years ago
  Not all criminals are malicious! Many are guilty of victimless crimes. If there is no victim, is it a crime? This is a story about a teen hacker who was not dangerous, and was not trying to harm anyone.
  - 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
PLEASE check #97 ,98,99,100
- 3 years ago
MRGRAPH003
- 3 years ago
your owns words ??? " I HAVE REMOVED THE PHOTOS USED IN THE MAJORITY OF THE SUBMISSIONS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CREATIVE IDEAS THAT ARE NOT BASED ON THE PHOTOS." and yet most of the entries have images, and 3 stars or more ratings??? I am confused??
- 3 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 3 years ago
  I have removed the photos, because the majority of submissions based the entire cover on the photos. I was hoping for more creativity in the design. 60-80% of the submissions were all more or less the same idea. I was hoping for something more eye catching.
  - 3 years ago
naveen14198600
- 3 years ago
please check #89
- 3 years ago
naveen14198600
- 3 years ago
please check #88
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
PLEASE CHECK #83 ,84,85
- 3 years ago
kaurinamida02
- 3 years ago
please check on #73
- 3 years ago
rajuahmedpapon
- 3 years ago
Please check #64
- 3 years ago
Elridia
- 3 years ago
Please check #69
- 3 years ago
vishnuremesh
- 3 years ago
Please see #61
- 3 years ago
afsanarimee
- 3 years ago
#guaranteed plz
- 3 years ago
fisumon007
- 3 years ago
Check #34 , #35
- 3 years ago
vishnuremesh
- 3 years ago
Please check #28
- 3 years ago
mahmud5094
- 3 years ago
Check #27
- 3 years ago
mahmud5094
- 3 years ago
check #26
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
Please check #23
- 3 years ago
Rubaiislam
- 3 years ago
Please check #19
- 3 years ago
JubaerMI
- 3 years ago
please check #5 #6
- 3 years ago
kartsy
- 3 years ago
Hi! please check entry#4. It is just a rough sketch. please tell if you want me to work further
- 3 years ago