Topic: Help with a book cover

Hi all.

Well, I've finished another book. Whee! Now, the fun part of creating an ebook and print version. For that, I need a cover. There is one image I would love to use, a wooden statue possibly representing the Polish Goddess Zywie, but the site I found it on has no information on who owns it, nor contact information for the site owner:

http://slavicmyths.blog.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/05/01/77/5017745/files/ziva/ziva5.jpg

http://slavicmyths.blog.com/page/2/

Any help there would be appreciated.

Plan B is to use a photo of a European Roller, a fun looking bird. I have found one on Flicker that looks good, and apparently I can use and modify commercially. The problem? He's sitting on what looks like a metal post with wires. That... doesn't fit the setting smile If someone with photo editing skills could help here, it would be appreciated. Or just a different photo. I need something roughly in the right ratio to fit on a book cover, with some room for the title and my name.

Here's the Flicker link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/abster35/ … KM9-ceo7Bo

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Re: Help with a book cover

I don't know anything about the statue, but I could help you with the bird if you end up going that way. What SHOULD he be sitting on, just a branch?

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Re: Help with a book cover

A Google Image Search turns up the statue as something that an artist carves and sells online.

http://www.wulflund.com/wood-marionette … rved.html/

wulflund[at]gmail[dot]com

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Re: Help with a book cover

Ah, thank you! A message to them has just been sent smile

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