E: The "A"s on the title have opposite weights to what you should do, I think -- you have the first one large, but the one that's part of "Arrangement" is small. This is crippling your ability to make "Arrangement" the focus of the title. Reverse that -- make the first "A" smaller, so it won't get in the way of when you make Arrangement big and un-squished. Go back to "All That Glitters" and notice that "Glitters" is bigger than the other two words -- I think you might want to try cradling "A Rational" in the shape of the "Arrangement," if you see what I mean. Let Arrangement take up the current width, round and unsquished, and tuck a smaller capital A beside the first one, and stagger down Rational just a tad. Heck, make "Arrangement"'s A go big, up near-parallel the top of the R!
Another thing you might consider trying is to see if you can get away with a single A for both. It'd be a little tricky to make work, though, and don't spend a lot of time on it.
F: Don't squish your name. In fact, just as a general thing... Don't SQUISH any of the words. You can make the whole word a larger or smaller font-size, but don't compress any of them to fit. It creates a visual impression that either you're using different fonts in a kind of random way, or -- sorry, harsh alert! O:( -- the impression of a schoolkid who is trying to squish One. Last. Word. onto the margins of the paper. With the readability that you might expect.
(I may have been that kid more than once. >_> )
But that's not a good impression. You have a good font, so let it shine! Let Arrangement go from side to side. (And let your name relax, too, and not look so pinched.)
You may want to let the now-made-smaller A (the first one!) overlap Arrangement's A somewhat. It's a squirly font; it can support a little of that.
Anyway. I like the dancers. I want it to do well. The title layout and name layout are working against you like saboteurs in the night, right now.
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2011/08/monthly-e-book-cover-design-awards/ -- I don't always agree with the guy's assessments, but 1: it's a good way to really think about what works for you, and 2: if you wind up submitting your cover to one of the monthly contests, it's a way to get your cover in front of other people, so advertising. O;>
...I wrote so long, I have to make 2 posts. Part 2.
E: The "A"s on the title have opposite weights to what you should do, I think -- you have the first one large, but the one that's part of "Arrangement" is small. This is crippling your ability to make "Arrangement" the focus of the title. Reverse that -- make the first "A" smaller, so it won't get in the way of when you make Arrangement big and un-squished. Go back to "All That Glitters" and notice that "Glitters" is bigger than the other two words -- I think you might want to try cradling "A Rational" in the shape of the "Arrangement," if you see what I mean. Let Arrangement take up the current width, round and unsquished, and tuck a smaller capital A beside the first one, and stagger down Rational just a tad. Heck, make "Arrangement"'s A go big, up near-parallel the top of the R!
Another thing you might consider trying is to see if you can get away with a single A for both. It'd be a little tricky to make work, though, and don't spend a lot of time on it.
F: Don't squish your name. In fact, just as a general thing... Don't SQUISH any of the words. You can make the whole word a larger or smaller font-size, but don't compress any of them to fit. It creates a visual impression that either you're using different fonts in a kind of random way, or -- sorry, harsh alert! O:( -- the impression of a schoolkid who is trying to squish One. Last. Word. onto the margins of the paper. With the readability that you might expect.
(I may have been that kid more than once. >_> )
But that's not a good impression. You have a good font, so let it shine! Let Arrangement go from side to side. (And let your name relax, too, and not look so pinched.)
You may want to let the now-made-smaller A (the first one!) overlap Arrangement's A somewhat. It's a squirly font; it can support a little of that.
Anyway. I like the dancers. I want it to do well. The title layout and name layout are working against you like saboteurs in the night, right now.
Other resources:
http://kriswrites.com/2014/01/08/the-business-rusch-branding-discoverability-part-6-2/ (If nothing else, notice how small the words like "of," "the," and "on" are, on the covers where they aren't same-size to balance out a larger title above; shrink your first "A"!)
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2011/08/monthly-e-book-cover-design-awards/ -- I don't always agree with the guy's assessments, but 1: it's a good way to really think about what works for you, and 2: if you wind up submitting your cover to one of the monthly contests, it's a way to get your cover in front of other people, so advertising. O;>