CD cover: Through The Chakras

Susanne Murphy is a colour therapist, author and educator. She is vice president of Colour Energy, the world leader in offering colour, chakra and aromatherapy products, services and education for more than 25 years. They manufacture and sell products based on Colour Therapy and Wellness.

For her meditation CD, she needed a cover representing the 7 chakras and a white beam going through it.

As we do in all our designs, we wanted to create atmosphere and placed a silhouette in front of a full moon.  Moon is symbol for woman. The chakras are represented by the coloured lights on her body and above. Since this CD is about colour therapy we’ve created the subtitle in all of the rainbow colours.

Find out more about Colour Energy at: http://www.colourenergy.com

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Book cover: El Hombre Canción

An older man looks back at his childhood. As a Jewish boy he grew up in an orphanage. Although he was very poor and had a rough time, he kept on singing.
El hombre Canción is a novel about a boy who brings into the heart only love, nobility, and infinite curiosity for what is happening in this world. The child is, as is our destiny, in a world that no matter what should be, is what it is.

Isaac Zimmerman organized an international design competition to create the cover for his book, which was won by us.

The older man who looks back at his childhood is symbolized by the boy and the shadow of an older man.  The boy on the cover does not exist. We needed to have a look of a poor boy with dirty clothes and medium trousers walking at the beach and carrying his sandals. The hair, head, body, legs, clothes, rags of the boy are all different pictures. The sandals were added later and everything was seamlessly blended together. We created a late evening sky and added some light effects. Even the sea consists of two different pictures because we really wanted to have the right wave at the beach.

Nothing at this picture is real, but we were able to create the right atmosphere for his book and are proud to have created this little jewel. So thank you Isaac for honoring us as winner.

You can find more wonderful covers at Marydes.

 

Book cover: The Courageous Life

“Being overwhelmed with the big picture
can hinder you from being in the picture at all.”

Melissa J. Nixon (USA)

Melissa J. Nixon (USA) is a professional speaker, trainer, and leadership coach who spend her days connecting with the hearts of women and pushing them past their perceived boundaries to achieve goals that were once just a thought.

Recently her new book: “The Courageous Life” was published and we’re proud to say that we have designed the cover of this book. She loved the concept of puzzle pieces or leaping. Since leaping images are overused and it would not make her book stand out, we concentrated on the puzzle pieces.

Your life is build up from talents, experiences, knowledge, emotions and more, who needs to fit together like puzzle pieces in order to have success. Her added value is to learn people to use courage as the last puzzle piece. So puzzle pieces were really something we could work with.

Before we started the design we did some research about Melissa, her character, her website and the colors she uses. It became quickly clear that she is a very energetic person. Therefore, we wanted this energy also to be reflected in the design. Since the book supports a business purpose many designers would choose a more serious look but we went searching for some more energetic pictures of her that would enhance the energy we wanted to transmit. Melissa shouting was a good choice.
We also have used the colors of her website because it contributed to the branding of her business. It is important to have this consistency.

It is also important to understand that we did a lot more than just create the cover of her book. We became part of this project, created parts of the design that she could use for promotional reasons and gave her advice about the use of fonts and colors. We saw this project through to the end and that’s what we stand for: a reliable partner for our customers.

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More about Melissa: http://courageouslifeacademy.com/

See how Melissa promotes her book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8T2oyv6phM

 

MaryDes Webdesign

These days everyone can create a website. There are plenty tools and third party software that can be used to accomplish this without a single line of programming is needed. If you would go for this kind of website, what do you think you will get? If everyone is using the same components, will your site be noticed? Will you make an original impression and let your site stand out? Will your site be responsive and easy readable on portable devices? And what about the rankings? Google imposes many SEO rules to get higher rankings; are you aware of these rules and do you know how to implement them?

And let’s talk about the graphics on your site. Are they original and of good quality? Do they support the message you want to tell?

A   website   adds   to   the   image   of   the   company   and   must   radiate professionalism. MaryDes   creates, in   mutual   consultation, graphic   elements   for   your   existing   website, advertising   banners   for   use on   other   websites, banners   for   social   media   like   Facebook   and   WordPress   or   complete   autonomous   websites.      Together   with   their in-house   copywriter   they   combine   word   and   images   into   an   extraordinary   and   magic   mix   that   will   impress, touch   and   move   your visitors beyond your expectations. They know all there is to know about search engine optimization (SEO).

With MaryDes you’ll have a high quality website available which contributes to the prestige of your company.

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