'Bird Boy' Cover Mockup

This is a book cover design for a self-publishing venture. The author wanted an eerie, haunting look for a sci-fi / thriller series of novellas. I'm not exactly hot on image manipulation, so I wanted to find a balance of image, colour and font to achieve the effect, rather than relying on overly-Photoshopped elements. The rest of the books in the series should feature a similar cover image, although we haven't agreed on the exact theme, whether it will be skeletons / skulls or just white-on-black imagery. Mocked up using a standard Photoshop template because, let's be honest, who has the time ...?