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CT Just Re-Branded!

4/25/2018

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​After 5 years, CT Cover Creations finally decided to re-brand with an all new logo!

It truly was a huge dilemma whether to do this or not but after a long debate I had in my head for months, I decided that it's time to do it and I have to say that I'm more than happy with how it turned out. It might take a while for people to get used to it but I believe it's for the best. 

What do you guys think? Do you prefer it over my old logo?
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I have to give special thanks to my brother for making CT's new logo for me!
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JABBIC 2017 - We Did It Again!

3/7/2018

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Hey everyone! Yes, yes. I know. This is a long overdue post. I'm so sorry! I'm going to say I've been busy but then I think all of you know that already. Besides being busy, I blame the headaches. If we're connected on Facebook or you're following me, you'll know this.
 
Well truth is, with how things went with JABBIC 2017, I'm lost for words to describe how I felt when they announced the winners. Happy is an understatement. Honoured - it's probably the best description.
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For the past 4 years, I've been part of JABBIC along with some of the most talented authors I had the pleasure of working with. To name them, they're are R.E. butler, Marian Tee, and Victoria Ashley. Every year, we're so blessed to always have a cover win something and this year, it's probably the most special of all. This year, we have 3 covers that won their categories.
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​You might be wondering what makes this year extra special. It's not the number of covers that won but it's the category. Being able to win something in the Grand Prize category is something I never thought would happen. This is a first for me. Until now, it still feels surreal. With Reader's Choice, we know that it's all thanks to the readers for helping us vote. We wouldn't win if it weren't for them. But with the Grand Prize, it's the judges who gets to choose which cover they liked best so knowing that, it makes me so happy. 
 
Being part of JABBIC every year is such a huge honor for me. Not only because I get to join with some of my great author friends but also because I get to be part of something that involves so many great designers all over the world. Some of them are even designers that I look up to, people that inspire me.

For someone like me, it truly is an honour.
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To Houston Bay Area RWA, thank you for this yearly event/contest wherein book covers - written by different authors, designed by different artists all around the world - are gathered in one place. 

To the readers, thank you. I don't know what we'll do without you. Thank you for helping us vote for your favorite author and their books. Know that we appreciate every single vote you made. We won't be here if it weren't for your love and support. Again, thank YOU!
 
To the authors, I can't think of words to express how grateful I am to each one of you. Whether you're still working with me or not, thank you. Thank you for giving me the chance, for trusting me with your book, for recommending me to your friends, and most especially, for the friendship. Know that I always appreciate you. I won't be doing this for so long if it weren't for you so thank YOU!
 
To the photographers and models, I may not always be in direct contact with you but believe me when I tell you that I'm grateful for getting the chance to work with you and your art. Whenever I work on your photos, I always pressure myself to do my best to give justice to how gorgeous your works are. They're such work of art and I wouldn't want to do something that would ruin it. Know that, I appreciate it whenever you share your thoughts(about the cover) with me. You have no idea how much it means to me. 
 
To everyone else, thank you. Thank you for helping us vote every year. Thank you for being around to support us and our art. We truly appreciate it! 
 
'Til the next JABBIC!
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JABBIC 2017 - HERE WE GO AGAIN!

2/6/2018

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Hey you guys, look what time it is! Yes, you got it right! We're part of Judge A Book By Its Cover(JABBIC) once again! It's always such an honor to be part of this yearly contest with so many talented cover designers all over the world! 

This year, it's already the 4th year of CT Cover Creations to join the said book cover contest and like the previous years, here I am again asking for your help to vote for our entries this year. I'm not asking just for myself but also for these amazing and talented authors I had the pleasure of meeting in this industry. If you think that the covers are good enough, it's nothing compared to how great these stories are! We'd really appreciate every single vote. The vote links are listed below and don't forget to rate the book 5 stars. Feel free to share it with your friends too!
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  • Hard and Reckless - Sexiest Cover
  • Villi's Bride - Science-Fiction
  • Devlin - Fantasy & Paranormal
  • Greek Biker Billionaire: Leandro - Contemporary Romance

​Thank you so much! Wherever we are now, we owe it to our readers so thank YOU! Thank you for supporting us and our art. We'll keep striving to better ourselves in our crafts to give you better stories and cover to enjoy. 
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The Light - Robino

5/7/2017

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I still can't believe that someone emailed me asking if it was possible for me to make the cover art of his upcoming single. The feeling is so surreal for me, you know. I always thought it wasn't possible. After all, my main focus was really in the book world but that doesn't mean I'm limited to that. There's just so many people I want to work with around the world, whether they're from the book world or not.

To be honest, I always wanted to work with artists - singers, rappers, producers, you know it - in the music field too. Being someone who can't survive without music - believe me, I can't work without music - it's my way of thanking them for making this world a better place with their art. It would be such a lonely world without music, don't you think so too? I know I still have a long way to go but it's a start and I couldn't thank Robino for giving me this chance!

I can't remember for how long I've been waiting to get the chance to finally design an OFFICIAL cover art for someone's album but here it is! Be sure to support artists and their art by purchasing a legit copy of their works.

You can follow Robino on Instagram.
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We Did It Again!

3/10/2017

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Honestly, I don't know where to start...the winners were announced weeks ago but until now, I still can't believe that we made it again. This is just surreal for me. Maybe it will always be...

I still remember the very first time I joined Judge A Book By Its Cover (JABBIC) with Marian Tee. That was in the year 2014 and during that time it was JABBIC 2013 since the covers that were part of the contest were books that were released in the previous year. That time, we have Nick & Lilac for the Sexiest Cover category and we were so blessed that we were able to make it to the 3rd place! Both Marian and I never expected that we'd win especially during that time, I was still new to this industry. When we made it to 3rd place, it made me want to be better at what I do. It gave me the push to work harder and learn more. I'm pretty sure that JABBIC helped me to get to where I am now.
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Fast forward to now - year 2017 - here we are once again. This time, it's not only for one category but two! If you're a friend of mine or follows me in any of my social media accounts, I'm sure that you've seen me post about this at least once. Maybe some people were getting tired of seeing those posts of mine but I'm not doing this just for myself.

The reason why I'm posting about this is because I want other people to discover all these books that were written by my clients - who are also such great friends of mine. I know that their books deserve to be read by a lot of people around the world. I'm not saying this just because they're my friends or clients. I'm saying this because I've read their books and personally, I do love them and I'm hoping you'll love them too. If you didn't, then that's fine. We all have our own preference and I respect that. The only thing I wanted was to reach people who haven't read these that liked the same type of books because I'm sure that they'll enjoy it as much as I did.

If you've seen my previous post about JABBIC 2016, you'll see that we entered 4 different books for 4 different categories. When the voting for the Reader's Choice started, I saw all the entries for the categories that we're part of. and to be honest, part of me thought that we won't make it. There were so many great covers out there and being in the same contest with the artists who created them - it's already an honor for me. Never in my entire life have I imagined to be doing what I'm doing now so how much more being in a contest with all these talented artists around the world?

"5 years ago, 10 years ago, none of these ever crossed my mind and I'm grateful to be here."


This year - huge thank you to each and every one of you who helped us vote - we were able to make it to the 2nd place in the Single Title/Mainstream category for the Grand Prize and won the Sexiest Cover for the Reader's Choice. I know that if it weren't for your help, we wouldn't make it so it's all thanks to YOU. It doesn't matter if you voted once or voted every time you can. YOU are appreciated and I want to thank YOU!

You're one of the reasons why we always strive to get better at what we do. We want you to look at better covers and read better stories. We enjoy what we do and we want you guys to feel the same whenever you see or read our works. If it weren't for you guys supporting our art, we wouldn't last.

Once again, thank you so, so, so much to each and every one of you! Until the next one!

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