To make Skinny Dipping look chick lit, my style approach was illustrative rather than photographic. My goal was to subtly reflect the most important features of Skinny Dipping: sexy, romantic and fun. Since the book needed to look good in thumbnail view for E-publishing, I had to think about how to use the cover’s real estate the best way possible. My compromise was to make the cover look special and spicy at the same time. The element of surprise was the illustration of a beautiful sexy young woman placed inside a heart shaped life ring. That’s how I managed to get the best out of the three main features: sexy (the young woman,) romantic (the heart shaped life ring) and fun (the position of the woman inside the life ring.) To finish the cover, I made the title highly visible and added subtle ornaments around the title to make it look more feminine. I usually like to give a lot of importance to the back design of a book, so Skinny Dipping got a creative touch for the back cover too.