It’s Week 7 of the Photo Rehab Cover Makeover run by Desley Jane of Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist and Lucile of Lucile de Goday. This week, as you can see, we’ve been asked to re-imagine a cover for either the book or film version of Stephen King’s Green Mile. I’ve seen the film a few times but not read the book. Actually, I’ve never read any of King’s work.
I didn’t think I was going to get this ready in time, as I said yesterday to Joanne of Coffee Fuels My Photography. At that point, I had loathed everything I’d tried. A short while ago, unable to sleep, I replaced one of my photos of some museum gates with a photograph of some prison gates from Wikimedia and blended it with a texture from 2 Lil’ Owls. I was more than happy with the result. I hope you like it too.
Click here for instructions if you would like to take part in future challenges.
And now I’m going back to bed: it’s ten to six in the morning here in Crete!
Take care and keep laughing!
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Green-painted fence https://unsplash.com/photos/FxeeNx_yMpw Lake Annecy by Mindy Sommers Celestial Eruption by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/NvesrDbsrL4](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/v057fb.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Valentine Blush")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ma077blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (")
![Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e254blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![The Boat House Tote Bag © Sarah Vernon [Fine Art England]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/totebagfae.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "totebagfae")
![Gabrielle d'Estrees and one of her sisters [unknown]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ma015frame.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "ma015frame")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/photorehabcovermakeoveraugust.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "#photorehabcovermakeoverAugust")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Photograph by “Nicolai Bernsten”:DJ;KGH; at “Unsplash”:http://unsplash.com Textures “2LO Confetti 17 and 2LO Distressed 12 from”:http://2lilowls.com](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/e289blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "The Boat House")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/e221blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Bring up the Curtain")
![Photograph from the ex-Mrs FND Photograph from Unsplash Texture 2LO Ancient times 2 Clock created for Behind Time Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/e353blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Beating the Blues")
![Romance in Stone [framed] © Sarah Vernon](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/romanceinstoneframed.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "romanceinstoneframed")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Vintage Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing from The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97514042/ The background is a blend of the interior of The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 from an old encyclopaedia — the venue was originally built in Hyde Park and the exhibition was organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole — and textures from “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/g/great-exhibition/](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/e284blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Beatrice and Benedick")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Advert from The Graphics Fairy](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/e286blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Vintage Pettit’s Eye Salve")
![Yacht: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zakhark/572331622/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Texture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/19581317079/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/e303blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Sailing to the Moon")
![Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e250blog1.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Photo Unsplash Texture - 2LO Haunting 14 & 2LO Haunting 23 - “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/e285blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Night Landings © Sarah Vernon")
![Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/e257blog1.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea: “Biodiversity Library”:http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490916 Texture: “Kerstin Frank”:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/9181048645/in/photostream/ Flowers: “Rijksmuseum”:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/150967--sarah-vernon/mijn-eerste-verzameling/objecten#/SK-A-3899,0 Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/e309blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "‘Happiness is a Butterfly’")
![Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hl008blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]")
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September 6, 2015 at 22:08
sustainabilitea
This one turned out well, too.
janet
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September 7, 2015 at 00:37
First Night Design
Bless you!
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September 3, 2015 at 06:48
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August 29, 2015 at 07:12
Mary
Great design for King’s fascinating book – I like your take on creating the perfect mood for the setting.
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August 29, 2015 at 14:35
First Night Design
Thank you, Mary. I’m quite pleased with it myself!
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August 27, 2015 at 12:34
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August 27, 2015 at 06:38
desleyjane
This is a great cover. I love the textures in this, it really is wonderful. I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets out of bed and does something like this when they can’t sleep!
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August 27, 2015 at 12:58
First Night Design
Bless you, Desley! You should have seen what it was like at various stages before. As for getting up in the middle of the night, it happens a great deal!
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August 27, 2015 at 13:00
desleyjane
LOL. I just got a notebook called 3AM to out by the bed 😋
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August 27, 2015 at 13:04
First Night Design
Ha!
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August 27, 2015 at 06:10
Jennifer Nichole Wells
This is brilliant.
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August 27, 2015 at 12:55
First Night Design
Thank you, Jennifer!
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August 26, 2015 at 20:28
Joanne
Sarah – you have nailed this well and truly – this looks BRILLIANT! 🙂
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August 26, 2015 at 21:07
First Night Design
Thank you so much, Joanne. Who’d have thought when I made that comment on your Green Mile post!
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August 27, 2015 at 05:38
Joanne
I tend to find when I make a comment like that it subconsciously motivates me – strange but true! 🙂
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August 26, 2015 at 17:46
Itaya Art
This is perfect, Sarah! You capture the mood of the movie very well. Love it! 🙂
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August 26, 2015 at 18:04
First Night Design
Bless you, Itaya!
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August 26, 2015 at 15:02
Ace Worldwide News Group
Reblogged this on ' Ace Friends News '.
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August 26, 2015 at 10:40
beetleypete
Hope you had a good sleep, Sarah. The cover was just right. Suggesting the mystery, giving nothing away.
Best wishes, Pete.
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August 26, 2015 at 11:57
First Night Design
Thanks, Pete. Yes, I’ve had some sleep now but not enough!
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August 26, 2015 at 09:29
janetweightreed10
Once again you have captured the essence of your subject. This image speaks of Stephen King and all things eerie, mysterious and wonderfully strange. I love it. Have a lovely day and definitely keep smiling…janet:)xx
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August 26, 2015 at 12:00
First Night Design
Much thanks, Janet. The lateness of it coming together is what often happens to me. I reblogged a Leonard Bernstein quote on Rogues and Vagabonds yesterday which sums it up: http://wp.me/p3awSz-1tF! Keep smiling. 🙂
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August 27, 2015 at 09:16
janetweightreed10
I must have missed the Leonard Bernstein quote…I will find it. Enjoy the day and keep smiling…here is very autumn like:)xx
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August 27, 2015 at 13:04
First Night Design
It’s on my theatre blog, Rogues & Vagabonds. xx
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August 28, 2015 at 00:14
janetweightreed10
Thank you…x
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