Finalized Book Covers

Blogger really oversaturated the yellows in the full-size previews, but the colors are correct in the thumbnails you see below.  No idea why that happen.

I decided to go with the color burn texture.  The critique for the covers went really well and I think I am satisfied with the end result.

Illustrator, Indesign
9.25"x20.6"

Potshot Book Covers

Still working on those Robert B. Parker book covers, but this and two other covers still under construction are for Illustration Concepts instead of Typography.  I'm playing with texture and filters, and am a little torn which version of Potshot I should turn in.  I could really use some opinions since this is due on Thursday.

Potshot no filter v.1

Potshot no filter v.2

Potshot color burn

Potshot hue

Potshot multiply

Got MILF?

I just can't let this one book cover go.  Did some more tweaking and I've noticed the more I edit, the hotter the mom gets.  BTW, I want that cocktail dress she's wearing really badly.

Paper Doll Revamp

I wasn't totally satisfied with how the Paper Doll cover turned out, so I spent the day tweaking it and I think it looks a lot better.

Book Covers

So for Typography, we have to do a series of three book covers and, of course, I had to pick my favorite book series, The Spenser series, by Robert B. Parker.  In my opinion, his books are amazing and quite intelligent mystery novels, but 95% of his covers are horribly ugly.  (Seriously, look up the cover for Stardust, it's disgusting).

I have the same assignment for my Illustration Concepts II class, so I'll be doing six different covers.  Good thing I've been wanting to do this project for a while!

Here is the first completed book cover:
6.25" x 9.25"
Illustrator, InDesign

 

The cover probably needs a little explanation.  The book is about this actress named Jill Joyce who hires Spenser as a body guard and find out who is sending her threatening messages.  For the first third of the book, the threats are just word of mouth, until Jill goes to her dressing room to find a doll of her hung by the neck over the door frame, which is really important to the story.

Frank Final

Anne Frank Book Cover
India Ink Brush Pens, Graphite, Photoshop

Works in Progress

Few more things I'm working on.  The first is an entry for the Type Designers Club's 58th Anniversary Poster Contest.  I'm going to play around with color and maybe texture, but this is the greyscale.

TDC 58 Poster
11" x 17"
InDesign

The next are a few sketches for a book cover for "The Diary of Anne Frank"  I'm going to make a few more sketches that are little heavier in illustration and less on the hand lettering since this is for Illustration Concepts and not Hand Letters or Typography.

5.5" x 7.75"
Micron, Graphite, Photoshop

Katydid Book Illustrations

"Katydid" Book Cover Illustrations
Graphite and Photoshop
11"x17"

Spring 2010