Introduction to Book Cover Design

Overview

“Once the sketches are made, you will have several paths to choose from for your cover. It is important that you explore them all, because in this way you will know which is the one that best suits the cover you are looking for. I will teach you how to do those explorations with your sketches until you reach the result you want. ”

In this video lesson Daniel Bolívar addresses the topic: Creating the cover image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Book Cover Design. Learn the essentials to design the front cover of a book from start to finish.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this step. i aim to build upon concepts introduced during our previous session. For my work. i alternate frequently between using InDesign and Photoshop; however. feel free to utilize the software you are most ease with as we commence today’s project together. I've compiled some lists and started sketching covers. which I want to share with you. I've digitized these sketches using Photoshop. capturing the essence of my ideas. And the initial sketches I created include a female character portrayed in multiple positions on the cover. She's shown in profile and directly centered as a faint ...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Book Cover Design

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (185)
• 3981 students
• 5 units
• 18 lessons (2h 36m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Bookbinding, Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design