Introduction to Book Cover Design

Overview

“Cover design is not limited to the first cover, ideally the entire cover has the same level of design and unity and graphic strength. In this lesson I will show you how to take elements from your cover to integrate them into the rest of the cover.”

In this video lesson Daniel Bolívar addresses the topic: Finishing the deck, 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

“I've already demonstrated multiple methods for designing your cover. In this lesson. i'll guide you on crafting the complete jacket using the cover art. Join me to learn how it's done. In my InDesign document. you can observe the concepts I discussed with you. The initial idea features a photo of Clarice. Additionally. there's another photographic proposal included. These visuals aim to capture the Here's another example. The following were created using stock images. Here's one featuring a hen. In this example. the hen is shown multiple times. You can see the same hen on both the left and ...”

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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