Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
Choosing Your Book and Creating Simple Reference Materials
A course by Owen Gent , Artist and Freelance Illustrator
About the video: Choosing Your Book and Creating Simple Reference Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I’m going to show you the information that I look for and record whilst reading a book so I can create myself some simple reference materials, and not have to be flipping back through hundreds of pages to get the information that I need.”
In this video lesson Owen Gent addresses the topic: Choosing Your Book and Creating Simple Reference Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images. Learn how to distill the words of a book into a single image using watercolors, handmade textures, and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm just going to go through the information that I look for when I'm reading a book. And that's so I don't have to go flicking back through hundreds of pages of a novel or a manuscript and I've got all of the information that I'm going to need to start working on some visual ideas. One question that I get asked quite a lot as a book cover designer is whether I read the books that I'm designing covers for. And the answer to this is always yes. There are a few rare occasions where this simply isn't possible if the book is in another language. or if a publisher is using an exi...”
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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
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Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Owen Gent
A course by Owen Gent
Owen Gent is an artist and freelance illustrator who specializes in book cover design. Growing up in Devon meant he was inspired by nature from a young age and always dreamed of being an artist. He went on to study illustration in Falmouth in Cornwall, and there, began experimenting with telling stories through the traditional and digital painting techniques which are now an integral part of his work.
He currently creates from his studio in Bristol and has worked on everything from editorial illustration and advertising to record sleeve design and animation. During his ten-year career, he has worked with publishers including Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, and Vintage and had his work recognized at the D&AD Awards, International Illustration Awards, and Cannes Lions - International Festival of Creativity.
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