Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images

Developing the Strongest Thumbnails into Initial Roughs II

A course by Owen Gent , Artist and Freelance Illustrator

99% positive reviews (179)

4,268 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Developing the Strongest Thumbnails into Initial Roughs II

Overview

“Now it’s time to look back through and choose a few ideas which have got some potential to maybe form the foundation of my final front cover.”

In this video lesson Owen Gent addresses the topic: Developing the Strongest Thumbnails into Initial Roughs II, 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

“Developing the Strongest Thumbnails into Initial Roughs I like this font. This feels very nautical. Feels like something you might see on a side of a boat, maybe an old nautical sign on the coast somewhere. I'm gonna take that in there. You find on a lot of covers with very well-known authors sometimes they'll just use a surname. I'm not gonna do that here, but maybe Ernest doesn't need to be as big as Hemingway, so let's take that down a bit. That's feeling good too. Now we've got a basis for our three covers. Next, I'm gonna bring a bit of texture and some depth in here. Let's start with ...”

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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (179)
4268 students
5 units
18 lessons (3h 29m)
8 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Graphic Design

Owen Gent

A course by Owen Gent

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Artist and Freelance Illustrator

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.