Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images

Creating Full Jacket Roughs

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: Creating Full Jacket Roughs

Overview

“In this next lesson, I’m going to show you which of my three initial roughs I have chosen to use for my full jacket artwork and to take forward onto the next stage and go through how I’ve made my decision. I’m then going to use the "Full Jacket Template" Photoshop file, which is the template we’re going to be using for the rest of this course and I’ll explore how I might extend my front cover idea into a full dust jacket design.”

In this video lesson Owen Gent addresses the topic: Creating Full Jacket Roughs, 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

“Creating Full Jacket Roughs In this lesson, I'm gonna go through how I've decided to choose one of my initial roughs to take forward into the full jacket rough template. That's the template we'll be using for the rest of the course. I'll also go through how I've made those decisions. There were three things that I looked into. The first one was something I was resisting earlier, and that's to look at existing covers for my book. This might not be an issue if your cover hasn't been illustrated many times, but mine is a cover that's been done hundreds of times, so I wanted to check out that I...”

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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.