Book Cover Design: Illustrate Stories with Evocative Images
Creating Full Jacket Roughs
A course by Owen Gent , Artist and Freelance Illustrator
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
“In this lesson, I'm going to go through how I've made the decision to choose one of my initial roughs. to take forward into the full jacket rough template. And that's the template that we're going to be using for the remainder of the course. And I'm also going to go through how I've made those decisions. There were three things that I looked into. The first of these was something I was resisting earlier, and that's to look existing covers for my book. Now this might not be an issue for your book if it's something that hasn't been illustrated that many times, but for mine. It's a cover that'...”
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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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