Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation
Course final project
A course by Faride Mereb , Book Designer and Editor
About the final project for: Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation
Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation
“Thank you for taking this course with me! I hope my process was useful to you, and now feel more confident to create your own book covers. Before I say goodbye, let me take you through the steps on how to make your final project: • Decide the title, read a synopsis. • Choose the format, type of printing, mood board. • Create digital sketching. • Fix lettering and import. • Make a dummy. • Create a file and export the package. • Publish your project here at Domestika! Share pictures of your dummy with us as your final project. You can also share any other step of the process! Here is my project, I hope you can use it as an inspiration to present yours:
Partial transcription of the video
“Final Project That brings us to the end of the course. I hope you have the tools to work on your book cover. It might sound really obvious but my first advice is always to read the content. The content will guide you on how your design will look. This means either reading the entire book or if it's really long or a novel, you can ask for an excerpt, a chapter, or even talking to the author or translator. A thing I love when working with thumbnails is having a dotted or grid notebook so I can have a base for my sketch. When working on your digital sketch, make sure you have your base composi...”
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Course summary for: Book Cover Design from Concept to Creation
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Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Faride Mereb
A course by Faride Mereb
Faride Mereb, born in Venezuela and now living in New York City, is an award-winning book designer and editor. As a teenager, Faride worked for a newspaper and soon developed an interest for typography. She was also a library assistant at school, and was struck by the cover of the first book she bought, 12 Cuentos Peregrinos by Gabriel Garcia. These were the foundations of her strong connection to books and printed material. She studied Graphic Design at university, and is currently a visiting scholar at Columbia University.
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In 2014, Faride founded the publishing house, Letra Muerta, where she has published eight titles to date. She has won multiple awards in Latin America, Europe, and the US, including winning in both categories for AIGA Awards' 50 Books, and 50 Book Covers. She was also awarded gold in the editorial category in the Latin American Design Awards. Faride is a member of the American Printing History Association, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Center for Book Arts, and has collaborated with numerous companies such as Penguin Random, and Ugly Duckling Presse. When not working with her publishing house, Faride also teaches at the Center for Book Arts.
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesignCategory
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