Book Cover Design: Reimagine a Classic

Book Cover Design: Reimagine a Classic

“We have reached the end of the course! Thanks for following me this far. I hope you enjoyed it and understood that achieving simplicity while allowing multiple layers of interpretation in an image takes a lot of work. Before saying goodbye, I will share some tips for you to make your course project: • Set limits: Setting limits, such as working with a limited amount of colors, can help with the creative process. • Not everything is rational: take into account your intuition and your personal taste. Although this is a commercial job, not everything can or should be explained rationally. • Chance and coincidences: be open during the process so that things don't turn out as you had imagined. Mistakes, difficulties and their limitations can lead to a better path than you had planned. • Let go: not always the idea that we consider the best will be accepted by the client. Always try to see the problem creatively. Here is a presentation suggestion for your project: Thumbnails

Cover sketches Sketches of the cards Cover layout Guard Cover (mock-up) I want to see what you will do from this course. I will, whenever possible, comment on your work and ask your questions in the forum. Also participate by commenting on the work and progress of the creative community. To the next! ”

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“Final project Now that we've reached the end of the course, I'm going to share it with you. some tips on the creative process. achieve simplicity and also multiple layers of interpretation in one image it is no easy task. Don't try to want to tell the whole story of the book on the cover. Remember that the book cover is a point of view. and that the solution may be much simpler than you might think. Summarizing the contents of a book in a single image is an impossible task. So it is natural that a lot is left out. Your job is more of interpretation and editing. A tip for you to check for su...”

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Course summary for: Book Cover Design: Reimagine a Classic

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (47)
• 1769 students
• 4 units
• 20 lessons (3h 34m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Design, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Design, Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Graphic Design