Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories

Building the Cover Design 2

A course by Tom Muller , Graphic Designer and Creative Director

Learn to translate powerful stories into memorable brand identities with a unique narrative spin using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

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About the video: Building the Cover Design 2

Overview

“Now that I have the cover image, title, logo, and credits in place, I will develop the final layout to include a publisher logo, the blurb, barcode, and more. ”

In this video lesson Tom Muller addresses the topic: Building the Cover Design 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories. Learn to translate powerful stories into memorable brand identities with a unique narrative spin using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Building The Cover Design I've been experimenting with different layout options in InDesign. I have my image, logo, and my title. I will toggle my work for you again to see where I'm going with this. I've tried placing the logo quite conservatively in the top corner with my symbol and the author credit. Playing with different images, alignment, and position of the credits and the content, but it wasn't really gelling yet. Using the cover image as a single image only on the front cover and the spine also didn't work because that break between the back and the front cover is too sudden. Als...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Design for Fiction: Visual Identities with Stories

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (31)
1283 students
5 units
22 lessons (5h 18m)
2 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Areas
Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design

Tom Muller

A course by Tom Muller

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Graphic Designer and Creative Director

Tom Muller is an award-winning graphic designer and creative director based in London. . Over the last 20 years, he’s made a name for himself in the comic and cult fiction industries, notably for his bold graphic work with Paramount Pictures, Image Comics, Darren Aronofsky, Hivemind and DC Comics. Through his studio helloMuller, he also creates logos, immersive visual worlds, and more for brands, storytellers, filmmakers, and entertainment companies.

His clients include Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Images Comics, Darren Aronofksky, 2000 AD, Star Wars, Disney, Google, WIRED, and Diesel. He is also the recipient of multiple awards including the Brand Impact Award for his design of X-Men’s Dawn of X[i], and his work has been recognised by The Eisner Awards, The Harvey Awards, [i]Entertainment Weekly, Wired, New York Magazine, and The Guardian.