Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover

About Me

A course by Manon Bucciarelli , Book Cover Designer

Book Cover Designer. París, France.
Joined September 2021
100% positive reviews (18)
828 students
Audio: French
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About the video: About Me

Overview

“Here is my journey, from my studies at the École Nationale Duperré to my latest collection charter projects, including the personal projects that changed my career! ”

In this video lesson Manon Bucciarelli addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover. Learn to understand the needs of a publisher and create an original book cover that combines hand lettering and illustration in Photoshop and InDesign.

Partial transcription of the video

“Presentation Hello, welcome to my course. My name is Manon Bucciarelli, I am a book cover designer and I have been working as a freelancer for more than ten years. I grew up in Provence and I studied at the Duperré School of Applied Arts in Paris. What I learned there still serves me daily in my work. I tried several experiments in packaging or multimedia, but I always came back to paper, and I wanted to create images that didn't just have a function, like packing or selling, but also a fiction, images that tell a story. And when I understood that, I knew that it was necessary to illustrate...”

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Course summary for: Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (18)
  • 828 students
  • 4 units
  • 13 lessons (1h 55m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography, Design, Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Graphic Design, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Manon Bucciarelli

Manon Bucciarelli
A course by Manon Bucciarelli

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Book Cover Designer

Manon Bucciarelli studied graphic design at the École Nationale Duperré and has been working as a freelancer since 2005. Passionate about reading, she specialized in the publishing sector, looking to shake things up in cover illustration, which she found was all too often bland and overlooked. Whether it's albums, cookbooks, or novels, she likes to play with colors and typography.

She has extensive experience in publishing and has illustrated books for Hachette, Fayard, Gallimard, and 10.18 in pocket formats. She has also created collection designs for the likes of Éditions Anne Carrière, for which she received the Best Editorial Design Award from Le Club des DA.


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  • Audio: French
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Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover. Design, Illustration, Calligraphy, and Typography course by Manon Bucciarelli

Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover

A course by Manon Bucciarelli
Book Cover Designer. París, France.
Joined September 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (18)
  • 828 students