Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover

Overview

“After reading the client's brief, I will talk about the novel I will cover during the course project, in order to define different graphic concepts to develop in my research. ”

In this video lesson Manon Bucciarelli addresses the topic: Reading and understanding the text, 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

“Reading and understanding the text In this lesson, we will discover the text that we will have to illustrate for our final project. It's "Hello sadness", a novel written by Françoise Sagan in 1954. It is a great classic novel that marked its time. It appeared in 1954. Françoise Sagan was only 17 when she wrote it. She managed to integrate in a short and strong text great timeless themes such as filial love and desire, and the emancipation of women and their place in society. It has sold over two million copies but even today, it is a novel that is very modern, and that's why I wanted us to ...”

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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