Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover

Overview

“To begin, I will show you how to define the composition and the place of each element thanks to a pencil which will serve as a reference for your course project. ”

In this video lesson Manon Bucciarelli addresses the topic: Imagine different compositions 1, 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

“Imagine different compositions In this lesson, we will define our composition and the place of each element thanks to different sketches. These sketches will be used for our final composition. As we saw in the brief, in this build, the title will have to take a major place and be drawn by hand. Based on the notes taken and the moodboard that I put together, I'm going to switch to Procreate to do some penciling. Here, no need to work big. You can scale down the coverage and use small thumbnails. In Additional Resources, I have prepared a document for you. Do not hesitate to have in front of ...”

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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