Throwback:: Book Covers

Here's a little bit of a flash back for you today.  For a while I was super obsessed with book cover design.  I loved the relationship with the front, spine and back of the book; I loved focusing on the cover illustration; and I loved hiding humorous snippets within the details of the cover (those that were fictitious).
While I made quite a few during my undergrad (and beyond), are are a few to wet your interest.
Fun fact: I also created the logo for the fictitious publishing companies and had as much fun with those as I did with the covers themselves!

Completely made up this series (there was a male version as well).  Note the author's name...

This is off of a real book that I read and really enjoyed—however I wasn't crazy about the cover photo because I didn't think it fit the content very well.  So I made my own!  I also have a special love for the publishing company's logo.

Not my usual style or color scheme, but I had fun with it... as a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast, I felt special interest in this series.  Looking back (this is from 2011), I can see that there is just too much going on on the cover.

This was the first book cover I ever did.  Not a favorite, but still fun to look back on!  I included the inside flaps for this design, something I quit doing before long, haha!

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Another'n for The Books

Another book illustration—this one is called "The Book Fort" in my own mind.

Again, I intended to write some of my favorite book titles on the spines, but just haven't found the time to get to it.  It's not my best piece, so it's hard to motivate myself to set aside time to add small details like that. 

 

 

Maybe I will give it away to a friend and write the names of his/her favorite books instead.  Gifts tend to motivate me a little more!

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From the Library

Below is one of my smaller paintings, done out of amusement and continued adjustment to the media that I now love.  School is starting and my mind is turned towards books and how much I would love to be reading in my favorite lazy boy chair.  (the down side of moving out, I only get that big blue hug when I go and visit my parents)

"Story Time"

I intend to add the titles of some of my favorite classics to the spines of the books, but until then this is how the little Te-a-te shall remain, for I am finding myself rather busy at this point.

Considering this piece as an addition to my etsy shop.  Any takers?

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