Archive for September, 2016
Re-Covering Design Assignment: Stephen King’s “The Gunslinger”
In my new version of Stephen King’s The Gunslinger book cover I have a minimalist computer influenced design. Through the Creative Commons search I found an image that was perfect for my book cover. The original image contained two men facing each other with a mostly empty background other than the horizon and just the sun […]
The Jungle
While redesigning Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle, I decided to keep it simple and minimal. The cover includes the background being a murky green, an enlarged pig, and a factory in front. Choosing a cover image for the book was difficult and frustrating. I wanted to add so much on the cover but I didn’t want […]
Redesigning Goyen’s _The House of Breath_
William Goyen’s The House of Breath, first published in 1950, is a novel that defies easy description. To begin, it lacks a clear sense of both plot and characterization, presenting instead a series of vignettes (Goyen calls them “arias”) that are heavily informed by the specifics of setting. Thus, while Goyen’s characters appear to be […]
‘Flowers in the Attic’ Re-Covering Design
For my re-covering of “Flowers in the Attic” by V.C Andrews, I wanted to bring the cover back to its former and hunting glory. As the years passed by, the novel cover looked less and less like the plot with bright colors, romantic couples looking straight out of a fairy tale. I decided to go […]
The Lord of the Rings Cover Re-Design
When I was looking at all the different covers for the Lord of the Rings, I didn’t know which ones to choose. There were so many of them. The obvious choice was to use the very first cover that Tolkien himself helped design. For being published in the 1930’s, the cover is a basic design. […]
The Hobbit Cover Re-Design
For my re-design of the book cover for “The Hobbit”, I set out to modernize the original book cover that Tolkien designed. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to create anything better than his design, but I wanted to see what it would look like if it was done with modern technology. I started with a grey background […]
‘The Stranger’ Cover Re-design
The process of designing a cover for a book one knows well is a difficult task, as there are so many aspects to consider and there’s a need to land on a single approach lest the cover become some sort of terrible collage. In my approach, I sought to channel one of the most moving […]
Ethan Frome New Book Cover
When I first heard we would be remaking book covers, my plan for Ethan Frome was to draw a kitchen hutch and place significant objects from the story on it, such as books from Ethan’s college years, the pickle dish, and some farming equipment. I planned to have Mattie’s scarf and a sled leaning against […]
