T. J. P. CAMPBELL article posts on BOOK COVER DESIGN.
Welcome to Part 1 of my 5 part book cover design series. In this article I will be examining a graphic design fundamental subject in relation to book cover design; namely, basic colour use in book cover design.
Welcome to Part 2 of my book cover design series of articles. In this article I will be concerned with the basic components of a book cover.
Welcome to Part 3 of my book cover design series of articles. In this article I will be concentrating on archetypes in book cover design.
Welcome to Part 4 of my book cover design series. In this article I will further examine the fundamental aim of a book cover.
Welcome to Part 5 of my book cover design series. In this final article of the series I will be tackling the topic of poor choices in book cover design; some might be as cruel as to say “mistakes” in book cover design. Come on then, let’s get started.
In this series of articles, I will examine texts that we use on book covers. As stated in other articles, the main texts we use on book covers are: the Author Name, the Book Title, Series Title combined with Book Episode Title, any Taglines, any Logos and the back matter Book Blurb.
Welcome to Part 2 of my book cover text series. In this article we will look at more advanced techniques to present our book cover text. In my 5 part Book Cover Design series, Here we use the appearance of the text to literally resemble the nature of the book’s content.
Welcome to Part 3, the final part in this series, of my book cover text series. In this article we will look at Text Orientation and Combinations of Texts on our book cover text.
Welcome to Part 1 of my 3-part book cover copy style series. These 3 articles will deal with the emulation of bestselling book cover design styles. In this series I will show how a professional book cover can be achieved by taking examples of professional well-known covers.
Welcome to Part 2 of my book cover copy style series. In this article I will tackle the Dystopian genre. First let’s look at a collection of highly professional bestselling dystopian books.
Welcome to Part 3 of my series on book cover emulation styles. In this article I will tackle the Science Fiction genre. I will examine Isaac Asimov book covers.
Welcome to my two articles on book cover series (and collections) design. The idea here is that we are considering a predetermined series. For instance, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series all the books.
Welcome to PART 2 of my series of articles on book cover series (and collections) design. In this article I will show a method of creating a unique book cover template system for a book series.
Welcome to my articles on HOW TO CREATE AND DESIGN COMMON BOOK COVER IMAGES. In this article we will concentrate on astronomical bodies, planets being probably the most prominent.
Welcome to Part 2 of my three articles on how to choose, create and design popular book cover images in the sci-fi and dystopian genres.
Welcome to my articles on how to choose, create and design popular book cover images in the sci-fi and dystopian genres. In this PART 3 of the 3-part series we will concentrate on the role of spacecraft and other sci-fi vehicles.
