Lauren Alexander
As I want my what is a line final outcome to be a small book publication I decided to look in to books with simple but effect covers like this example above. Its not quite what I want but its the right idea. A bland cover with simple smart type. Its to inside that will have all the detail. Heres Lauren's talking about this comic book 'Short political stories based on true life events, one in english and one (read from right to left) in Arabic. This comic book is based on a conversation The publication was shown in the exhibition space as an installation. As an additional layer above the drawings we projected the conversation text which we also used as the content of the book...' -Quote
Lauren Alexander blog : laurenalexander
Johannes Konig
This is slightly to heavy in the colour department but I like the fonts used in this. It also has this old fashion effect which I quite admire too. It looks aged and work. I like how the pages are shining out as if the paint is still wet. This is research for the front cover. I know the sort of look I want but I still want to look around in books and the internet until I find something similar to what I want. i wouldn't say this is copying or cheating, but I'm sure many a designer would agree with me when I say its nice to see a piece of work you want to accomplish that a designer has already succeeded with. It makes you more confident with yourself and the brief you are trying to tackle.
Website//DesignSpiration : Johannes Konig
Paul Tebbott
THIS is very much what I want my the inside of my book to look like. Remembering that the three words I have to respond to are Publication : Country Side : Horizons. The horizons are what link with a line as a horizon is technically a line. I am going to try and cut my way around this though as I would love to produce like this by either using card or simply using CS. I want the work in the book to be slightly more worn than this though,. I feel this work comes across to clean and in someways bland. It doesn't matter how old a design is but when you make it look worn you get this nostalgic effect. Almost like using an old film SLR today.
Paul Tebbott//DesignSpiration : designspiration
Head of State
This design is just what I'm looking for, It might be slightly too perfect to run with but I love the font and the colours. I am in the process of doing my cowboy/wester desert design and I am finding it quite hard to find objects to fill the space. I am also working to A3 this time so I am going to have to find a bigger scanner to proceed on photoshop.
Head of State : theheadsofstate.com
Matthew Lyons
I always seem to come back to Matt's work and its been throughout the year too. When it comes to this sort of look I am trying to achieve I can only think of his work as secondary reference. I love how you get that effect from the sun as if you are actually looking at the sun yourself. The way he has made the whole design look like its been done with sponges and paint to give it the beautiful but effect de-saturated and worn effected. This is the nostalgic look I have been looking for this book. In order to create this effect I might just do everything on card first..and then scan the work in and play around with filters and rubber tools on photoshop. This might seem like the simplest way to do it, but its the most effective way to do do it. I can change the look an feel of a design in minutes.
Matthew Lyons : matthew-lyons
Luke Pearson
This guys work is some what very similar to Matthew Lyons. He is also a member of the NoBrow family and he is also fantastic. The design above is fantastic. I love the font he has used and I think I am going to play around with this idea for the front cover of my little book. The font i would say was hand rendered and than put on to illustrator. I might have ago at doing this mys self however I am not to sure How good i will be. Another expect to this design that I like it the block shapes he has going. They are positioned quite well and work at break up the peice. And of course the design has been inspired by Snoopy and you can see that the book shelved have been positioned to form a perfect triangle. Just like Snoopy's dog house. I have only just clocked on to this but It feels like I have known this since the first time I looked at the design. Please follow the link below to look at his other work as you won't be disappointed!
Luke Pearson Website : Luke Pearson
Josep Roman Barri
I like the idea of having the front cover similar to this. Its mad to think that this tiny insignificant line is playing any role to the design of this book cover but in actual fact it is. If this was just a book cover by itself it would be completely different and have no effect the the audience. This line is almost suggesting that there is content in side, against there being no line suggesting that this book is empty. I found this on DesignSpiration and the designer behind this is Josep Roman. Follow the link underneath for more information regarding the work and the designer.
Josep Roman Barri/DesignSpiration : designspiration.40331
Ryan Gillett
Colin Dunn : grainedit/Colin Dunn
Head of State
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Matthew Lyons
I always seem to come back to Matt's work and its been throughout the year too. When it comes to this sort of look I am trying to achieve I can only think of his work as secondary reference. I love how you get that effect from the sun as if you are actually looking at the sun yourself. The way he has made the whole design look like its been done with sponges and paint to give it the beautiful but effect de-saturated and worn effected. This is the nostalgic look I have been looking for this book. In order to create this effect I might just do everything on card first..and then scan the work in and play around with filters and rubber tools on photoshop. This might seem like the simplest way to do it, but its the most effective way to do do it. I can change the look an feel of a design in minutes.
Matthew Lyons : matthew-lyons
Luke Pearson
This guys work is some what very similar to Matthew Lyons. He is also a member of the NoBrow family and he is also fantastic. The design above is fantastic. I love the font he has used and I think I am going to play around with this idea for the front cover of my little book. The font i would say was hand rendered and than put on to illustrator. I might have ago at doing this mys self however I am not to sure How good i will be. Another expect to this design that I like it the block shapes he has going. They are positioned quite well and work at break up the peice. And of course the design has been inspired by Snoopy and you can see that the book shelved have been positioned to form a perfect triangle. Just like Snoopy's dog house. I have only just clocked on to this but It feels like I have known this since the first time I looked at the design. Please follow the link below to look at his other work as you won't be disappointed!
Luke Pearson Website : Luke Pearson
Josep Roman Barri
I like the idea of having the front cover similar to this. Its mad to think that this tiny insignificant line is playing any role to the design of this book cover but in actual fact it is. If this was just a book cover by itself it would be completely different and have no effect the the audience. This line is almost suggesting that there is content in side, against there being no line suggesting that this book is empty. I found this on DesignSpiration and the designer behind this is Josep Roman. Follow the link underneath for more information regarding the work and the designer.
Josep Roman Barri/DesignSpiration : designspiration.40331
Ryan Gillett
Ryan Gillett is a good friend of mine from Brighton and I was around when he was making these hotdog books which have actually turned out very successful being mentioned on blogs and websites. He went back to his university to screen print these books and i think he did around 25 of them all double sided. One thing I am not doing for my hotdog book which he has done is a band to wrap the book up in. Thats the sort of thing that really finishes a hotdog and makes it feel complete and smart.
Please visite his blog and take a look at his work
Ryan Gillett Website : ryangillett.com
Colin Dunn
Just came across this and I wish I had seen it earlier. The first two pages have to pirate themed design and I wish I had done the sea on two different layers because looking at this design it has worked really well for him. The top third of the design has this lovely grainy white which gives the work age. The first two pages I don't quite understand in terms of what it is saying 'not seeing me'. However I love the look and feel of it. You can identify certain blocks of
