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Designing a Custom Book Cover - Part 1

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Overview

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This course demonstrates the creation of two book covers, focusing on hand lettering, illustration, composition, and wraparound layout. It covers developing lettering concepts, refining letterforms, and assembling cover typography and artwork in Adobe Fresco and InDesign.

Syllabus

Start
Casey and her work in hand lettering/book cover
Starting the Romance Novel cover
Thumbnails for the lettering
Designing for the blurb/author’s name
Sketching out the letterforms
How many version to present to a client
Refining the lettering sketch
Adding weight to the downstroke in hand lettering
Tips for improving hand lettering
Working in InDesign - guides and design setup
Viewing the trim size
Casey’s font styles and usage
CMYK color picker tip
Back Cover design - integrating blurbs with the design
Book Spine design tips
Book Tok - Book community on TikTok
Adding blurbs to the design - working with type in InDesign
Front flap design - type styling and text wrap
Reading the books you design for
Titling for the back cover
Determining how the titles get distributed
Back flap design and type layout - color changes
Casey’s reference and Fresco illustrations
Casey’s inspiration for book cover designs
Adding sprinkles to the cover
Recap of today’s work and wrap-up

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Adobe Creative Cloud

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