approval pending
Very simple idea. I like how the pages separate between Canada and the U.S.
The author had taken some photographs of Los Angeles and I was given a selection to work with. This one caught my attention right away. There was something about the positioning of the Goodyear blimp above the red flower that was perfect. I had to rework the photograph quite a bit to make the red flower really pop.
This one is almost put to bed. In the end a simpler approach was called for. I used four different flourishes (worms) in the frame element so I still managed to get it on the cover albeit in a less off-putting way.
We did advanced review copies for this book and when I got first saw it my reaction was less than positive - it lacked finesse. I have reworked it for the final cover.
Before We had Words
S. P. Zitner
The kind of cover you could only get away with on a poetry book. Yes I know the type is really small.
The kind of cover you could only get away with on a poetry book. Yes I know the type is really small.
Her Mothers Ashes
This one took quite a bit of back and forth to arrive at the final result. One of the reasons I kind of like the end result is that it doesn't look like one of my covers. I never would have considered using Bodoni Swashes as a cover font until I saw Barbara de Wilde's amazing Milk cover.
Weed Man
The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divine
John McCaslin
This printed and laminated cloth cover has a velum jacket that allows the art to show through. Jimmy's name is visible in the negative spaces between the leaves. I just picked it up at my P.O. box on the other side of the border and needless to say it raised a few eyebrows with the custom agents on the way back.
John McCaslin
This printed and laminated cloth cover has a velum jacket that allows the art to show through. Jimmy's name is visible in the negative spaces between the leaves. I just picked it up at my P.O. box on the other side of the border and needless to say it raised a few eyebrows with the custom agents on the way back.
Mountain Tea
Peter Van Toorn
The font I used for this cover went out of circulation for a while but is back now. Wonky font for sure but the italic is kind of sweet.
The font I used for this cover went out of circulation for a while but is back now. Wonky font for sure but the italic is kind of sweet.
The Sheep are Back
I was hard at work staring at my computer screen when I looked to my left and remembered that the sheep are back. They migrate back and forth all day long outside my window.