Book Cover Presentation

I was so impressed by all of the book covers in the room! Some books looked really professional, others were very delicate and obviously hand-crafted. I think that the new designs on the books have improved the old covers and I'd love to purchase several of these books thanks to their new and exciting covers.

People had been so creative:

Paper cuts

Monoprinting

Creating Stencils

The best books, to me, were the ones that were intriguing. I was drawn to the ones that were abstract and unusual and I wanted to find out more by reading them.

The ones that ignite curiosity.

The ones that re-imagine the subject and translate the old cover into something new.

My favourite book covers today:

Marni's tea book - delicate paper cuts which look like they have taken a long time to construct! Hand-made and really well crafted.

I'm not sure who made it, but I saw a lovely book about pasta! A combination of stencil prints and paper cut lettering - impressive because it was made by hand, not relying on digitised type or brushes.

Megan's Incredible Molluscs book took the lessons that she learned in previous projects: limited colour palette, using shape and line - and made a visually effective book cover that I couldn't help but pick up and touch.

Feedback to my work:

Clever, intriguing concept

A Beautiful little book

Without reading the content inside, it's very hard to tell what the image relates to

Quite dark, thought provoking

Lovely bunny

Looks amazing

Monochrome works really well with the title and the more I look, the more it makes sense

I like the wrap around the image and the way the authors name is part of the picture

Old time feel of The Wizard Of Oz/Alice in Wonderland

Dead nice, proper dark

So different to anything I'd ever consider for a book cover + is all the more amazing for it!

I like the layering of images

A long process, very well made but why is it two pages stuck together?

Text could be less pixelated although it kind of suits the textures of the image

Fracture splitting the text makes it look as if its from another world

Also reminds me of an old black and white T.V.

It achieved its purpose of intriguing my audience!

I received some great feedback and I'm really happy with the book I showed today. I didn't feel too nervous because I know that I had finished the task and created something that I'm proud of.

Always finish the task before the weekend

It was such a relief to know that I didn't have any finishing off or printing to do before monday. By book was ready to go, all I needed to do was bring it. This relieved me of a lot of stress, even though I still worried about the time I could be using to improve my book.