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Dec 12, 2023 · Explore 10 types of book covers: Typographic, Minimalist, Retro, and more to find the ideal design for your book in our detailed guide.
Apr 21, 2021 · Greg Heinimann discusses his career journey from Waterstones bookseller to Bloomsbury deputy creative director, plus the secret to designing an eye-catching book cover. There’s a certain irony in the fact that the rise of digital is helping revive our love of the analogue world of books.
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Explore Gregg’s book cover design work created throughout his nearly 20 years spent working in-house for NYC publishers.
- Scene-Setter
- Portraiture
- Silhouetted
- Double Exposure
- Object-Based
- Symbol-Based
- Landscape
- Conceptual
- Typographic
- Hybrid
Scene-setter book cover designs are usually a common go-to for most fiction authors, and are most popular in fantasy, middle grade fantasy, urban fantasy, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, and adventure novels. As the name implies, scene-setting covers quite literally work to illustrate a main character/characters in action in a detailed environment, entic...
Portrait-based book cover designs are a great way to let your main character / characters take the stage. These types of covers work virtually in almost any genre, seen across fantasy, sci-fi, thriller, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, and especially in memoirs and biographies. Whether through a close-up or a waist-up shot, you can show of...
Book cover designs with silhouettes depart from portrait-based covers in the way that characters and persons of interest are obscured through used of shadows and low lighting. Most commonly, this type of cover is used to create ambiguity in characters’ appearances. This is often done to allow readers to visualize characters, but can also serve to i...
Book cover designs featuring double exposure create an interesting effect, often merging portraiture with textures, landscapes, and scenery. While this technique can be seen across virtually any genre, double exposures typically create a very mysterious, elegant, and/or dramatic effect, often seen in thrillers, mystery novels, historical fiction, a...
Object-based book cover designs are a great solution to authors who want to veer away from depicting characters, however they are also suitable for virtually any genre as well, including both YA and adult fantasy, sci-fi, horror, thriller, dystopian, and various nonfiction genres. These covers are especially effective for novels with more emphasis ...
Symbol-based book cover designs differ from object-based designs in the way that symbols are often highly unique and offer different styles of rendering. In contrast, they also cater to very specific types of novels, often among genres of YA, adult, and epic fantasy (excluding urban fantasy and middle grade fantasy), thriller, mystery, horror, dyst...
Book cover designs featuring landscapes, much like object-based covers, bring attention to other elements of a novel apart from its characters, specifically on depictions of the setting to lure readers. While these covers can feature characters, the elements of the setting tend to take greater prominence, with characters often on a smaller scaler a...
Conceptual book cover designs are a very unique kind of cover, as they depart from the book cover types listed above in favor of artwork that is less straightforward. While they can incorporate some landscape elements, objects, and even portraiture, conceptual book covers are designed to speak more toward the themes and motifs found within the book...
Typographic book cover designs have always been a classic option for book covers, spanning across nearly all fiction and non-fiction genres with the exceptions of middle grade fantasy and urban fantasy. Once more, it provides a strong option for authors who do not wish for characters to be depicted on the cover, and much like conceptual covers, typ...
With the variety of book cover styles and possibilities available, you certainly do not have to settle for one kind of design. Merging a portrait-based cover with a landscape and double exposure, or a conceptual cover design with a silhouette and custom typography can make for some very eye-catching, dynamic designs. No matter what you choose for y...
Apr 3, 2014 · The best alternative book covers from talented designers and artists around the web! From Origin of Species to Dune and Misery, check it out!
Jan 30, 2023 · Gregg Kulick is a book cover designer and a Senior Art Director at Little Brown in NYC. Here he takes us through his process for designer the stunning cover for Age of Vice.
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book cover design & illustration. Design and illustration portfolio website showing the book cover designs of Greg Heinimann, Assistant Art Director at Bloomsbury Publishing.
