Addendum: Luckily, the client didn't buy the silhouette cover below as I recently realized it's eerily close to this one, right down to the typeface, too. http://www.bookcoverarchive.com/book/the_error_world
Sky's site: http://home.istar.ca/~anita/
Friday, March 20, 2009
Just waiting to hear back from the author but, these are the two comps I submitted for Sky Gilbert's latest collection of funny, explicit and personal poetry. To many, Sky needs no introduction. As you can see, with these comps I aimed one shot to the body and one shot to the head, much like the poetry itself.
Addendum: Luckily, the client didn't buy the silhouette cover below as I recently realized it's eerily close to this one, right down to the typeface, too. http://www.bookcoverarchive.com/book/the_error_world
Sky's site: http://home.istar.ca/~anita/
Addendum: Luckily, the client didn't buy the silhouette cover below as I recently realized it's eerily close to this one, right down to the typeface, too. http://www.bookcoverarchive.com/book/the_error_world
Sky's site: http://home.istar.ca/~anita/
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I read your statement and only saw the first comp on screen, so the "one shot to the body/one shot to the head" started to, um, play itself out in my gutter of a brain. I thought you were only describing the first cover.
Love the first one, either because or despite the interpretation of your preamble. :)
Ha! The first one is my pick, too. It's, er, right on brief.
wow. 2 very different approaches. I am not sure I would be clear as an editor if the design "brief" was understood. One cover is so obviously hinting at something very funny, while the other a bit more serious.
I'll have to mull over these... for a poetry book that is...
What is it about the second comp that I'm missing?
The first one seems more appropriate for Sky's work...
Nice David. Love both of these, but I agree that first one has the visual slap across the eyes.
Pants cover is approved. Just have to figure out the overprinting for that neon acid-green.
Ooh, are you going to do a special Pantone neon? I gaze at those swatches, and can never convince anyone to use them. Sigh.
When in doubt, always bet on underpants.
The phrase "tighty-whitey" always makes me smile, but I don't know why...
well, the error world cover didn't get approved so you would have been safe...
http://shelvedbooks.blogspot.com/2009/02/error-world.html
Love the first comp you submitted.
Wow Kimberly, right down to the same typeface and everything! Shame about yours not getting through. It's lovely.
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