#Book Design

[devynconstance]

UPDATE!

So I'm not dead. I took what I thought would be a weeklong break from social media (it was not a week; try closer to multiple months... oops lol) in order to finish the last few final background tasks for my website and shop. Does it surprise anyone that such an endeavor took wayyyy longer than I was expecting? Yeah, well, it's what I get for doing everything the hard way (from scratch and by myself), but I digress; long story short, my website and shop are officially live! If anyone is interested, you can check it out here: https://pendress.com/. Most importantly, this means I finally have time to start creating again, and that leads me into the topic of my book purse.

Unfortunately, the official book purse pattern is not finished yet. But fear not! Because I was gone for so long and everyone was so excited about this pattern, I put together a free mini template on how I made this purse. It's not perfect by any means, but it is everything I could remember from the first attempt. This means there may be missing steps, and it might be confusing to follow, but I'll answer any questions as clearly as possible if anyone's confused, and I'll hopefully have a more in-depth photo tutorial/video soon.

The official pattern/instructions is still coming, but my goal is to basically give as much of the information as possible away for free so you don't have to buy it in order to make this bag. If you still want to support me by buying the pattern when it does become available, it would be so greatly appreciated (and I will be putting bonus information in the pattern and actual printable pattern pieces so you'll still be getting something extra for the support), but it won't be necessary in order to make this book purse.

Thanks again for all the support on this endeavor!

And now onto the tutorial!

I completely forgot about this but I was cleaning out my closet this morning and come across this book purse I made a few years ago! I still can't believe I made it in the first place but now I really want to made another one.

Anyone interested in a tutorial/pattern??

[artist-ellen]

Mock Book Cover 23: 'The Little Mermaid' by Hans Christian Anderson

When I started this one I was really nervous about how I was gonna make it into a book cover. I was pleasantly surprised when it all came together nicely.

The Challenge: Create a book cover in as little time as possible (don't look at me like that I have work and, shockingly, a full roster of commissions. Name of the game is fast or not at all). I am not allowed to make new art or illustrations for the covers, it must all be either old art I've made repurposed, or stock images. I have to make them on Photoshop, using only my trackpad (because I don't want to dig up my mouse from wherever it's hiding). And yes, the weird digital layer is on purpose in hopes of dissuading scrapping. Part 2 is to try to actually edit them into videos for TikTok, wish me luck!

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram, tiktok or check out my coloring book available now \ („• ֊ •„) /

https://linktr.ee/ellen.artistic

[canon-in-too-deep]

Typesetuary Day #21

Another classic, The Aeneid by Virgil is the next typeset for Typesetuary! This book is sized for half letter (letter folio), and you can find it for FREE in my library!

[thebeautifulbook]

Embroidered book covers

[heaveninawildflower]

Book cover - Robert Montesquiou-Fézensac. 'Les chauves-souris, clairs-obscurs.'

Paris: Georges Richard, 1892.

Public Domain Review.

[clem8tis]

1st ed. vc andrews covers by milton charles & gillian hills

[dr-graf]

"The Hollow Boy" by Jonathan Stroud cover and illustrations

[designeverywhere]

Squama B-Sides exhibition

[myjetpack]

My latest Guardian Books cartoon

[lovewanttimetopause]

[locusfandomtime]

fake book covers based on Cub’s museum gift shop and the signs he posted with fake book titles! This was a lot of fun haha. I know there are more fake books, and now he’s getting signed books from hermits, so I plan on making more soon! May even make a Reddit account just to post these guys on the subreddit

design notes under cut!

The Diamond Pillar Saga: Hotguy(TM) Flies Again - this title evoked such a visceral image of something you’d find in a Scholastic book fair so I went for sort of pre-teen superhero action novel, the kind with a bunch of pictures and stupid chapter titles. I imagine in-universe Scar is trying to sell as much Hotguy merch as possible so whilst he has stuff for the adults (shirtless calendars) he’d also have comic books and novels for the kids. There’s a concorp logo because I like to think the Hotguy brand is owned by concorp and it was just a cool touch

Grian’s Theory of The Mind - have you ever seen books on like psychology and breaking habits and behaviour, that kind of stuff? They always look like this. There’s a yellow background, a simple abstract design, a bunch of book awards/reviews, and a single sentence hook. This one was the easiest and most fun to design!

Joe Hills: Transformative Poems - this was based on the “Joe Hills Poetry Corner”. Transformative poems is from “transformative works” meaning… fanfiction basically. Joe has written fanfic before and I thought an Iliad/Hermit crossover would be something he’d do. Joe made the cover himself so it has a dyed leather cover and a simple design. He tried to ask Cleo for a review so he could put one on the front but she was kinda mean about it and laughed at him so he wrote a fake one instead

Ren the King: A Complicated Legacy - this one had no explicit author but I decided Cleo made the most logical sense. Historical non-fiction books often have these B+W photo backgrounds with some dramatic, fancy text overtop, so I painted the Crastle and added then messed around with text. There’s a reduced sticker over Cleo’s name because this is Cub’s gift shop and he wouldn’t want to give her credit (but still wants to stock up his shop)

[aduckmentalistin]

Amazing book cover!

[artist-ellen]

Mock Book Cover 24: 'Queen of the North' by Nobody, bc it does not exist.

Still in the trend of making book covers out of my own art. I like this drawing so much I couldn't even think of a real book to use for it's mock up... so I invented one.

The Challenge: Create a book cover in as little time as possible (don't look at me like that I have work and, shockingly, a full roster of commissions. Name of the game is fast or not at all). I am not allowed to make new art or illustrations for the covers, it must all be either old art I've made repurposed, or stock images. I have to make them on Photoshop, using only my trackpad (because I don't want to dig up my mouse from wherever it's hiding). And yes, the weird digital layer is on purpose in hopes of dissuading scrapping. Part 2 is to try to actually edit them into videos for TikTok, wish me luck!

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram, tiktok or check out my coloring book available now \ („• ֊ •„) /

https://linktr.ee/ellen.artistic

[canon-in-too-deep]

25 Free Typesets!

New achievement unlocked! I've finished my 25th public domain typeset, and you can find all 25 unimposed pdfs for FREE here! (Personal use only! Use these to read, bind, burn, or ignore at your pleasure!) I'm so excited to post this collage of all the title pages I've done for pd texts thus far. I started getting into typesetting earlier this year, and that journey started with googling "what is typesetting???" 😅😆. Since then, it's been fun exploring literature and the designs surrounding text. Anyway, thank you to everyone who's stopped by this blog! It's meant a lot to me, whether you liked/reblogged/followed, or just took a look!

[thebeautifulbook]

CODEX ROTUNDUS (Flanders, c.1480)

Held by Dombibliothek Hildesheim, Germany.

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