Making of the Science Fiction book series
Overview Process
Creating draft designs for the covers. Sophisticated, time-consuming, and very costly:
Simplifying, adding complexity, selecting materials.:
Coming to the conclusion that the problem calls for simple design and clever use of materials:
No, still too morbid. Trying using crumpled paper of different colors for the covers, leather for the binding edge, and luminescent highlights:
First okay drafts to show to the client:
Leather becoming eventual choice over paper:
Meanwhile, working on the logo:
Regular dust jackets suggested instead of cases, so that true collectioners could just through them away. Yet still, cases won.
Elaborating the layout:
Choosing the flyleaf illustration:
Summarizing the results into detailed guidelines:
Getting lots of comments and suggestions:
