I’m not a really big fan of reading, but I like to think that a book cover can tell you a lot about what you’ll find in it! Book cover art is a great way for graphic designers to showcase their skills to the world at a mainstream scale. Most of the book covers I picked are made by designers so maybe I’ll start reading a little more.
94 Incredible Patterns for Design and Illustration
A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth Century Sources
Classic Graphics Today’s Designs
Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces
David Choe
Fullmetal Alchemist 23
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook Pricing & Ethical Guidelines
Hand Job A Catalog of Type
Jon Burgerman Pens Are My Friends
Latex for Fun
Lemon Poppy Seed Multitasking Creativity
Linger
Milton Glaser Graphic Design
The Big Book of Layouts
Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far
Your turn now – seen any good cover art lately? Shoot some links and we’ll update the post!
My name is Julio A Rivera, I’m a Creative Director/Web Designer from New York City and I’m the Founder of Underworld Magazines also follow me @Underworldmagz. I’m happy to share some of the web best resources and give you Inspiration for your next big project.
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- 15 Creative Book Cover Art – August 18, 2010
Really nice list and design. thanks for sharing..
which one is the best one, in content? which one you recomend to buy it?
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Can anyone help me find an idea for my book’s cover? It is about a cat……
Thanks for the list though, but it didn’t help AT ALL!!!!!!!!!
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