Demons & Games Dust Jacket

Dust Jacket design for a fictional book.

For this project, I wanted to explore possibilities of design from hand inked and hand printed wood type. Paying close attention to the repetition of the letters helped with forming repetition with variation and figure and ground relationships when creating the design for the book jacket. Using the lockup arrangement created by the inked wood type process, I was able to create a design for a horror/supernatural adventure genre fictional book. 

Based on a design created with inked wood letters, I created a list of characteristics based on the feeling, vibe, and appearance of the design, before coming up with book genres that best fit with the look of the design and its defining characteristics. The design I had made fit into different genres of books: Fantasy, Thriller, and Horror. I ultimately chose to work with the horror themed design, as I felt it would be the most fun to work with at the moment since I already had a short story in mind for it.

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