Book Covers

I got my final book designs finalised so now the decision
was about what stock to use...

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I had ordered some different GF Smith embossed papers
and tried the design on each,

The papers were Buckram, silk weave
and leather, the leather one didn't
work at all, it didn't suit the print at
all but maybe useful for one of my 
other briefs.
The silk weave looked good but the
buckram was definitely the best one
so I went forward with that stock.










This is the design for the paper back version of the book,
it has the illustration in the background then the text
on top which is also spot varnished to stand out more
over the background.

The hardback books have the same design for the underneath
layer but then also has a covering dust jacket printed onto
blue tracing paper, both have the text printed on but the
tracing paper layer has been spot varnished.

Overall I am happy with how
the books have come out, I do 
want to develop them further
but I am very aware of time
and I now need to focus on 
my other briefs.