:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/49/4928/492880/7efa7930-829e-46f5-a573-f719a90ca8a7.jpg "This new fiction series of Michelle St. James is about experience, it's about sexuality and its boundaries.
The request was to transmit these subjects but in a sophisticated way, for a mature audience.
The red ribbon is the focal point of all the covers, assuming several meanings, from the practices of BDSM to the psychological challenges of the relationships in the story.")
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:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/103/10362/1036268/13449902-1942-4580-a4b3-fd011764e9c2.jpg "\"Add Cyanide to Taste\" is a collection of short stories with recipes, dark and delicious. How dark? Fourteen stories range from suspense to crime fiction with a pinch of horror. The recipes include the dishes featured in the stories. Most recipes are vegetarian. All recipes are cyanide-free.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/151/151247/attachment_151247178 "Cover Book Design")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/28/28835/attachment_28835042 "I am a book cover and illustration specialist.
Invite me to work and we can discuss your project needs.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/76/76950/attachment_76950515 "The story is of a boy whose father is physically abusive so at the age of 11, he runs away and is adopted by a fictitious Indigenous tribe. When he is 14 he refuses to go through with his arranged marriage and is sent back out into the white world. He ends up in a new city where he meets an 18 year old prostitute who shows him how to make money by being a prostitute. Now his life sucks but despite him dabbling in drugs and alcohol, he never gives up. The author wanted the vibe to be of a person who is a child abuse 'survivor' and not a 'victim'.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/111/111998/attachment_111998090 "This design was a layout proposal and was never published. “Inferno” is the beginning of a multi-part dramatic science fiction series, that takes the readers on a journey through space and time.
The story is set in the year 2033, when humanity considers itself the crown of creation. It’s only then that Earth reveals its innermost, bringing the island of Capri to a terrible inferno… which changes the world forever.
The author requested the representation of one of the main scenes, when an immense white energy beam comes from the deeps of the Earth in the direction of a distant planet.
Having this scenery in mind, I decided to place the two planets in a position that would allow the energy beam to cross the main title. Apart from achieving a very symmetrical balance in the entire design, this was also meant to give a very curious detail, where the beam seems to pass right through the vertical line of the letter “P”.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/111/111216/attachment_111216477 "This design was a layout proposal and was never published.
It was created for a non-fiction eBook that takes a look at jobs in a totally new way. It is aimed at people that see their dream work as being completely unrelated to a location, an office or a cubicle farm.
The client had a simple requirement: a title and an inspiring graphic. He wanted the cover to scream “read me if working from anywhere is your goal!”
In order to achieve this purpose, I’ve chosen a particular stock illustration as the central part of the design, not only for the vibrant colors, but also because it gives a very informal appearance. This can lead to attract the attention of a specific audience that identifies itself with the theme of this book.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/111/111767/attachment_111767124 "An elegant, simple and eye catching cover. Isn't it?
Using the laurel is to graphically describe 'The Empire' and the reader as the Emperor of its own Empire.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/112/112177/attachment_112177854 "It's a personal adventure about awakening to the magic of life and the universe.
The initial idea about door into the universe is client's, however, the execution and multiply doors and universes are mine.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/102/102589/attachment_102589981 "This design was a layout proposal and was never published. It was made for the prequel of the “Edgar Vincent Thrillers”.
In this story the police partner of Edgar Vincent goes missing. The Chicago PD's homicide division abandons the search when his car is found near Lake Michigan, with a suicide note on the seats and absolutely zero traces of a body.
Edgar Vincent, however, cannot sit still while this injustice is carried out in the name of his partner, and decides to hit the mean streets of Chicago to track his buddy down, playing detective against the orders of his superiors, facing Chicago’s more sinister characters in the process.
My idea was to transmit that dark and dangerous atmosphere by showing the silhouette of the detective in one of the Chicago streets.
The contrast between the shadows and the spots of bright light helped to intensify the drama.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/32/3275/327545/9950295b-01b9-4253-8180-25fa4e09e7ff.jpg "Design for book 2 of the Vampire Queen Saga, a mature dark fantasy novel that revolves around the search for a viking-style shield, with a raven's head painted on it.
I designed a stylized raven to incorporate in the main zone of the shield, very much in the style of the ancient heraldic and tribal symbols. The main challenge was to have the eye right at the center, making it almost “alive”. This also helped to represent the shield as something special and unique.
The other request of the author was to have a nautical feel, as most of the book takes place at sea or in port.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/74/7400/740068/9a45129c-4278-431c-9912-6b634f10f4e8.jpg "This was a whole package project, made to produce all the elements of a non-fiction book: illustrations, cover design and book interior (typesetting).
“Compulsão”, translated from Portuguese as “Compulsion”, is a book that studies the consumer behavior, as well as advises how to buy in a more conscious way.
Although this is a serious book with a lot of information about the subject, it is also fun. Therefore, the author requested a cartoon style for the illustrations, with vibrant colors, which could transmit that informal and inviting look. These images represent the two main areas within the theme: the compulsion to buy and the compulsion to eat/drink.
As the color Red is mentioned several times in the book, related to the subject studied, it became the obvious choice for the book cover. It also helped to achieve the joyful result that was requested, as well as to catch the attention of the potential readers.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/91/91141/attachment_91141376 "\"The White\" is about three people who die on the same day at the same time. They are taken to a 'world' where they are surrounded by nothing but white. Together they realize they've died, and they figure out how to create a space around them; with their minds. The three receive a message that they have to lead a group of hundreds of people who will soon join them in the white.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/44/44337/attachment_44337365 "I am a book cover and illustration specialist.
Invite me to work and we can discuss your project needs.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/82/82672/attachment_82672301 "\"Introduction to Hino Method and Theory of human body and movement control\"
CH needed and elegant and powerful book cover. Something that evokes dignity and life force of a human being.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/111/111126/attachment_111126519 "“Meer der Stille”, translated from German as “Sea of Silence”, is a Sci-Fi Thriller set in 2048. An international crew embarks on a flight to Mars, when they’re awaken by the emergency protocol. The chaos and destruction reign on board, making impossible to complete the mission to their final destination... or even to return to Earth. The journey into nothingness begins.
Apart from requiring a spaceship with a specific shape, damaged and with visible signs that would represent the unfortunate events, the client also wanted to convey the impression that the ship was drifting and completely lost in space.
Therefore, I decided to place it in a certain way (in the diagonal) in order to give a sense of instability, to better represent its critical situation while is being destroyed and outside of its route.
The effects that I gave to the title also reinforce that destruction, where the metal appears scratched and burned.
This design was a layout proposal and was never published.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/100/100951/attachment_100951080 "Pure Punk!
Storyline based in the eighties in Eastern Germany (DDR). Lena Schindler, a 17-year-old lead singer of underground Punk band 'Lebensmude' is kidnapped by the Stasi (the secret police) and forced to spy on her bandmates...")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/25/2559/255963/d47478a8-4733-4230-bd02-0296ac978bc6.jpg "Dark thriller based on the abduction of a young girl from a playground in Boston and the subsequent manhunt by the FBI and the girl's mother.
One of the requests from the author was to have a dark deep cover with strong colors, but also quite simple.
In my design I played with the contrast between the innocence of the child and her teddy bear, with the heavy and stormy clouds that transmit a very dramatic feeling.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/111/111311/attachment_111311791 "A gritty crime/thriller novel about the challenges faced by a man of giant stature who is incarcerated in a corrupt federal prison.
The client asked for dark, masculine, realistic, and mature design picturing the main character of abnormal size and strength facing a physically threatening environment - an aging federal prison.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/101/101115/attachment_101115844 "This is a thriller book series, which stories take place in the town of Hollow Green. The detective Edgar Vincent is the main character that investigates several crimes.
In book 1, “Hollow Green\", young women are murdered during a snowy winter. One of the victims is found in a colonial old house, which can be seen as a central detail in the design.
The cover was made to catch the curiosity of the viewers and to transmit a sense of mystery and fear, but without revealing too much of the story.
In book 2, “Hollow’s Eve”, the brutal murder of a young man is committed in the woods. While investigating, the detective’s fingerprints are found riddled throughout the crime scene.
This is one of the most important details of the story that will influence the course of the events. That’s why it was included a fingerprint in a large scale that merges with the background.
This design for book 2 is a layout proposal and has never been published.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/76/7605/760500/b78cf094-6bdf-4205-bb80-bfad8b1f9aaa.jpg "This book cover was designed for a spiritual fiction.
The author had already in mind a specific scene described in the first chapter. To follow the writing, the angel needed to have an etheric appearance, while the little girl had to be seen as being “more real”.
Although there were already some references regarding the appearance of the characters, I had some freedom to “create” them in a way that could be interesting for the viewers, adding some details.
The atmosphere that surrounds them was also a very important aspect of the entire design, with the sunlight that comes through the trees. The mist was already part of the image chosen for the background, but the colors and contrasts had to be completely changed in order to make the whole imagery balanced and believable.
One of the other details requested by the author was to give a big impact to the main title “44”. The effects and colors helped to make it stand out and, at the same time, to match the rest of the design.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/103/103867/attachment_103867325 "These designs were a layout proposal and have never been published.
They were created for a YA dystopian romance set in parallel universes. The author wanted to have that sense of duality represented in the design, but in a way that it would be completely clear that the first book was set in our current universe, and the second one in a dystopian universe at the same place.
As one of the details from this dystopian universe was that all trees were dead, I used the image of two massive trees as the main focal point. They helped to represent the differences between those two worlds, also intensified by the different color schemes.
The poses of the girl (main character in the story) also reinforce the titles of each book: a static pose for “Here” and a moving/running pose for “There”.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/75/7503/750341/99096dd7-f1e8-4f69-837f-77b31e8e5298.jpg "“Die zehn Vorteile des Schleiers”, translated from German as “The ten Advantages of the Veil”, is a collection of seven short stories in the erotica genre telling the adventures of different people, in different countries.
The client requested a design that could reflect the book title with a female face partly covered by a veil, where the eyes, looking straight at the viewer, would become the central point of attention.
The simple typography chosen and the warm red color also helped to create the atmosphere that was intended, making even a better connection with the book genre.
The golden tone given to some texts also added a detail of sophistication to the entire book cover, as well as they helped to alternate the paragraphs that describe each story in the back cover.
As this is the first book in a series, the design was also thought having in mind a consistent graphic line throughout all the future books.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/47/4747/474796/28f5f63c-8f1a-4a44-a76d-762168be2c92.jpg "This is the first book of the \"Melanie Hogan Mysteries Series\", which stories always take place within the environment of an hair salon that the main character owns.
Although the author didn't have any specific requirements at the beginning of the process, she had a preference for a \"woodsy look/feel\".
A lot of the action takes place in the small log house on a lake in Minnesota, where the main character lives. The author wanted to show how that home was her sanctuary. So, the chairs on the deck in front of the lake helped to transmit that idea.
There is also a detail in the back cover that appears in all the books of this series — the inclusion of some hairdresser instruments, to better make the connection with the main theme.")
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:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/49/4980/498095/b99d89e4-2986-497b-b1b2-4699cfc8ea90.jpg "The book’s main character is a vigilante-for-hire who runs a high end mercenary organization, headquartered in Boston.
As this is the first book of a set of several new series, the author requested a slight different approach, in relation to what had already been done on the previous books, as long as it would fit her already very well known brand.
When I made the research of the publishing design trends within this genre I noticed that, whenever there's a cover with an image in a big scale, it stands out from the others in an incredible way, specially when they have a face looking at the viewer.
I immediately remembered how the eyes of the models (and a particular gaze) is one of the details that identify so many of this author’s books — the direct look at the reader, that catches the attention and also seduces, is almost her trademark.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/103/103049/attachment_103049650 "This design was a layout proposal and was never published.
The audiobook is a collection of 12 guided meditations aimed to single women looking for love (25 – 60 years).
The client requested an inspiring and hopeful cover that should also be peaceful and comforting.
I’ve chosen to create a very serene and clean design but full of meaning: the two lotus flowers that are the main spot of color (with a vibrant tone of fuchsia) represent the search for love between two people.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/72/7213/721399/203d4dad-c323-42ba-8d97-fadce7c04159.jpg "Since this is a devotion book for those who want to deepen their relationship with God in the middle of their hectic lives, the author requested a design that could capture the essence of time and of spiritual reflection.
For that, I included the image of a pocket watch, similar to the one that was being used as a chapter symbol in the interior of the book. This way there is always a consistent theme and imagery in the entire book (in the inner and outer zones).
I also wanted to represent the “start of a new day”, not only in a sense of time but also as a new opportunity to be with God, that can be achieved despite the busy life.
The rising sun was a good way to transmit that message and also to give it that “eternal” sense (the sun rises everyday… no matter what). It also helps to give a very positive feeling to the entire design, as being a joyful invitation to join in these daily 100 Minutes of reflection.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/25/2559/255963/d4ae8091-0166-471c-89b1-03dfa36b8a95.jpg "This design was a layout proposal and was never published. It was made for a fictional story about the mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's death in 1849.
I've recreated the atmosphere of that time, not only through the costumes of the characters but also with the dark and mysterious environment.
The contrast between the intense lights and the shadows transmits the dramatic feeling that was required.")
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:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/66/6682/668227/b8f51cb5-f499-4a3a-ac51-466ab4085819.jpg "For the first time after several series, the author decided to have a female model as the main subject of the design instead of a man. Despite her target audience being usually attracted by models of the opposite sex, as the story is developed around a strong woman, it made sense to make her the focal point.
The request was to represent her as a sophisticated and powerful character, but that could also transmit a sense of sensuality, which is one of the more important aspects of this author’s books.
The draped fabrics on the photos, as well as the particular blue tone that was chosen, helped to achieve the requested style, as well as to keep a consistency in all the books of this series.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/83/8317/831780/6ffae32d-630d-4ab1-bbd4-d473e751ac18.jpg "This is a Christmas book for kids and families to read together during the holidays. As the story is set in the North Pole, the author requested a very colorful and wintery atmosphere with vibrant tones of blue and cyan, that could catch the attention of the viewers.
As the book is meant not just for kids but also for their adult family members, it was decided to follow a more realistic approach, instead of a cartoon style.
The three main characters — a giant horse, a cowboy and a small elf — are the focal point of the entire illustration that I created for this cover. This illustration was entirely made in Photoshop, with several versions until it was reached the desired result.
The main challenge was to represent those characters with all the details that were described in the text and still make them appropriate for a children’s audience. The vibrant colors were a big help to achieve that goal.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/77/77714/attachment_77714806 "Modern cover for a book about video blogging.")
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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/125/125151/attachment_125151278 "The adult's role in building emotional intelligence, developing resilience and fostering better mental health in ANY child!")
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