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Designing a Custom Book Cover - Part 1
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- 1 Start
- 2 Casey and her work in hand lettering/book cover
- 3 Starting the Romance Novel cover
- 4 Thumbnails for the lettering
- 5 Designing for the blurb/author’s name
- 6 Sketching out the letterforms
- 7 How many version to present to a client
- 8 Refining the lettering sketch
- 9 Adding weight to the downstroke in hand lettering
- 10 Tips for improving hand lettering
- 11 Working in InDesign - guides and design setup
- 12 Viewing the trim size
- 13 Casey’s font styles and usage
- 14 CMYK color picker tip
- 15 Back Cover design - integrating blurbs with the design
- 16 Book Spine design tips
- 17 Book Tok - Book community on TikTok
- 18 Adding blurbs to the design - working with type in InDesign
- 19 Front flap design - type styling and text wrap
- 20 Reading the books you design for
- 21 Titling for the back cover
- 22 Determining how the titles get distributed
- 23 Back flap design and type layout - color changes
- 24 Casey’s reference and Fresco illustrations
- 25 Casey’s inspiration for book cover designs
- 26 Adding sprinkles to the cover
- 27 Recap of today’s work and wrap-up
