Portfolio Revision #4: Mark Twain Book Cover

May 14, 2008

I haven’t been posting my portfolio revisions lately because in all honesty, they haven’t changed enough to be noticable! So, for my last one, I wanted to do something dramatically different.

The original cover was fine, but a bit generic. I liked the typography and hierarchy of words, but it wasn’t anything groundbreaking. For the revision, I was inspired by the typography god himself, Herb Lubalin and his love of Avant Garde.

In this project revision, I ignored the rules of scale and hierarchy that I would normally adhere to in the name of visual interest. Here’s a larger version of the front cover to show the bold use of positive and negative space:

4 Responses to Portfolio Revision #4: Mark Twain Book Cover

lau says:

May 14, 2008 at 12:51 pm

love the revision, nubs. the pattern really does it for me.

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Bex says:

May 14, 2008 at 7:32 pm

I love the backflap of the new cover, but I think I still prefer the original front flap & spine over the new one. It just looked so stark & fresh.
Just a case of personal taste though.
Both are lovely, you did a good job creating such a dramatic change without introducing colors etc.

Out of curiosity, where do you find your textures? or do you make them yourself?

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Melisser says:

May 15, 2008 at 12:05 am

Nice!

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Nubby says:

May 15, 2008 at 5:49 am

lau: That means a lot coming from you, thanks!

Bex: I still like the original too…I think I was just bored with it after staring at it for the last year. Plus I felt lame for not really changing any of my projects that much for the last three weeks!

Melisser: I’m glad you like it!

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