Covering Kat’s Mom

4 Responses to Covering Kat’s Mom

1. Kat J.

   28 July 2011 at 12:03 pm

   The cover looks bare without the filler of bricks.

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   • Andre Jute

     28 July 2011 at 5:16 pm

     The design is to show you what I suggested on ROBUST that you do with the type. I could easily lift the bridge illustration from your art, so I put it in. The bricks couldn’t be extracted from the type because you’re using the wrong software, so I just left the space white.

     It looks discreet and tasteful with the white space, but it won’t work on Amazon unless you put a frame around it as I have above, or add a cream background or something else to define the boundaries of the book. The ideal, if you don’t put the bricks back, is to choose a chunkier typeface and make each slug of text the width of the entire cover. The chunker typeface will however fight the content. Graphic design is like that, swings and roundabouts, compromises.

     You want the bricks, put them back, or send me the art for the bricks to insert.

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2. Kat J.

   30 July 2011 at 8:14 pm

   The bricks were a filler pattern. I can send you a sample.

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3. Andre Jute

   30 July 2011 at 10:33 pm

   Send me enough bricks to cover the width and I’ll just make the cover and return it. It’ll be faster.

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