Book cover design. Tutorial

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Tatiana Oliva Morales. Book cover design. Tutorial

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Introduction

Part 1. Theory and practice of cover design and illustrations

Lesson 1. How the graphical editor works (on the example of the Canva site)

Lesson 2. Uploading Images and Downloading Designs

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Lesson 3. Resizing an image

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

Exercise 7

Lesson 4. Changing tone and color of the image, moving around the background

Exercise 8

Exercise 9

Lesson 5. Working with the background

Exercise 10

Exercise 11

Exercise 12

Lesson 6. Image synchronization

Exercise 13

Exercise 14

Lesson 7. Working with text

Exercise 15

Lesson 8. Rotating of the Elements

Exercise 16

Exercise 17

Exercise 18

Exercise 19

Lesson 9. How to make transparent background image

Exercise 20

Exercise 21

Lesson 10. Cover sizes

Lesson 11. How to place illustrations in the text of the book

Lesson 12. Cover Design

Exercise 22

Exercise 23

Lesson 13. Where to look for the material for covers and illustrations, and how to use it

Lesson 14. Lego Сonstructor Technique

Exercise 24

Exercise 25

Exercise 26

Exercise 27

Exercise 28

Exercise 29

Exercise 30

Exercise 31

Exercise 32

Exercise 33

Lesson 15. What the cover should not be

Part 2. Workshop

Task

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The tutorial consists of 2 parts. The first part sets forth a theory with detailed explanations of design principles, examples and exercises to study various techniques.

The second part, the workshop, consists of 28 designs for processing and recreating. The manual is designed to study the principles of book cover design «from scratch». Partly the attention is paid to illustration.

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