Illustrated Lettering: Design a Book Cover with Jessica Hische 
Jessica Hische, Letterer and Illustrator
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1. Introduction
1:25 -
2. Choosing Your Book
4:05 -
3. Reading as Research
4:34 -
4. Establish Your Audience
11:07 -
5. Determine Your Constraints
8:12 -
6. Brainstorming
3:49 -
7. Select Your Concepts
5:07 -
8. Sketch Initial Thumbnails
13:55 -
9. Create Your Layouts
13:23 -
10. Sketch Your Letterforms
9:45 -
11. Finalize Your Letterforms
14:42 -
12. Choose Your Colors
9:43 -
13. Add Final Ornamentation
10:28 -
14. Final Thoughts
3:36 -
15. Bonus: Skillshare Short with Jessica Hische
7:35 -
16. More Design Classes on Skillshare
0:37
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Project Description
Share your lettered book cover!
Follow along and design a new book cover for a beloved book. Share your brainstorming list, audience notes, concept ideas, sketches, layouts, and final work: we want to see it all! As a reminder:
- Choose a book you love — but that also gives you a lot of visual ideas!
- Read your book, keeping messy notes as you go.
- Expand your reading notes into a full brainstorming list.
- Next up: audience. What are three possible audiences for your book?
- Narrow down your concepts to 1-3 to move forward.
- Then, sketch your initial, rough thumbnails.
- Create a structural layout to plan your final piece.
- Sketch basic letterforms into your layout.
- Finalize your letterforms, adding style details as you go!
- Choose and add color to your piece.
- Add final details and ornamentation to your letters.
- Share your final cover!
Resources
- Find Jessica on her website, Instagram, and Twitter
- Check out Jessica's book, In Progress
Explore Jessica's Book Covers
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