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The chance to produce art for a book cover is rare, bug the essential thought processes and creative steps are very similar, if not identical, in the inventive process. In this series we actually try to read a book by its cover--to see if the design concept is successful or [...]
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Graphic Design, Book Covers, and You - Part I
Inspiration from the Covers of Books
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