I utilized In-Design, to create my book template of 6”W x 9”H
front and back covers with a 1”W x 9”H spine (a technique learned from
Lynda.com). I then utilized the "Illustration Solution" (as referred
to in Designing Book Covers Hands-on Workshop) for my photo solution for the
cover by converting a historical photo to a bitmap and applying a halftone
screen with a frequency of 53. By using
the "Illustration Solution" proposed by Nigel French, I was able to
use a public domain historical photo of the NYC Skyline December 1941 taken by
photographer Jack Delano. I proceeded to place the picture into my template and
subsequently applied an opacity of 65%.
My original design had the entire book cover in black and
white. I struggled with making the title
and author visible utilizing just black and white. I decided to change the title and author to a
red color. It still didn't seem to mesh
very well with the historical photo that I used for the background. In the end, I played around with the
historical photo in Photoshop and ended up applying a 35% tint of the same
shade of red I used for the title/author.
The title was accomplished by using a font called "City Life"
from dafont.com by Janice Faucher. The
author font and book description were a simple Minion Pro. I used a picture of
Leonard Bernstein taken by Jack Mitchell for the back cover.
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