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Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel

April 5, 2011 4 comments
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Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel. The Boy Behind the Gate by Larry Jacobson, a complex typographic design with a lot of other decorative elements

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Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Instruction

November 26, 2010 1 comment
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Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Instruction book using a clean and efficient book design to translate workshop contents to the printed page

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The Art of Illusion: Creating Book Cover Art for Joanna Penn’s Pentecost

November 4, 2010 14 comments
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The Art of Illusion: Creating Book Cover Art for Joanna Penn’s Pentecost. Shows how layers of artwork are combined in Photoshop to create the final art, using gradients and blending methods to achieve atmosphere.

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Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Hybrid

November 3, 2010 11 comments
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Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Hybrid combining a narrative with a self-help guidebook. Each part of the book needs its own typographic book design

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Self-Publishing Case Study: Personal Memoir

September 22, 2010 14 comments
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Self-Publishing Case Study: Personal Memoir The Andrew Street Mob by Brian Marais, a great example of personal self-publishing. Designed for the purposes of the author, it presents a useful model.

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