Designing Covers for Children's Books

Tyrus Goshay

Tyrus GoshayFeb 8, 2017Lessons: 7Length: 49 minutes

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Designing Covers for Children's Books

Introduction

01:18

In this course, we will be discussing the steps any artist or designer can take to create an engaging and noticeable cover for children's books. We will discuss composition, the Golden Mean, how to create quick thumbnails, and the power of negative space vs. positive space. We will pretend that we are designing for the client, and we will follow the steps that you would normally use when freelancing.

1.Introduction
2 lessons, 05:14

1.1
Introduction
01:18

1.2
Tools and Workstation
03:56

2.Pre-Production
4 lessons, 42:33

2.1
Looking at Composition
06:07

2.2
Creating a Good Composition
13:25

2.3
Font Treatment for Our Cover Design
12:33

2.4
Using Our Library to Compose
10:28

3.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:33

3.1
Final Thoughts
01:33

Tyrus Goshay

Tyrus Goshay is a Digital Creative and Instructor with over 14 years of design experience, including product development, product design and illustration for marketing and games. He has also worked for companies by the likes of Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney and many others as a designer and as an Illustrator.