Less Risk, More Return [comps & revised comps]

Lee Hull

Still in process and trying to simplify. First round we decided the imagery was too typical and perhaps overused. We went in a different direction for second round and used more illustration. Now we are working on a typographic solution. Design is a process, and it is interesting to contemplate the many avenues a cover can travel. Each has a different feel, and will attract a different audience.

Philadelphia Stories

Samuel Otter : Oxford University Press

The Sweet Smell of Home

Leonard F. Chana, et al. : University of Arizona Press

The final covers just arrived from printer...

Why My Kids Don't Get Fat [comps]

A Mom's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy Kids
Suzanna Quintana

This is a nice, common-sense handbook for busy parents.

Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes

Rachel Corr : University of Arizona Press

We Are an Indian Nation

Jeffrey P. Shepherd : University of Arizona Press

Philadelphia Stories [revised comps]

Samuel Otter : Oxford University Press

The publisher liked the bottom layout from the first comps and wanted a few other options that had a similar feel. The first group of comps looked too much like fiction so these comps are more traditional and scholarly.

Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes [revised comps]

Rachel Corr : University of Arizona Press

We are sticking with the metallic gold and black combo but I tweaked the type and image crop from the first round of comps. These two are under consideration.

Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes [comps]

Rachel Corr : University of Arizona Press

We Are an Indian Nation [revised comps]

Jeffery P. Shepherd : University of Arizona Press

The publisher requested a more traditional, scholarly approach than the first round of comps. The blue and orange roughs are under consideration.

Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity

Brigitinne M. French : University of Arizona Press

Philadelphia Stories [comps]

Samuel Otter : Oxford University Press

We Are an Indian Nation [comps]

Jeffery P. Shepherd : University of Arizona Press

Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity [comps]

Brigitinne M. French : University of Arizona Press

"Go Down, Old Hannah"

Naomi Mitchell Carrier : University of Texas Press

The American Slave Narrative and the Victorian Novel

Julia Sun-Loo Lee : Oxford University Press

This is the final cover.

The American Slave Narrative [comps]

Julia Lee : Oxford University Press

The research for the layouts was intensive, but really fun. Several new books on the market are filled with loads of eye candy and they helped spur along my ideas. I especially enjoyed flipping through the Handy Book of Artistic Printing. For this academic title I tried to emulate traditional Victorian style, but with a twist. This project is currently under review.

"Go Down, Old Hannah" [comps]

Naomi Mitchell Carrier : University of Texas Press

The painting was supplied by the author and the project is under review.