❌ Two ~spooky~ killed covers for a new journal from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Approved cover on the last slide. 💀 #coverdesign #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookstagram #coverdesigner #freelancedesigner #killedcovers
killed book covers . . . #killedcovers #killedbookcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #riseandfall #generation #futura #graphic
A few of the concepts I loved that didn’t make it for @anika.pavel’s stunning memoir. Read the book to find out about the importance of apples and oranges #ifyouknowyouknow 🍎🍊 Scroll down for the cover that did make it, below. . . . #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookdesigner #memoir #killedcovers
❌ One of my favorite recent killed covers, for the University of Nebraska Press. Too clever? Not clever enough? Who’s to say? 🏀 #coverdesign #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookstagram #coverdesigner #freelancedesigner #killedcovers #basketball
#killedcovers pour le roman de @nicolasroges #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverdesigner #shedesignsbooks
#killedcovers Une série d’illustrations moins minimalistes pour le roman de @ajfinnbooks #cosycrime #thriller #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverdesigner #shedesignsbooks #pressesdelacite #ajfinn
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Throwback Friday to the killed covers of The Shine of Sorrowful Youth by Asaf Amit. What a book! Literary and beautiful and haunting. Out late summer 24. . . . #killedcovers #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #bookdesigner #coverdesign #coverdesigner
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #behaviour #illustration #colours #selfregulation
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #ethnic #healthcare #voices #illustration
Sketches for the Tomris Uyar series +++++ Tomris Uyar dizisi için tasarladığım kapak çalışmaları. #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookjacket #books #bookdesign #coverdesign #designinspiration #lomcreative #lom #graphicdesign #design #typography #typographicdesign #typographyinspiration #canyayinlari #kitap #kitapkapagi #kitapkapagitasarimi #kitaptasarimi #deadcovers #deadcoversproject #killedcovers #killedcoverarchive #killedcover #tomrisuyar
❌ swipe for #killedcovers #unusedcover #outtakes #killedconcept #rejectedcovers #rejectedouttakes - HOW TO END A LOVE STORY: a novel by Yulin Kuang - #CoverDesign: #HenrySeneYee and #illustration: @henryseneyee_draws - #howtoendalovestory #YulinKuang #hteals #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverillustration
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #marketing #shopping #retail #sociology
#killedcovers pour Mission Sofia. Une exploration autour des jeux de société et des jeux de carte. #coverdesign #shedesignsbooks #coverdesigner #bookdesign
Yaralı Damat Marion Woodman *Seçilmeyen kapak tasarımları #bookcover #unselected #killedcovers
Kıyamet Anahtarı Hakan Sökmen *Seçilmeyen kapak tasarımları #bookcover #unselected #killedcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #women #autism #modernism #cmyk
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #school #mentalhealth #stickers #illustration
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #thinking #supercharged #graphic #glow 🧠
Just realized I never shared this concept for Our Transgressions! Loved the stark, almost Rorschach Inkblot Test vibe of this one. #coverdesign #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookcoverdesign #coverdesigner #bookstagram #shedesignsbooks #bookcoverpro #bookcoverlove #booksofinstagram #bookcovers #urbanrenewal #gentrification #community #blackneighborhoods #urban #killedcovers #killedcover
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #digital #branding #online #illustration
Another concept for “The Habit of Poetry” that ultimately wasn’t used but I still really like. #coverdesign #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookcoverdesign #coverdesigner #bookstagram #shedesignsbooks #bookcoverpro #bookcoverlove #booksofinstagram #bookcovers #nuns #poetry #thehabitofpoetry #killedcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #news #opinion #neuehaasgrotesk
Two killed covers and the approved version on the last slide. Really liked these first two, but that's just the way it goes sometimes 🪦 . . . . . . . #bookcover #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #bookdesigner #killedcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #typography #anger #trauma #handdrawn
In The Joshua Sea / M. Stillman / Feb'24 #bookcover #killedcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #trauma #teen #teenager #journal
Some recent unused faves. Type in slide 01 is BN Chester by @bmnicks. - #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #killedcovers #collage #typewriter #paper
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Reject #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #livres #livre #delivermenovel #bookstagram #fictionbooks #bodyhorror #ellenash #killedcovers
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A couple killed concepts for “Picking Up The Pieces”. The original title was “Shattered Tablets” which I leaned into quite a bit for this first round - once the literal tablets were nixed I moved the shattered texture to the title cause I didn’t want to lose it. #coverdesign #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookcoverdesign #coverdesigner #bookstagram #shedesignsbooks #bookcoverpro #bookcoverlove #booksofinstagram #bookcovers #nonfiction #ministry #churchkeadership #killedcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #personalitydisorderawareness #mentalillness #graphic #sorry
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #shiatsu #illustration #graphic #fareast
A couple unused covers ✨✨ Illustrations by yours truly :) . . #bookcoverdesign #coverdesign #killedcovers #indiandesigners #indiandesigner @designbywomen_
Unused cover for “Housewife”. Final out in March.✨ . . #housewife #killedcover #killedcovers #retrodesign #unusedconcept #vintageposter
And some unused options. ✨✨ . . #spiritualbook #killedcover #killedcovers
Some designs that didn’t make it but I still quite like. :) . . #breathing #nonfictionbook #nonfictionbookdesign #bookdesign #killedcovers
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #democracy #media #warped #opticalart
8. Pastries 🥐 I was asked to do a label for two pastry products available at Leon petrol stations - but as an off-brand product (with no Leon branding). I tried to retain a bit of ‘wacky Leon’ charm but the final version I worked up looked more like a Crosse & Blackwell gravy product to me (see slide 8). Slides one and two were my preference but I also drafted some cute little drawings of the pastries which ultimately hit the cutting room floor. Maybe I’ll make some funky pastry-print pyjamas out of them one day.🤔The possibilities are endless! . . . #pastryillustration #paulhollywood #illustration #graphicdesign #killedcovers #art #artworks #drawing #sketching #design #typographicdesign #graphicart #graphicdaystorino #pastryart #yettobeinvented
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #love #relationships #realist #heart
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #technology #ethics #illustration #icons
The Red Door and Other Stories / K.E. Karl / Nov'23 #killedcovers and #bookcover
Killed Covers :( Sketch for "Girl", Edna O'Brien +++++ Edna O'Brien'ın "Kız" kitabı için tasarladığım kapak çalışmalarından biri. #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookjacket #books #bookdesign #coverdesign #designinspiration #lomcreative #lom #graphicdesign #design #typography #typographicdesign #typographyinspiration #canyayinlari #kitap #kitapkapagi #kitapkapagitasarimi #kitaptasarimi #deadcovers #deadcoversproject #killedcovers #killedcoverarchive #killedcover #ednaobrien #girl
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #trans #fertility #joy #bliss
Sketches for “The Cat and The City”, Nick Bradley. +++++ Nick Bradley'in “Kedi ve Şehir" kitabı için tasarladığım kapak çalışmaları. #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookjacket #books #bookdesign #coverdesign #designinspiration #lomcreative #lom #graphicdesign #design #typography #typographicdesign #typographyinspiration #canyayinlari #kitap #kitapkapagi #kitapkapagitasarimi #kitaptasarimi #deadcovers #deadcoversproject #killedcovers #killedcoverarchive #killedcover #cat #thecatandthecity #nickbradley
Ebedi Ev / William Gay #bookcover #killedcovers #killedcover #killedbookcover #killedcoverarchive
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #autism #black #empowerment #illustration
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesignbook #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #rejectdesign #killedcovers #lgbt #lgbtq #leaders
❌ A pair of killed covers for an upcoming NYU Press book. Really liked the way the type in the first one formed a cloudy shape that also happened to be an arrow pointing upward – but I think it may have been too subtle. #coverdesign #killedcover #killedcovers #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverdesigner #freelancedesigner #realactualbooks #withacoverthatisnotthisone
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #arrows #illustration #positivity #pathway
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #british #feminism #illustration #britain
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #autism #women #late #clock
"First page of Snow Country - KOMAKO #04" Amidst the white snow in a world that wishes to crush us for ravaging its untouched beauty. Have you ever looked at the horizon and felt the absence of color, realizing that life has pushed you down like a simple tree? And that all your studies and dreams don’t matter in the grand scheme? Is our habit of smiling and saying thank you a form of self-deception? Why should we stay? Analog collage made with found photo and colored paper.
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #illustration #colour #latinamerica #musictherapy
"First page of Snow Country - KOMAKO #05" Amidst the white snow in a world that wishes to crush us for ravaging its untouched beauty. Have you ever looked at the horizon and felt the absence of color, realizing that life has pushed you down like a simple tree? And that all your studies and dreams don’t matter in the grand scheme? Is our habit of smiling and saying thank you a form of self-deception? Why should we stay? Analog collage made with found photo and colored paper.
"First page of Snow Country - KOMAKO #06" Amidst the white snow in a world that wishes to crush us for ravaging its untouched beauty. Have you ever looked at the horizon and felt the absence of color, realizing that life has pushed you down like a simple tree? And that all your studies and dreams don’t matter in the grand scheme? Is our habit of smiling and saying thank you a form of self-deception? Why should we stay? Analog collage made with found photo and colored paper.
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #race #criticalracetheory #illustration #graphic
“Flowing by, outside of me - FLOW #02” Sometimes, we have to bond, either while growing up or while trying to survive adult life. We put in our minds that we should just go with the flow and obey the rules. After a while, we realize that we have changed. Sometimes, we make our hearts harder, leaving the weak behind and growing a stronger community, and life goes on. Until one day, we question ourselves about an old friend, a childhood lover, or that co-worker who always asked if we wanted coffee. During the daily struggle, we end up losing touch with others and, mostly, with ourselves. Analog collage made with found photo and neon paper.
❌ Killed Covers ❌ I’ve always enjoyed seeing other peoples #killedcovers so I thought I’d include a section of them on my new website 📚 Spanning across my career, I see them all as an essential part of the design process. Some I still prefer over the chosen final covers. Others I don’t. All not chosen for different reasons. But covers I still wanted to share with you all 🙏 Check out my new website for more 👍 #killedcovers #graphicdesign #bookdesign #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #design #typography #illustration #artistsoninstagram #instabook #bookstagram #photography #jamesjones #jamesjonesbookdesign
"Dissonance comics - Old and maybe beaten” My artwork for Dissonance comics, by Transitory Mask and 81 artists. A guitar player named Charlie who has pursued their dream of becoming a world famous musician. But the life of fame has caused a rift between their creative endeavors and the joy they once got from it.
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #future #predictions #photomontage #forecast
"Concrete cage - LIBERTAD #02" "Wherever there are birds, there is hope.” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan Sometimes is a scream stuck in our throats. Other times, is the daily life that keeps us grounded, without fighting for our dreams. But even in our feverish dreams, our minds wander and search for the clouds. Analog collage made with found photos and colored paper.
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #ethics #violence #bullet #photography
Unpublished/killed cover. #coverdesign #coverdesigner #bookcoverdesigner #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #bookdesign #bookstagram #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #design #designer #bookjacket #freelance #freelancedesigner #rejectdesign #killedcovers #coverart #unpublished #book #typography #type #creative #instabook #idea #killedcover #finance #business #graphic #abstract
Unused, preliminary sketch. "One for me," as they say. Coincidentally, when I was in third grade I had an expander with almost exactly the same colors. - #bookcover #bookdesign #killedcovers #angels #pink #green