2013-05-27

HALLMAN: We Are the Aliens - 2

Fonts used: M+ 1m; Fanwood.

“I see you”. The phrase appeared on the computer screen. I tried pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Del, but nothing happened. “I see you I see you I see you I see you”, said the screen. I didn’t understand what was happening […]
Surprise! (As if anyone reads this blog.) “We Are the Aliens” is not just one book. It is actually a series of books. There’ll be four books total, maybe more, but probably not. The next post won’t be a book from the series, though.

2013-05-22

HALLMAN: We Are the Aliens

Fonts used: M+ 1m; Fanwood.

 “We are the aliens”, said the one who seemed to be the leader. They looked exactly like the kind of aliens you expect to see in the movies. I could not believe what I was seeing… or hearing. That creature said “the aliens”, as if my partner and I knew which aliens they were.

I am never sure about my stuff when it’s so colorful. I believe I work better if I only have to worry with two or three colors. Nevertheless, this is a nice design, I think. Also, this blog needed more Hallman, since there was only one cover for him until now.

2013-05-11

TRAVERSE: Somewhat Alone

Font used: Junction.

When this design first came to mind, I thought maybe Hallman (the poor guy – I only made one cover for him so far) should be the author. However I thought better about it. I asked myself what kind of story would have that title, and it was obvious that Traverse would’ve written it.

HUMMEL: Invisible Beings

 Font used: League Gothic.

I really really love this design. It just came to me out of nowhere and I had to make it.

Actually I think this entirely typographical design fits Traverse best, but the title screams Hummel. (To me, at least, since I know my fictional authors very well.) Speaking of title… please note the absence of a tittle on the author’s name.

2013-05-10

TRAVERSE: Heart-Shaped Stains

Fonts used: Ostrich Sans; Knewave.

In a piece of paper was a small stain in the shape of a heart. It looked like a droplet of some liquid had fallen there, except for its unusual shape. When Aline found that piece of paper, she thought it was curious that a stain like that could have been formed – it was like it had a meaning. But she completely dismissed this idea, unaware that it would change her whole life.

I don’t think I got that synopsis quite right, but you get the idea. This cover is actually the first cover I created for Denise Traverse, and the third overall. I made a few edits a couple of minutes before posting it to the blog.

The background is a piece of paper I scanned. The stain was created digitally.

2013-05-07

TRAVERSE: Tricia

A guy is completely obsessed with this woman called Tricia, to the point that he starts writing her name everywhere. No one had a clue about his condition before he was found unconscious on the street, with her name written with a razor all over his left arm.

There is, however, one thing very puzzling about his case – every piece of evidence seem to indicate that he never knew or could possibly have known any woman with that name.
This cover was made with my handwriting. I know it doesn’t look very good, but I think that it’s actually better than it’d have been if I used a typeface that simulates handwriting. I believe the terribleness of my handwrinting fits perfectly with the concept behind this cover.

2013-05-04

HALLMAN: Seven Black Dots

Font used: League Gothic.
“Then I saw seven black dots painted in one of the bricks. They were disposed a pattern similar to the one in the faces of a die, but they weren’t aligned with the sides of the brick, and I found that a little unsettling. One of the dots was split in two, with a part of it in the brick below.

That struck me as really odd. The regular pattern the dots were in suggested they were there for a reason, yet the split dot suggested they were there purely by accident. I knew then that solving this mystery wouldn’t be as easy as I had expected.”

I don’t know whether these paragraphs are well written or not, but I know that I like it. I kinda wish this wasn’t just something I written to be a non-existent story for a fictional author in order to make a fictional cover. However I don’t believe I would be able to write a story that could include these two paragraphs, since I created them out of context like this.