Book Cover Illustration: Unraveling the Essence of a Story

Learn the secrets of conceptual illustration to create an eye-catching book cover using analog and digital techniques

• Introduction
• About Book Covers
• Sketching
• Production
• The Real World
• Final project

Awakening curiosity and desire is at the heart of every great book cover illustration, and behind this craft lies a series of tricks and secrets to achieving professional results. Silja Goetz is a German illustrator with vast experience in creating book covers for publishing houses like Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Gräfe und Unzer, Doubleday, and more. Discover how to put your ideas onto paper and refine them with Silja’s guidance to generate illustrated pieces ready to present to a publishing house.

In this course, Silja takes you into her book cover illustration world, to give you a full professional perspective and guide you through her own methodology to create a mesmerizing book cover that has the power to capture an audience’s full attention. Learn how to research, experiment, and uncover the ideal illustration for a literature piece and get expert advice on how to start working in editorial illustration.

• About Me
• Influences and Great Examples
• What We Will Do in This Course?
• A Very Short History of The Book Cover
• The Secrets Behind Successful Book Covers
• Now Choose Your Own Book
• Thumbnail Sketches (Procreate)
• Frankenstein’s Monster (Photoshop)
• Pencil Drawing
• Assembly in Photoshop
• Applying Color
• Something is Missing
• Touch Ups and Preparation for Print
• Other Alternatives
• Examples From My Day To Day
• Book Cover Illustration: Unraveling the Essence of a Story