Comic Book Cover Design: Unleash Your Super Designer

Learn to design a book cover that invites exploration, interaction, and touch by using both physical artwork and InDesign

• Introduction
• How to Prepare to Solve a Problem
• Creating a Solution
• Final Steps
• Final project

Although they say “never judge a book by its cover”, a great book cover design has the power to lock the eyes of the viewer while sitting on a shelf. For award-winning graphic designer Chip Kidd, designing a book cover is about figuring out what a story should look like. With widely recognized cover designs like the iconic Jurassic Park dinosaur skeleton design, for authors like Haruki Murakami, as well as several covers for the Rolling Stone Magazine, Chip has been creating iconic designs for more than three decades.

As someone who doesn’t consider himself much of a sketch artist, Chip is known for his ability to combine conceptual thinking and problem-solving to bring visually striking designs to life. In this course, he teaches you his method to create compelling designs that both invite exploration and encapsulate a story— without the need for drawing.

• Who I Am and How I Came to Be
• Influences
• Defining the Problem
• Analyzing the Problem
• Materials and Methodology
• The Assignment
• Creating Your Concept
• Creating a Prototype
• Photoshop and InDesign
• Picking the Final Prototype
• Creating a Theme
• Creating a Portfolio and Finding a Job
• Book Cover Design