Fully Justified: 50/50 Part 5

I never would have guessed that I’d finish this little series of posts in under a week but I’m happy to get them out the way. Its been quite fun to look back over the 50 days but I don’t want to milk the project too much so I’ll be stepping up development on a couple of other projects later this week.

Day Forty-One - John Gray’s Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

I’d known for a while I wanted to do a double-ended cover for this book and this concept looked a lot better in my head than it does in execution. Despite getting some decent feedback on it I think it looks like a tacky ’80s influenced poster.
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Written by Andrew on August 23, 2011 Categories: 50 Days / 50 Covers Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Fully Justified: 50/50 Part 4

So I never managed to get this up over the weekend, I was punching above my weight with three updates in a row anyway. Now, on with covers 31 to 40…

Day Thirty-One - Toni Morrison’s Beloved

Other people seem to like this cover more than I do and I’m not one to argue. The illustration seems to win them over but I’m still not sold on the type despite the sickening length of time I spent fiddling with it.
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Written by Andrew on August 22, 2011 Categories: 50 Days / 50 Covers Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Fully Justified: 50/50 Part 3

I never would have guessed that I’d be posting three days in a row but, well, here we are.

Day Twenty-One - National Commission on Terrorist Attacks’ The 9/11 Commission Report

I knew I wanted to use this image for the cover but really wasn’t sure how well text would sit with it. There was a surprising amount of tweaking and rotating and scaling involved with such a simple cover but in the end I reckon it was worth the effort, I still look back at this one rather fondly.

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Written by Andrew on August 19, 2011 Categories: 50 Days / 50 Covers Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Fully Justified: 50/50 Part 2

Because I was pleased with the way yesterdays post turned out, and because I wanted to give off the allusion of productivity while I catch up with The Walking Dead, here is my wee explanation of the next ten covers.

Day Eleven - Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence

I had wanted to do a mind-map cover for a while and this book seemed to fit the concept. I’d still consider using the idea in the future too, although perhaps with a more intricate and detailed image.

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Written by Andrew on August 18, 2011 Categories: 50 Days / 50 Covers Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Fully Justified: 50/50 Part 1

Because I wanted to keep the 50 Days / 50 Covers site simple and let the covers speak for themselves I decided not to post any explanation of my thought process or the concept along with the designs. Looking back at the project now I have decided that I’d quite like to hash out each cover and attempt to justify some of the weaker ones.

That is the purpose of this blog post, and the four that will follow it. I’d like to get back into the habit of updating this thing and with a few other new projects on the horizon, hopefully it might start to happen. Now, here are the first ten jackets of 50/50.

Day One - Jane Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man

I wanted to kick off the project with a hand drawn cover and like the potential of this book. The colours and simple illustration are intended to reflect the simplicity of Ms. Goodall’s way of living and the look between them is to show the connection she shared with the chimps.

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Written by Andrew on August 17, 2011 Categories: 50 Days / 50 Covers Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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