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Book Covers Thread Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:14:37 2022 No.20682562 [Reply] [Original]

I know we're all /lit/erary geniuses here but let's judge some books by their covers, good and bad.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:16:04 2022 No.20682567 File: 165 KB, 1000x1500, 7168AkKNdKL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:16:49 2022 No.20682573 File: 59 KB, 775x1200, DA9E73D8-BDE0-4543-94E3-D9455820A95F.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] favorite book and cover

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:17:05 2022 No.20682574 File: 119 KB, 350x537, 610RcD8n-EL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:20:37 2022 No.20682586 File: 696 KB, 1565x2408, 91-Tf1yx7+L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682573 That's a good one. Here's mine

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:23:21 2022 No.20682599 File: 180 KB, 750x1227, sdfsd.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm working on making book covers freelance, so I want to study some of these and avoid the pitfalls of bad cover design

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:25:22 2022 No.20682612 >>20682586 intense cover, must be a balls to the wall novel

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:26:58 2022 No.20682621 File: 49 KB, 300x450, 9781641290630.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682612 It is, and it's a fast read too. Not because it's short but it's just nonstop. Hell, I think I'm going to re-read it

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:29:28 2022 No.20682636 File: 45 KB, 339x500, 51VeF-ryTFL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymouṡ Fri Jul 15 16:33:32 2022 No.20682658 File: 59 KB, 340x500, MLK Speeches.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymouṡ Fri Jul 15 16:35:28 2022 No.20682670 File: 25 KB, 305x499, Nietzsche TSZ.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I have this Zarathustra and when it finally falls to pieces I will get another just like it. Magnificent.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:37:42 2022 No.20682684 File: 257 KB, 750x1143, ezgif-5-7f3d8e9d40.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymouṡ Fri Jul 15 16:38:18 2022 No.20682687 File: 44 KB, 333x500, Sherlock Holmes.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymouṡ Fri Jul 15 16:40:08 2022 No.20682697 File: 10 KB, 270x400, ZH Poems.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Normally I don't like photographs as book covers, but this is pretty cool.

>>	Anonymouṡ Fri Jul 15 16:41:36 2022 No.20682704 >>20682684 I never really liked this cover although I must admit, I've never seen one I prefer. Maybe it's not that bad.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:46:18 2022 No.20682724 File: 226 KB, 1000x1614, 71culEgValL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] If I could read Italian I would get this one. >>20682704 I think it's kind of hard to make a proper cover for it but I think that one's the most fitting

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 16:55:45 2022 No.20682775 File: 80 KB, 534x800, gatsby-original2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Classic

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:00:44 2022 No.20682804 File: 1.13 MB, 1284x2094, orwell-1984.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:05:37 2022 No.20682829 File: 386 KB, 350x561, Screen-Shot-2021-03-02-at-3.24.22-PM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:08:11 2022 No.20682844 File: 195 KB, 1146x1498, 71-vffr0FnL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:09:17 2022 No.20682854 >>20682670 Is it the mustache? Is that what you like, anon?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:11:19 2022 No.20682867 File: 85 KB, 350x540, 41qx7z55CIL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] what compels someone to commit these sins

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:13:21 2022 No.20682876 File: 793 KB, 1599x2475, 910jHJw0hrL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:17:19 2022 No.20682896 File: 433 KB, 2106x2933, 1657905344295.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682562 I'm currently reading this one, I really like the cover.

>>	Anonymouṡ Fri Jul 15 17:21:21 2022 No.20682911 >>20682854 I'd be lying if I didn't admit the mustache speaks to something deep in my soul, but it's the eyes that really grab the attention.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:21:44 2022 No.20682914 File: 164 KB, 525x700, 25158_image01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682896 I've heard of it before. How is it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:30:07 2022 No.20682951 File: 121 KB, 560x875, lord-of-the-flies-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:34:45 2022 No.20682971 >>20682914 I'm 37 pages in, it's the story of three cousins and how their lives revolve around Boca Juniors. The oldest is a Sandro impersonator, the youngest a faggot and petty criminal, and the in between is obsessed with bodybuilding.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:37:36 2022 No.20682979 >>20682971 oh god it sounds awful..

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:40:16 2022 No.20682990 File: 25 KB, 307x475, 41X3QEQHP0L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:46:16 2022 No.20683011 File: 848 KB, 1608x1206, P_20220715_144342_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682979 I'm enjoying it. It's my first Asís and he reminds me of Enrique Medina. I like the brutality and rawness of his characters.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 17:55:39 2022 No.20683040 >>20682670 >that left eyebrow It's like a fucking hawk talon

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 19:49:22 2022 No.20683542 File: 395 KB, 1376x1382, 1861BAFA-9D43-4EDF-BBB6-C0BB43DA825B.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just to appreciate the cover variety for the Southern Reach trilogy, absolutely gorgeous for me

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 19:53:24 2022 No.20683559 File: 34 KB, 309x475, 1635593042644.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682562 just found this in a thread like, yesterday. possibly my favorite cover ever

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 19:56:13 2022 No.20683570 File: 162 KB, 456x734, 1633103936664.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682704 >>20682684 Same, though I think the R-rated sticker is a great touch. Instead, I cut down a fan-art piece to make this one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 19:56:32 2022 No.20683571 I dont know why there are so many awful looking books covers. Not in this thread I mean but just in general. Always strikes as such a waste of potential.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 19:56:51 2022 No.20683573 File: 96 KB, 1000x1500, 20000 leagues.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Made this like 7 years ago, was going to be part of a series of minimal Verne covers. It's sloppy but I think it has potential.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 19:58:25 2022 No.20683582 >>20682867 My favorite Kafka story is also the one where a salary man wakes up one morning to discover that he's been transformed into a vampire.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 20:51:51 2022 No.20683806 >>20683559 how come? I think it's hideous

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 20:54:41 2022 No.20683819 >>20683806 I dunno, I just like it. I like the colors and I like fish, and I like the white make-up and I like the vaguely dadaistic vibes.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 20:55:52 2022 No.20683827 File: 115 KB, 1535x2326, 1038731-0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20682684 Mogged

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 20:56:39 2022 No.20683830 >>20683827 too bright

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:00:11 2022 No.20683840 >>20682562 Ok, someone please tell me: is macbeth a girl or a man?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:00:55 2022 No.20683846 File: 110 KB, 1535x2326, 1038731-0~2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20683830 Better??

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:02:00 2022 No.20683852 >>20683846 No. Give me time to charge my tablet, and I'll fix it.

Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:02:25 2022 No.20683856
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>>20683573
I think it does have potential. You gotta play around with minimalism but don't stop. You're on the right track.
Also, a lot people really like minimalist covers/posters etc. so you can easily monetize if you wish

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:03:26 2022 No.20683863 >>20683856 NNNN. It does have potential, but I don't think that 1984 is the right book to try it out on.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:04:31 2022 No.20683870 >>20683863 yea it makes it look too quirky xD

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:16:52 2022 No.20683926 ( ͡° ͡°) I can’t unsere it

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:17:55 2022 No.20683932 >>20683926 To >>20683856

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:22:59 2022 No.20683959 >>20682599 Title doesn't stand out enough from the other text in this

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:23:11 2022 No.20683962 File: 267 KB, 507x766, 1640637201595.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>20683846 >>20683852 Here, fixed it. Roughly; not the text.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:23:49 2022 No.20683967 >>20682574 That's fucking horrendous

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:24:08 2022 No.20683970 >>20683962 Disgusting

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:24:53 2022 No.20683973 >>20683967 they only hire the best deranged maniacs at wordsworth classics

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:26:33 2022 No.20683982 >>20683970 nuh-uh

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:38:50 2022 No.20684033 File: 207 KB, 996x1500, 71heAHih2wL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 15 21:42:05 2022 No.20684045 >>20682867 My favorite story is the one where anon wakes up everyday for years and thinks about killing himself becuase he has nothing to live for. That one's my favorite

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>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 05:58:18 2022 No.20685777 File: 37 KB, 339x499, 51HWQd9PdqS._SX337_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I like this one

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 06:43:30 2022 No.20685884 File: 131 KB, 660x467, Inferno.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 08:26:31 2022 No.20686090 >>20682567 This is good.

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