Um, awesome: The making of a book cover



This is brilliant on many levels: first, the screen shots must have been really annoying to capture along the way (but they did it anyway--and animated them beautifully); second, it gives a glimpse into a process that so many people are interested in but haven't seen--especially writers, who 3) will now be sharing this and asking themselves, "What is this series? And where can I get it?"

My favorite part: "Oops, the Eiffel Tower wasn't built yet."

5 comments:

Kelley said...

My guess would be they used a program to capture screen-caps every x-number of seconds. If not... wow.

The whole process looks so neat.

Michelle said...

Wow - this graphic artist is REALLY good. I took three years of graphic design class, and the way she manipulates everything is just masterful.

Especially interesting is the victorian background combined with the bold, modern text - clever contrast!

kate said...

Awesome indeed. Thanks for sharing-- and by the way, I am not officially addicted to Pretty Little Liars, which is a guilty pleasure akin to the last canister of peppermint bark hidden in the vegetable crisper.

PS you should have a pair of these, you know, for days when the neon woolies are dirty.
http://tinyurl.com/26pq7fe

Mary Gray said...

I also like the bio on Ms. Carriger on Amazon:

"She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by a harem of Armenian lovers, where she insists on tea imported directly from London and cats that pee into toilets."

Harem of Armenian lovers? How many of us can boast one of those?

Cheryl said...

That was awesome. I wish it was slower!

They probably didn't do screen shots. You can get software that will record your screen.