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Alcott told open culture these are the artists i love, i connect to their work on a deep level, and i try to make things that they would see and think yeah, this guy gets me. Dracula 25 beautifully redesigned classic book covers i like how the flipped a turns into a v that could stand for vampire and also refer to fangs. Youre not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the book or exploitation movie trailer, or hair metal album cover comes out the winner a good, lurid book cover sometimes makes promises the prose itself cant keep. Young people dont read enough classics, and no wonder when the book covers are so terrible. Old vintage book on rustic wooden table, blank covers as copy space, top view street incidents, 1881, john thomson scottish, 18371921 and, adolphe smith english, 18461925, scotland, book with text and mounted woodburytypes 21, 28. Neal adams reimagined classic dc covers original comic. As a designer, bacon was known for pioneering the big book look, characterized by the title and authors name in large, strong. A welltuned redesign can help a book reach new audiences across different generations and demographics. Iconic david bowie songs reimagined as book covers share todd alcott, an american screenwriter, playwright, actor, and director has accidentally managed to turn his hobby into a thrilling new side project. A journey through some delightful old book covers from the golden age of bookcover design. His latest series is a brilliant collection of illustrations that reimagine love song titles and lyrics as morbid stephen king book covers. How i turned my classic happy planner into an a5 binder duration.
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