Client: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Author’s Book: ROGER WOLFE
Graphic Design & Illustration: AMAIA F. GOROSTIZA
Client: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Author’s Book: ROGER WOLFE
Graphic Design & Illustration:
AMAIA F. GOROSTIZA
Making an illustration that synthesizes the content of an entire anthology of poems is not an easy task. Even more so when it is by one of your favorite writers. Hence the proposal of Penguin Random House – to make the cover for Roger Wolfe’s “La poesía es un revólver apuntando al corazón”, as part of the Verso & Cuento collection – was quite a challenge.
Making an illustration that synthesizes the content of an entire anthology of poems is not an easy task. Even more so when it is by one of your favorite writers. Hence the proposal of Penguin Random House – to make the cover for Roger Wolfe’s “La poesía es un revólver apuntando al corazón”, as part of the Verso & Cuento collection – was quite a challenge.
Making an illustration that synthesizes the content of an entire anthology of poems is not an easy task. Even more so when it is by one of your favorite writers. Hence the proposal of Penguin Random House – to make the cover for Roger Wolfe’s “La poesía es un revólver apuntando al corazón”, as part of the Verso & Cuento collection – was quite a challenge.
The final selected illustration attempted to represent two opposing concepts that are nevertheless related:
The Shot of Grace and the State of Grace, complementing the headline “Poetry is a revolver pointed at the heart”.
Space and color were used to go through the word “revolver”.
Spine color:
C:83
M:60
Y:0
K:68
The final selected illustration attempted to represent two opposing concepts that are nevertheless related: The Shot of Grace and the State of Grace, complementing the headline “Poetry is a revolver pointed at the hear”.
Space and color were used to go through the word “revolver”.
Spine color:
C:83
M:60
Y:0
K:68
The final selected illustration attempted to represent two opposing concepts that are nevertheless related:
The Shot of Grace and the State of Grace, complementing the headline “Poetry is a revolver pointed at the heart”.
Space and color were used to go through the word “revolver”.
Spine color:
C:83
M:60
Y:0
K:68
Previous sketch made in acrylic that wanted to capture the idea of falling down was rejected.
Previous sketch made in acrylic that wanted to capture the idea of falling down was rejected.
