Documented below is the process of my book series designs. I really enjoyed this project, it flowed with ease with was nice for a change. I began with a focus on the typography and the idea of using a distressed typeface. Initially using a placeholder typeface from dafont.com, but it was too live traced looking, so I decided to generate my own distressed look via the copy machine. I dig working with the copy machine in this way, it's fun, tactile and pretty immediate. Franklin Gothic was the typeface I abused with the copy machine, and after many copies I found the textured, distressed look I was going for. Then I moved on to develop my background textures, in accordance with the subject matter and distressed type. I altered a photograph of smoke for the Confessions cover, and used a bag for the Junky cover and foil for the Subterraneans cover. The series quickly came together, and it actually took me a lot longer to get the finer details dialed in, I wrestled with the body copy for awhile and eventually resoled the designs, the finals are shown in the above post.
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