By its Cover: Everyday Matters by Danny Gregory
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Everyday Matters by Danny Gregory
On first glace, this cover is far too busy. I mean, I don't know what on earth is happening here but color and color and line and color. And that's its only drawback. Because upon closer inspection, it's Danny Gregory's book, heavily illustrated and hand lettered, and all that color and line is actually an accumulation of his drawings smashed together in a way that, although it amounts to a troublesome cover, is nevertheless intriguing enough to get me to open it up. Because I know I'm going to like what I find inside, from color to line to story.
How do I know? Because I've been following Danny Gregory's Weblog, and it's full of same.
I'd be much happier to see one or two of his drawings there on the cover. Simplify. I'd be much more likely to stop and look. To open. Alas.
This is one of those books that makes Amazon's "look inside the book" truly worthwhile. If you go visit his book on Amazon, I highly recommend taking a peek inside.
Blessings.
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Terry:
thanks for your comments on the cover design of my book, Everyday Matters. The paperback is in production now , with a new cover. What do you think of this one?
http://www.dannygregory.com/weblog/archives/2004_12.html#000298
Tell me now, before it actually hits the presses.
Thanks again,
Danny
By Danny Gregory, at June 05, 2005 11:33 AM
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