Client: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Added: September 10, 2008
Updated: April 15, 2011
Views: 1990
Discipline: Book Cover Design
Tags: book design, covers, western, wood type
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Description:
6 comps for a novel based on the life of Billy The Kid. The design on the far left of image 1 is the approved cover.
There's a passage of dialogue in the book where The Kid relates his belief that there's one bullet out there (flying around in the ether, I guess) meant for each of us. For him, life is what you make of the time before your body and your bullet intersect. The first 4-5 comps were based on this concept.
Art Director: Michaela Sullivan
Alex Camlin said on September 11, 2008
Thanks. For some of these, I used those Wild West Press typefaces from The Walden Font Co.
Lindsay Starr said on September 11, 2008
Agreed. The coffins are perfect, I've always wanted to use that image ... love the type!
Mark A. Cole said on September 11, 2008
For me the first cover reflects that time period and adds the mood to the old west. Nice rendering of the only photo of Billy the Kid that exists. Nice cover!
Jacob Covey said on September 11, 2008
So sorry to see that the most forgettable solution was chosen. The concepts are so good on the others-- can't pick a favorite: The five bullets missing him, the single bullet chamber, the coffins. All are so strong.
Steve Cooley | Cooley Design Lab said on September 11, 2008