Book Cover Inspiration

The following bits of inspiration are for our upcoming e-book project. My project will be based on the title, Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte.

I like the idea of combining a field guide with the novel, at least in its design.

A foreign book design with colors I'm drawn to and an old-school feel.

Classy. Nice type treatment. 

I enjoyed the simple, asymmetrical pattern of this cover. It seemed modern yet tied in with the past!

I own this book solely because of the cover design. The colors and design are vibrant and fun, but it seems old timey because it is done with embroidery.

Keeping up with a floral theme.

I really like the way they handled their type here, coupled with the pattern.

A play on the traditional silhouette. I like the incorporation of hand lettering.

Can't go anywhere these days without seeing a Lolita redesign. So I went ahead and used one.

Old-timey, sophisticated feel I'm going for.

This has got to be one of my favorite covers. I may pursue something similar to this with the wild plants and flowers of the moorlands.

I just had to include this because it's almost identical to a sketch I drew of Catherine's character for the cover.

This reminds me of William Morris. I'd like to incorporate some craft-inspired design into my own book cover.

Heck yes. Script.

Additional inspiration:

1. fabric from the era
2. Christina's World
3. ombre book cover
4. moorlands of British Isles
5. diagonal layout

The Thing Is, I Love You

This is the video I've chosen for my animation, from the movie When Harry Met Sally. I'll be using the audio from "I've been doing a lot of thinking..." to "I hate you." which is about 90 seconds total!

Animation Inspiration

Conan O'Brien Kinetic Typography
interesting how the type is arranged on one plane, swiveling the camera to see various elements, I liked the 3D look, very clean with a pop of color

Love Actually Kinetic Typography

clean, strong use of color

Whiteboard Animation: The Marker Maker

although this is stop motion and not Flash, I think I could apply similar aesthetics to my project, I like the sketchy black lines on the white background and how elements outside of the medium (the hands) interact with the design (marker drawings)

"Me and You" - She & Him [song animation]

similar to the marker video but actually animated, I like that the font was hand written because most of these videos use big blocky slab serifs or san serifs, I think it's worth experimenting with

Fuck You by Lily Allen - Kinetic Typography

although I question some of the font choices, I needed more colorful inspiration

The History of Typography - Animated Short

this was my favorite find, it's another stop motion film, but the fonts and layout and use of color are superb, it's just so, so great

Minimal Animation

pretty self explanatory, I enjoy how it builds on itself and does it all in black and white

Kid President Peptalk Kinetic Typography

I wasn't considering doing a dark background for my lighthearted subject material, but this one is executed pretty well, I like the balance of illustrations and type here

Trentemoller - Beta Boy (Crane - Minimal Animation)

pretty long, but it's intriguing black and white Flash animation, an interesting application for the music choice, you may want to skip ahead to the ending

Hello Hola Hallo Bonjour Ciao Ola!
a little more colorful than what I'm going for, but the animation is so detailed and there's so much going on that I could watch it five times and still see something new happening!


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content choices:

Neil Hilborn - "OCD" (Rustbelt 2013)

Nine Extra Floors

When Harry Met Sally - Happy End