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In addition to being original, the collage offers a unique opportunity to express the different ideas conveyed by a work, in a single stroke. The cover of The Smallest Thing illustrates this principle well by combining two opposing ideas (nature and a gas mask). And that's not all the collage technique can be used to recreate any style. In the world of books, this opens the door to all possibilities subtlety, transparency, juxtapositions of textures and shapes... Everything is possible. All that followed book cover Via Henry Holt & Co. Sixty magnificent years book cover design Collage inspired book cover design by green in blue. 7. Photography Photography has always had a special place when it comes to book covers.

But her reputation has also taken a hit since the advent photo retouching service of stock images for prioritizing overdone scenes over real emotions (if you don't believe us, search the internet for 'woman laughing with salad'). hidden evil book cover Cow covered book cover for caterina1 by _R design_. All we saw book cover Via Penguin Random House connect simplify change book cover Photographic book cover for jh L8 by kostis Pavlou. The little crew of butchers book cover Cover design by nevergohungry. Today, graphic designers are somehow rediscovering photography and all the possibilities it offers. Thanks to cameras built into smartphones, good quality photography has become more popular and stock images have been forced to evolve to offer more authenticity.



And it's book covers that reap the benefits graphic designers use photography to create designs that communicate raw emotions and allow readers to get a true sense of the content of the work. Nothing conveys an atmosphere better than a good photo and that's why this trend is not going away anytime soon. 8. High-end finishes Gods in winter book cover Starry night book cover by B&J. The Wangs vs the world book cover Via Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  Via Pantheon On trails book cover Via Simon and Schuster In 2018, graphic designers and authors alike will not be satisfied with a simple design printed on plain paper. Even the most modest publishers and self-publishers have access to superior print quality and finishing. While foil stamping and embossing techniques have long been used in the industry, particularly on bound copies, they are now an integral part of the design process.