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Vernon God Little |
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Client: Harcourt; Art Director: Vaughn Andrews
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Submitted: August 19, 2008
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Updated: November 20, 2008
Discipline: Book Cover Design | Tags: book cover, hand-lettering |
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The quote on the original design was hand-lettered also but the publisher felt it wasn't as readable as they'd like, hence the out of place typeset quote. But I still like it overall, although it is a bummer about that award badge.
Another early layout had semi-hidden curse words buried into the scratches and scrawls of the lettering. The book is filled with expletives and I figured the main character would write obscene things on his school notebook. But that was nixed by the A.D. and wasn't even shown to the sales/marketing departments.
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