How to Make Bent Book Covers Straight Again
Is this the most horrifying volume cover ever?
Analogy for book covers is a whole genre of art of its own right, with a rich history and tradition. When it'south successful, the comprehend can help sell a book, despite the old adage, and will stay with us as a fond memory of the volume. But become information technology wrong and the cover can haunt readers forever, or put people off reading what could be a great, or important book.
Users on Reddit retrieve they might have institute the about horrifying example always in this 2002 instalment from the "Who Was" series. The embrace of Who Was Harriet Tubman? shows the American political activist leading a fleeing family unit on the Underground Railroad, but the depiction of Tubman has been ridiculed for its ludicrously outsized head and neck, while some think she looks more similar Willem Dafoe than the cracking abolitionist (to avoid such pitfalls, come across our guide to how to illustrate a children's book).
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One person commented on the post: "I feel like the artist started cartoon the head (every bit almost artists do) hoping to have a bust as the cover, and then editor came and was like "yep that's great, but nosotros really demand to illustrate what exactly she did" and the creative person was similar ya no fuckin way I'one thousand erasing this information technology'southward lit."
Some people thought the head was unrelated to the rest of the image until spotting that Tubman's neck is also enlarged. "It wouldn't accept been well-nigh every bit bad if they didn't attempt to make the neck so large," 1 person commented. "Just let the behemothic head be behemothic and cartoony; don't make it look like a science experiment." Others dig the idea, but think the illustrator went besides far. "The head is just a little...too large. I go the style and it could look cool, only it'due south dialled up to eleven, IMO. Have it down a few notches and I don't think anyone would be put off."
Penguin's whole Who Was/What Was series featured the aforementioned oversized head device – not all by the same illustrator. The reemergence of the title above on Reddit had users nostalgically recalling which title gave them the worst nightmares. It'due south a tough telephone call, with the series including titles on Jesus, Mother Teresa and Princess Diana. Several titles could compete head-to-head for the worst cover prize, but What Was the Holocaust? may be the almost questionable in terms of the appropriateness of the series' extravaganza-similar oversized heads (see below).
"I always hated their volume covers, it's and then terrifying," ane user commented on Reddit. "I withal remember Eleanor Roosevelt'south behemothic head staring into my soul in the 5th grade," some other recalled. The serial might be another example to add to our listing of design fails.
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Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Artistic Bloq. He'south in charge of getting our product reviews up onto the website and keeps track of the best equipment for creatives, from monitors to part supplies. He'south worked as a writer and translator for 20 years and also works as a projection manager at a design and branding agency based in London and Buenos Aires, where he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors.
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