Digital Drawing
Digital drawing. Design a book cover from your pencil drawing and digitize it.
We all judge a book by its cover most of the time. Books with good graphics, eye-catching font and good quality covers sell more copies than those without.
Designing A Concept
Before you get started on creating a brief for a cover design, or before starting to design one yourself, you need to decide on the message you want to send.
Ask yourself what the target audience of readers is.
The book’s genre is important. The book cover should show what genre the book is
Grab attention. The main goal of every book cover is to generate excitement. The book cover is the hook that will help you to promote a book.
Minimalism: Less is more!
Minimal style is timeless. It helps to focus on the book’s title and author’s name.
Tools
We use the Linux operating system
The programme we will be using is GIMP.
GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing.
Follow the teacher's instructions to convert your pen drawing into a digital one
How to Digitize Your Sketch
Step 1: Prepare it.
If your sketch is in pencil, draw over it with a pen to provide contrast.
Step 2: Scan it.
Now that you have your illustration traced in pen, it's time to take it into the digital realm via machine called the scanner.
Step 3: Edit it with GIMP
Adjust the contrast by playing around with the adjustment layers
Step 4: Add new elements
Add text or more graphics.