The Book of Lost Innocence
Glenn was looking for an illustrated cover for his collection of dark fantasy stories.
This was a fun journey. We went quite extreme with the broken-apartness of the main figure, and explored adding a lot more elements before ultimately scaling back to something closer to one of the early drafts.
The Book of Lost Innocence is available on Amazon in print and digital editions.
The final illustration, without the title and text layout.
The final book cover, with front titles, spine titles, and back cover copy. This view shows the trim boundaries and how much of the illustration gets lost to printing bleed.
Earlier options. The top image shows how far the fragmentation went before subduing it to preserve the figure's silhouette a bit more.
The final title design, with some earlier options below.
The digital edition cover.
A condensed look at the lines and paint strokes that formed the final image.
