Cover illustration & Book cover design
Project description
This cover, for a children’s book, was a particularly nice project for me because I personally really love dragons and was very happy to be able to draw one on a book cover. I also found the idea of the story very exciting, and so Ms. Stülpe and I came together for a nice project. As is often the case with my customers, she discovered my website, thought my past projects were great and just asked 😊
The cover shows the dragon Jorin with the main characters Mio and Lu, flying over Berlin. I found a particularly funny detail that Jorin as a dragon has also arrived in modern times and wears a smartwatch.
The illustration was created again as a drawing and with basic colors in Procreate on the iPad and was then transferred to the PC in Photoshop for further development with details, textures, title design, etc. Photoshop and my computer simply have a little more power and performance than the iPad for such motifs 😊
The cover itself (with back cover text, title design and spine) was then created in Adobe InDesign and exported for print and e-book.
The customer was thrilled and I have another nice project on my list 😊
Back cover text:
Did you know that you can order a dragon as a taxi in Berlin? In any case, Mio is amazed when one day a dragon suddenly sits in front of his window. Together with his girlfriend Lu, he dares the adventure of flying away on a kite.
But mysterious events put the dragons in danger. Mio and Lu decide to help them and go hunting for criminals across the capital. Who wants to harm the dragon taxis? Has the air taxi app been hacked?
Cover illustration & drafts
Dragon Taxi – The Conspiracy
Thumbnails & drafts
Sketch with lines for bleed and spine.
Version with basic colors
Developed final version with details, textures, lighting mood, title design and back cover text.
The spine of the book is not available in this version because it is the e-book version.
