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NOT AI - Original designs created with dozens of PNG Graphics arranged as layers in Photoshop for 'I, Black Pharaoh: The New Kingdom', a novel written by Emmanuel Kulu Jr.
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I've been curious about the design workflow around novel covers and chapter art for a while now. Layering PNGs in Photoshop gives you so much control over comp changes without redrawing, which must be huge when you're iterating with an author. How much back-and-forth did the two of you have on visual direction before you locked in the style?
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Hi Nora! I've used Affinity apps in the same manner for cover pages and interior drawings....(it's a free app that does same things as Photoshop, Illustrator and Publisher all in one). However the FIRST job I did for an author was ten interior pen and ink drawings and I did those with pen and paper. It's magnitudes of difference in ease and lowered stress doing these digitally because of the layers and flexibility....easy to fix, move, change things without having to start over!
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Layered composition work for a novel, that's a project with real stakes. The dozens-of-PNGs approach gives you control most cover designers never get.
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That is very cool! Striking, colorful, eye catching and really I think beautiful.