Ignace Aleya’s and BroadFX’ videos provided instructions, links for a base texture and most of the tips I used to add atmosphere, clouds and enhancements on the remaining water and land, while PTC showed me how to blur out some of the ground. But I wanted to modify it so that most of the land everywhere had been submerged by the oceans. I wanted to have a planet earth on the cover. Looking up at ways to create book jacket, Photoshop seemed to be a good option. I was able to create a plausible excerpt for my book jacket – and a story I would really like to continue working on. So I turned to writing and became Jess, a 16 year-old living dealing with insurgent forces in a society that has learned to live in symbiosis and synchronicity with its environment – until now.Īfter writing a few pages, working on character development, location probabilities, etc. I felt strongly that all the elements of my book cover had to work together to reflect the story I want to tell, and normally, the book jacket design comes after the book is written. Moving away from my original idea.įor some time, I had been thinking about writing a novel situated in a time where the effects of climate and environmental change have transformed life on earth in ways that forbid humankind to continue ignoring how nature and the planet will not suffer the abuse imposed for over a hundred years. My creative process unfurled into multiple visions including that of a book cover. The result of brainstorming about potential plots and contexts, the tableau here presented combines textual and visual elements used as a sounding board to get feedback on the concepts I wish to include in my novel.ĭerwent and Albrecht Dürer Magnus drawing pencilsĪ few weeks ago, with the idea of creating a poster promoting environmental awareness, I started sketching various concepts around nature and planet earth. Created for a novel that has yet to be written, this book jacket nevertheless holds a stepping-stone from which I hope to channel the precious momentum required to produce a captivating and exciting read while offering a perspective on current climate change forecast.

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