Mixed media book covers

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A collection of book covers • 2021

After many years of working digitally, I started to have some signals of a hurt wrist. My hand would get tired earlier than usual and I could not concentrate like I usually did. That was also when I started to get to know more about analogue paintings and I gradually shifted away from the digital painting desk. This led me to a little project, which I experimented re-covering classic literature with a mixed media approach.

Cinderella - An old favorite with New Pictures

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone - J. K. Rowling

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

Snow White and the seven dwarfs - An old favorite with New Pictures

Bitna, under the sky of Seoul - J. M. G. Le Clezio

Nhã Nam Publishing house

Flight of the doves - Walter Macken

Nhã Nam Publishing house

The last one is an imaginative book, which based on Hat Boi, a Vietnamese traditional theatrical art

The fine drawings of Hat Boi - Rong Pham

For these covers, I made quick sketches in black and white with poster paints. They was then colorized by collaging alongside with using acrylic paints, and adding details later on digitally.