Cover design and interior Illustration project for Anobium Books: Rescription. Caption:
"An experiment
Let's say you have a story. Written, polished, complete... and you hate it. The language is cheap, the characters are weak, the plot is tired, and worst of all, it's not publishable. These are the stories we wanted.
We wondered what it would be like to revitalize these stories—take them out of the dark, shake off the dust, and let a new set of hands try their luck at getting the old story’s engine to turn over. Writer 2 could play Dr. Frankenstein on the story originally penned by Writer 1 and use his/her own writerly devices and methods to rescribe and inject new life into that necrotic thing. And then Writer 3, Writer 4, and Writer 5 (and so forth) could do the same thing.
Thirteen authors (Jeff Bakkensen, Pat Chesnut, Sean Conner, Joshua Covell, Benjamin Goluboff, Sophie Summertown Grimes, Nicholas Hayes, W. Doak Neal, Stephanie Plenner, Steven Ramirez, Ben Smith, Steven Teref, and Benjamin van Loon) are the subjects.
RESCRIPTION is the result."
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I was commissioned to design a cover with the book's premise as the conceptual focal point. In line with my tendency to incorporate organic form and texture into geometric, hard-line compositions, I created a cube motif with 1/2" wooden blocks assembled as a sculptural landscape, which was then treated with a painted texture. A selected portion of the sculpture was photographed with shallow focus to resonate the text, which began as individual compartments and became a fluid piece of prose as the writers worked together on the content.
"An experiment
Let's say you have a story. Written, polished, complete... and you hate it. The language is cheap, the characters are weak, the plot is tired, and worst of all, it's not publishable. These are the stories we wanted.
We wondered what it would be like to revitalize these stories—take them out of the dark, shake off the dust, and let a new set of hands try their luck at getting the old story’s engine to turn over. Writer 2 could play Dr. Frankenstein on the story originally penned by Writer 1 and use his/her own writerly devices and methods to rescribe and inject new life into that necrotic thing. And then Writer 3, Writer 4, and Writer 5 (and so forth) could do the same thing.
Thirteen authors (Jeff Bakkensen, Pat Chesnut, Sean Conner, Joshua Covell, Benjamin Goluboff, Sophie Summertown Grimes, Nicholas Hayes, W. Doak Neal, Stephanie Plenner, Steven Ramirez, Ben Smith, Steven Teref, and Benjamin van Loon) are the subjects.
RESCRIPTION is the result."
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I was commissioned to design a cover with the book's premise as the conceptual focal point. In line with my tendency to incorporate organic form and texture into geometric, hard-line compositions, I created a cube motif with 1/2" wooden blocks assembled as a sculptural landscape, which was then treated with a painted texture. A selected portion of the sculpture was photographed with shallow focus to resonate the text, which began as individual compartments and became a fluid piece of prose as the writers worked together on the content.
untreated cubes, unassembled
partial structure
dip-primed. this was messy.
I wasn't joking about that.
completed sculpture was painted in blacks and whites.
pre-digital treatment
Rescription interior graphic illustrations
Based on chapter divisions, I was commissioned to create a set of twelve illustrations for the book interior. I utilized the same criteria for the cover design, creating a cube template to visualize with a range of media in twelve different ways.
Based on chapter divisions, I was commissioned to create a set of twelve illustrations for the book interior. I utilized the same criteria for the cover design, creating a cube template to visualize with a range of media in twelve different ways.
