tomer :: the book in brief (from amazon):
On any given morning, on the street corners of a Russian city, little kiosks suddenly appear. As soon as their shutters open, a queue forms, men and women lining up in the hope of a little bit of luxury: a pair of silk stockings or a box of chocolates. One morning news spreads that the exiled composer, Selinsky, will be returning to the city for one concert only, and there is one kiosk, somewhere, selling tickets to this most magical event of the year. the direction was to showcase people queuing for this kiosk with Moscow in the background, and focus on the protagonist, a melancholic teacher who banks everything on this ticket as a last chance for happiness.
final color/type closer to last sketch.
for Penguin UK, art directed by Richard Bravery.
I really like how fluid the thumbnail lines are, like a handwritten image.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, I love the fade-away girl stuff you do with these. I was wondering, do you type set everything yourself when you do these book covers? or does the art director give you a logo/a specific typeface to go with.
ReplyDeleteCool wip! Love the colours. Thanks! Inspiring stuff!
ReplyDeleteTotally amazing. Reminds me of Toulouse Lautrec's way of capturing personality and mood with very economic use of line. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThese people stand in line at Lenin's mausoleum. :)
ReplyDeletethe sideways "v" is a great design. Love the balck glove to draw the eye and the red sky to keep it simple and commie like.
ReplyDeleteLovely piece.
ReplyDeleteits Moscow? i m sure
ReplyDeleteI really love the sketches, especially the first one. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteVery good progres , as allways my friend ! :)
ReplyDeleteBIG FAN !
hi
ReplyDeletethis work is verry fatastic i really like it ,
Good luck
Siete veramente GRANDI!!!
ReplyDeleteMi piacciono molto il vostro stile.
Quando posso cerco di fare lavori ispirandomi a voi.
Ciao FullScott a BIG FAN!!
ANOTHER book i have to buy because you've illustrated the cover - THANKS TOMER. when am i going to have time to read all these?!
ReplyDeleteseriously, its beautiful. so dynamic, beautiful palette.
Really awesome final product, and the progression is really interesting to look at too. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteGreat Work! But I think that your close-cropped version(green-orange) is so much stronger composition-wise than the final one . Pity they(you) didn't go for it
ReplyDeleteThis is a totally exquisite piece of graphic design. Quite the most beautiful book cover of any book I've ever read. I spent as much time closing the book to study it as I did reading.
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