Book cover

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One of my friends who is a writer suffered considerably when she saw the cover that her publisher picked for her last book (as covered in one of my old blog post http://www.eggnog.me/2009/12/crappy-covers-manly-front-emoboy-story.html ), so when she is about to send in her latest story, she asked me to provide something in the last minute. Basically, she told me last Friday that I need to finish a cover for her by Sunday's night. I spent Friday reading nearly 1000 pages of story and made out a couple of sketches for her, then work like hell during the weekend before heading to NY for a job interview without getting any sleep. At least she is satisfied, although it remains to be seen whether her editor would like it too or not. (Writers in Thailand don't have any control over their book's design. Most designers/illustrators aren't even required to know ANY detail about the book, hence the usual misleading cover.) The last cover that the editor gave her was basically a reject from another writer's book...

Even though this isn't one of my better work, it comes quite close to what the writer wanted and envisioned, so it can probably be called a success. I hope that this cover would be chosen though. My friend, Poony, is a very talented young writer (who can earn her living and her entire college fee from her books at the age of 20) and she deserves better than crappy design that the publisher halfheartedly throw at her.