A talk about Art

Hello, the purpose of this blog is to help bring to life a love of all art that is out there. Here you will find the masters to the most current artists out there. You will have a chance to learn a little about them and share your thoughts on their work. And along the way we will have some fun and questions and trivia about anything ART.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

A picture that makes you read

Have you ever looked at the picture on the outside of the book and decided right there and then if you were going to read the book or not?  Did you ever stop to think about the fact that someone got paid to design that cover?  Do you think you could do better?

 

   I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan book cover  Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater book cover  Winter Town by Stephen Emond


Do any of these covers make you want to pick up these books and find out what they are about?  Do any of them give you clues to what they might be about?

Hottie   The Boys Next Door (Simon Romantic Comedies)

Would either of these books catch your attention?  Can you think of a different way to create a cover for these books?

24 comments:

  1. The cover of a book usally helps me choose a book to read. I read Inkheart because of the cover looked intesting.

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  2. the cover of a book is one of the most important parts of a book becuase if you want to find a new book, you have a good portion of an idea what the book is going to be about.

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  3. im not a fan of drawings of peopel that are supose to look like people but there off, it just bugs me. but that doesnt not go for like some one who is a cartoon that doesnt cuz then hey dont look messed up i don tknow its weird

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  4. I dont really read, so when I do, I usually pick the one with the coolest cover. The ones that most interest me are Pure and Shiver. They just look pretty interesting. I think it would be cool to recreate a book cover for an art project.

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  5. a cover is always the first thing i see on a book and i always read a book if the cover looks really cool. i always wanted to have a job that involed drawing book covers

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  6. If I see a book with a cool cover I usually think that the book will be good. So I think that a interesting book cover will encourage people to get interested in the book and read it.

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  7. what is this supposed to be. isnt it just a book cover. i dont understand it.

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  8. i dont what some of these are. im confused. i wouldnt like to do this

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  9. I'm more likely to read a book if they cover looks interesting. It would be interenting to make our own book covers in class and compare each others.

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  10. I think that people that make book covers need to make them interesting for people to read them.

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  11. If i read a book usually it has to have a cool cover. These covers are kinda creative so i may read them. These books decent but i dont think i would read them

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  12. A cover is the first thing you see when you are trying to chose a book, it has to be as good as this ones

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  13. I dont think these book covers look like anything i would ever read. But if they had looked different they could have caught my attension. I dont like books so i hope we never do anything like this.

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  14. this is cool for art. a good cover photo for a book would catch the readers attention and make them want to read it even more.

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  15. I don't really get it but i still think it's some cool art

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  16. these are really good book covers. i would read that book because the cover is really good. there is no why a could draw like that.

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  17. i dont like books but this is cool. just kidding i dont like.

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  18. This is cool. I don't like to read that much, but this is pretty cool. I like the shiver one the best. It would take to much time to do it, and I wouldn't have the patience.

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  19. the cover of the book is the number one part of the book. i think we all have a moment in our heads asking if we are gonna read this book or not because of the cover.

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  20. when you have a book cover it shouldnt be super cartoony and bright. it also shouldnt have a cheesy font showing off the title. I personally look at the book covers to see if i even want to get a certain book. i like the simplicity on some book covers, but sometimes you have to have something that will catch your eye too.

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  21. The cover is what gets me to read it. If the cover isn't cool i probably wont read it. I think a couple of them look pretty interesting.

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  22. i like the covers of these books but i dont read.

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  23. books are nice. they are cool to read.

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  24. a cover is always the first thing i see on a book and i always read a book if the cover looks really cool. i always wanted to have a job that involed drawing book covers

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