Creating Distilled

By Andi Gladwin - Tuesday, May 12, 2020

I have now produced the artwork for over one-hundred Vanishing Inc. books (that's enough books to stack floor to ceiling in my office!). While every book looks and feels different, I always start with the same question: what should this book feel like? That often leads me to consider the texture of the cover and paper, and the size and shape of the book.

Because I can't mock up a physical copy of the book at this stage, I tend to produce a digital mockup so that I can confirm with the author that it fits. Here's the starting point of Ryan Plunkett's new book, Distilled:

Distilled mockup

While it doesn't always happen, I think we got the perfect feeling quite right here. Here's what we eventually settled on:

Distilled =

Reader comments:

Brett

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 23:43 PM - Reply to this comment

Is there a list anywhere of every book Vanishing has published? Would love to see what I don't yet own

Barbara

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 16:11 PM - Reply to this comment

I believe if you go to the "magic books" section of the top menu (or side on mobile) then tick the "show Vanishing Inc. products only" box it will work. Be sure to click "update listing" after. Hope this helps!

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