WorkCoversCover & book design

The Dopple Ganger Chronicles

A novel that turns into a comic and back again. The cover, the pages, and the thinking that held it together.

  • G.P. Taylor
  • Art Direction
  • Cover Design
  • Book Design
  • Concept Development

12 pieces

  1. The hardcover standing on grey: a gothic DG monogram above two red-haired twins and a lantern-lit figure, G.P. Taylor in gold.
  2. The hardcover standing open, seen from behind: an orange spine between the back cover and the front.
  3. The title lettering alone: a ragged gothic DG above The Dopple Ganger Chronicles.
  4. Character studies: seven figures in a row, from the twins to a soldier in a red coat.
  5. A storyboard sheet: page thumbnails, pencil roughs and notes in red on how text and pictures trade places.
  6. A reference board: high-contrast artwork, sequential art, illustration and typographic samples, numbered and annotated.
  7. A chart of the story's pace: a red line rising and falling across the chapters.
  8. An open spread: text on black at left, the DG title page at right.
  9. An open spread of comic panels in muted blues and browns.
  10. An open spread of prose where words break out of the text at display size: Villains, and Don't like this place.
  11. An open spread: a name lettered huge across both pages between ragged black bars.
  12. A black spread: Who is it? in white lettering beside two figures drawn in white line.

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