Now if you're like: Divya what's your credentials for critiquing all these book covers?
It's my eyeballs. Hi it's Divya G what does the g stand for? The g stands for "when graphic design
is actually your passion". It's mostly YA there might be like an adult book or a middle grade
book here and there. Just a disclaimer just because I'm endorsing some of the covers does
not mean that I necessarily endorse anything that's inside. It might just be pretty on the
outside but ugly on the inside... unlike me I'm pretty on the outside inside baby-
First one. You know i gotta pull up for my gang. Six Of Crows. I
prefer the version with the white typeface. People talk about oh you know Kaz this...
or like Kaz that... well Kaz (can) you believe that the covers match?
The covers of these books perfectly embody the tone and feel of the story; the illustrations;
I love the texture for interest; I love the minimal color palette... Look at this bird.
I'm a sucker for things looking like the outlines of other things. I think Tess Of the road does
this really well - I like the contrast between the illustration and the negative space. I love the
fact that it's an outline of a dragon and hidden within the nooks of its wings we have a hidden
village and I also love that, you know, this hilly mountainous, town illustration even though it's a
still image it does suggest movement. On the topic of crows an Enchantment of Ravens. They really
could have had that emotionless stoic girl facing the cover whilst everything moves around her
but instead they got her looking to the side! No, really. The illustration is gorgeous
like she really said "feed the birds tuppence a bag". You get a sense of movement with the birds,
the hints of feathers being around her kind of added that like fantasy glow near her neck
without it being cheesy. The positioning and the expression between her and the crow they just
look like they empower each other - they look like their besties! Spin the dawn and Unravel
The Dusk also capture movement - the richly illustrated fabrics... Although we have that like
face looking at the camera thing going on again I feel as if her face doesn't look that bland
the sharp look in their eyes when they're like looking up like this tells me that they are
fierce! I love how they've woven the thread and it's like on the verge of being cut which lends
well with the theme in the book about her being the greatest seamstress in the world because you
can really tell that she has the power. I know that they're east asian but I would hire them to
make my lehenga. You know when you look at a cover and you audibly gasp like it's so beautiful that
[ __ ] knocks the wind right out of your lungs and then you feel like Piggy from lord of the flies
because now you've got asssma (asthma)? The line art is immaculate. I love how the crane's beak is
perfectly positioned with the 'N' and the author Joan He elaborates saying "Feifei's line work is
as intricate as the arcs of my plot and her pieces are compromised of layers that reveal something
new within each glance. On the surface, the cover draws the reader in with saturated colors
and motifs reminiscent of art nouveau. Majestic crane crowned in red is eye-catching and the
lotus flowers are beautiful. Chinese culture is rich in symbolism. Lotus flowers must first grow
out of the mud before they can bloom. They symbolize perfection and purity of heart. In
this composition they tower around Hasina almost menacingly - representing the struggle she faces
to do right by her heart as she ventures deeper into her father's path. Her father meanwhile
is represented as a crane - his legacy looms long after his death. For all its political
machinations and twists, is a tale centered on family and it's about how things that
are inherently good, such as the crane and lotus flowers, become oppressive in a different context.
It's about choosing yourself even when those who love you think they know you best... that's some
shakespeare right there. Howl's moving castle might be easily top three favorite Ghibli films.
Folio society have some of the pengest ass book covers i ever seen in my entire damn life. Babes,
listen. I will sell my soul for this or even my eggs. This artist is Marie-Alice Harel and
they've a very distinctive style with their cover art and they are the 2019's book illustration
competition winner. Can we all just pause and take a minute of silence just to look at this cover...
You know the illustration makes us feel so magical and childlike and imaginative whilst also
being you know very slightly slightly darker. I love how a lot of the Folio Society cover
designers they don't even put the bloody title on the cover because the art is just
that leng! They're like you know what? Title? Who needs them. You'll see the title and the
spine. Here I may be a vegan but i can appreciate a good yolk. Yolk by artist gg is so distinctive
for YA - the bold yellow demands your attention. I love the illustrations of the two sisters falling
from the sky their hands enclapsed. Children of blood and bone. Look at the texture, the contrast,
the white and the black backgrounds, the minimal colors... ze illustration. Everything sad
is untrue. Texture. I love how there's so many hidden illustrated elements. I love
there's like a very light symmetry going on. I love the interplay of the text
with the tornado. I love the multiplex of the colors that doesn't feel like too
visually overwhelming. Inkeart Cornelia Funk's covers now they did a me yeah. They glowed up from
first day at year 7 to the best time of your life. Look at this! Symmetrical, it's balanced,
the typography and the illustrations are gorgeous! Color scheme of each individual books retain
its individual integrity whilst matching this series! Like triplets but they got their own
personality. To me it does read slightly younger maybe middle grade not sure whether the series
classifies as such but inkheart... all three of you i will catch a grenade for you i will
jump in front of a train- listen there are so many YA covers that would give Aishwarya Rai a run for
their money okay. Let me you know your favorite YA covers or even better still: covers that were
shit but the insides were good or covers that were good but the inside was shit or just like
covers that you like. Next time i might do like non-ya covers follow my depression on twitter and
whatever the hell and my battery is running out so i'll see you guys and next time whenever that is
i'm moving out like in like a day or two so we'll see if this we'll see what happens anyway okay...
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