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Erin Galloway's avatar

As someone who gets the chance to work with illustrators regularly I appreciate your willingness to share your ideas - the ones that stick, the ones you loved but didn't get chosen, and the final selection. Thank you for taking us behind the scenes on the book cover creation experience. I truly loved the journey you took us on!

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

I'm happy that you enjoyed it!! Thank you :)

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Jacob Souva's avatar

Lovely! I love all of them and that’s why I’m not a book designer or art director 😂…

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thank you!!! Very true hahaha

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Lian Cho's avatar

omg PAIN... Glad you got there in the end!!! I love the cycle of us helping each other with cover drawings hhahaha can't wait for the cover reveal!!!! ;)

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

THANK YOU FOR UR HELP couldn't have done it without u!!

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Lian Cho's avatar

COVER VIDEO I MEAN NOT THE REVEAL obviously the cover has already been revealed

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Mika's avatar

Reminds me of my in-house graphic design job when you have more than one stakeholder involved.

Ultimately, the end product is great, but you have to be patient along the way.

Thanks for sharing this process! Love the cover and I’m glad you were able to use so many of the concepts - so cute!

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thank you!!

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Katarzyna Matynia's avatar

That’s so crazy how many options you did… And it’s interesting to see that you had to wait so long for marketing to answear. I get really nervous when a client doesn’t reply in 24h haha :D

But my favourite part is seeing how you handled typography - you have a gift for it :).

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Nidhi Chanani's avatar

I just got this in the mail (thank you!) and I thought what a charming and clear cover! Excited to read it 😊

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thank you Nidhi!

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Victoria's avatar

You had so many amazing ideas! I'm really glad the back cover illustration got to stay!

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Monika Baum's avatar

What a journey indeed! 💪 That was a lot of revisions! But the end result is really great, thanks for the BTS peek!

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thank you!!

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Child + Line by Sasha Kahn's avatar

Love this! It’s so great having art directors to weigh in

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Yes! And especially an Art Director who both understands your vision but also pushes you to do better.

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Jeremy Ray Ross's avatar

... looking up definition of resilience... see this post from beloved Author/Illustrator, Annosha Syed.

I love the final cover, but I do have to admit --> #8 (weird cover) is pretty awesome, too! Great job. Also loving the girl's pose from Jim...

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Haha, thanks!!

Yes Jim's drawing was excellent!

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Kaly Quarles's avatar

Omg you're a trooper! I would've need a box of tissues to accompany me through 18 rounds of revisions!! Absolutely adore where you landed - and the lettering is just spectacular!

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thank you Kaly! Definitely towards the end I was pulling my hair out in frustration; this was the only thing left to do for the book but mentally I had already moving onto my next project haha I was DONE

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Rachel Michelle Wilson's avatar

Love how you detailed this journey and how it turned out! So excited for you and this book :)

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thanks Rachel!!

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Keisha Okafor's avatar

Thanks for sharing your process! It was great to see the evolution of the cover. Also, bribery did work, after reading I pre-ordered your book!

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Ahh wow thank you!!

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Christina Chung's avatar

Wow what a journey! Loved following all these different paths to what ultimately became the final cover. Thank you for sharing all the hard work behind the process here!

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Anoosha Syed's avatar

Thank you :))

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