30 Covers, 30 Days 2015: Day Seventeen
Every November, during National Novel Writing Month, thirty professional designers volunteer to create book cover art inspired by novels being written by aspiring authors from around the globe. Why? To encourage new, diverse voices, and help build a more creative world.
30 Covers, 30 Days is presented in partnership with designer and author Debbie Millman.
Read more about these NaNoWriMo 2015 novels-in-progress, and the cover designers, below.
30 Covers, 30 Days 2014: Day 4 with Designer Thy Doan
30 Covers, 30 Days is back! What is 30C30D? We match up 30 professional designers with 30 NaNoWriMo participants, and challenge the designers to create a book cover in 48 hours or less, based solely on that participants’ 2014 NaNo-novel synopsis.
The NaNo-novel: Cinnamon Stars
Hattie Wilks is her high school’s fat kid. However, Hattie has developed what she calls her flab-ulous confidence and strives to be unapologetically happy with her body, even if her family can’t support her.
Now she is on a quest to meet her online true love at a fanfiction book conference under the guise of a college look-see trip. The one hiccup? Her sister is required to chaperone her on the road trip, which tops the list of the last things on earth she wants.
The Genre: Young Adult & Youth
The Author: Andi Skowronek in Africa :: Nigeria
The Designer: Thy Doan is an independent designer and letterer currently based in Boston. Branding, custom lettering and print design are the mainstays of her work, but she also strives to push lettering into mediums that are off-screen and can be a part of your daily life. Thy also has an online shop and can be found on Instagram at penandpalates.
High-Resolution Book Art:
30 Covers, 30 Days: Day 4
Today’s cover was designed by Thy Doan, and inspired by participant Jason Black:
Freight Train Bennie and the Gold Run by Jason Black
During the Great Depression, a 12-year-old boy leaves home so his parents have one less mouth to feed. Soon he finds himself in a new life, riding the rails as a hobo with a new name, “Freight Train”.
There, he meets another “road kid” who goes by Shackle, and turns out to be a girl in hiding. As Freight Train is leaving his family behind, he learns Shackle is on a journey to re-unite with hers. That is, if she can stay out of the clutches of the menacing “Jungle Buzzard” hobo known as Sidetrack, who also knows Shackle’s secret, and isn’t above taking advantage.
Together, Freight Train and Shackle make their way across America, struggling to stay one step ahead of the railroad officers, and one train ahead of Sidetrack.
About the Designer:
Thy Doan is an independent designer and letterer based in Salt Lake City, Utah.