I stated before in an earlier post that I had to change the name of this publication because of some tat on the TV. I'm starting to run short on time and need to get a move on. I spent hours thinking of names but none was fitting...Georgie took some time from her busy schedule to help me out with it. she came up with some good names and together we thought this was the best, if you like it then great, it was me who liked the idea more than Georgie if you don't like it, then blame her! cos I agree, it's naff.
pressed for time I tried to cut a corner with the cover, lost of my books have a page from the interior of the book on the cover. So I tried it and was hoping that it would fit. it would save me a lot of time...
but it wasn't happening. it looked tacky, It looks like the cheap books that they sell in York in the gift shops...not very entertaining at all. before you open them you know for a fact there are orange stained photos of castles, some drama student dressed in a very unconvincing Tudor outfit and poor illustrations of someone being stretched...I didn't want my publication to say that I wanted it to look different and intriguing.
so despite the time, I started a fresh. To avoid that gift shop look, I decided it was best to keep away from any illustration of Leeds on the front. I like to think this book takes you on a journey deeper and deeper into Leeds, the first pages are the city streets, then homes, the lifestyle and so on...so what image should come before the city. I love the old maps of Leeds, hand drawn with ink and quill...those kinds. Leeds was surrounded by woods back then...and from my studio flat window we have a great view, and still, now the city is surrounded by trees. After Staring for a while it almost looks like its building built in the middle of trees. so with that, I thought the cover should be woodland as a great start of the book, stood at the start of Leeds, the woods surrounding it and you get further and further into Leeds as you read on.
Final outcome for the cover
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