Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell:
Zoe Norvell is a book cover designer and the founder of I Need a Book Interior. Since receiving her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2011, she has designed nearly 700 book covers. She began her career in Manhattan as an in-house designer at Simon & Schuster and then Penguin Random House. Today, she freelances from Washington, DC.
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Inspiration for Crybaby by Cheryl Klein:
Cheryl Klein named her story "Crybaby" in jest. She does repeatedly refer to herself as a crybaby throughout her book, but when you learn about all of the hardships that she endured over a short period of time, you'll agree that she's not a crybaby at all--she's one strong heroine!
Leaning on Roy Lichtenstein's 1963 "masterpiece of melodrama" felt fitting for this cover. I wanted the humor in Lichtenstein's painting to carry over onto this cover, just as Cheryl relies on humor to keep her head up. I chose to zoom in even more onto the woman's face to highlight the single tear dripping down. I also changed the colors of the original illustration so that everything had an even, blue tint. This helped echo Drowning Girl even more while also pushing the illustration into the background and highlighting the text of the cover.
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Books designed by Zoe Norvell and their visual inspiration:
Other book jackets by Zoe Norvell:
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
Judge a Book By Its Cover - Book Jacket Designs by Zoe Norvell
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