book cover art
Spine and front
Book cover art is the visual design and imagery on the front of a book, intended to attract readers and convey something about the content.
It ranges from photographic images to illustrations to purely typographic treatments.
Cover art functions as both marketing and aesthetic expression: The book cover art featured a moody cityscape that perfectly captured the noir tone.
In publishing, cover art decisions often involve tension between commercial appeal and artistic vision.
- jacketSleeved upper-body covering
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- dust jacketRemovable paper book cover
- typographyArranging letters for display
hardcover · trade paperback · paperback · mass market · blurb · artwork · designer · portrait · lettering · embossed · glossy · matte · die cut · bestseller · first edition · title · author · binding
- literary posters
- book artillustration, frontispiece, plate, chapter heading, headpiece
- concept artspacecraft design, architectural vision, future city
- digital artdigital art, render, 3D modeling, digital illustration, graphic design
- character artcharacter design, character sheet, concept art, reference sheet, turnaround