Here's a potentially embarrassing look behind the scenes at the making of the cover of
Pssst! (see previous post for the final cover).
My first finished sketch was theatically similar, but with a completely different composition ang title design. The thumbnail:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTlow82JP5XEu4fczPXbZ9x8vE_0I4flsFZbK7nvEcKK6gfGJBClzh9pheCrQeSarXQv8yjvtY3PUqyjSSudTEfqd5lYS5rLXcjv91Soai4vvVx-jMEWDh-D9CcQqdH2CfQ931X4tjbY/s400/thumb.jpg)
and the finished sketch, with some digital color:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqVz6b2cd98u9YyVrHGUIE2nhkSABOTpWlR7MWct83Las1OAlwFPkhDZCFD7W1hLECo2MeT1LcJzYv1oD2Bejr_MMikIxryvOKuWfy_GQOFs1XAIzRuTvQ7A25q3BCcVh1sCMQjowJvE/s400/cover.jpg)
Harcourt didn't like it. I can't remember why. But I like the final cover better, so they must have been right. Here are a few subsequent stages:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBscSGnxpnYEzfDCn7WBjsrSH-nDkmbUFSTtuu0gXWjHjZs7n3JoLQ7nISGHeIi0zN2Co4v0vue_MJDN1OAvPrdcpjwcWpryKuzEw0aI04WWyMjnB4cz-JT8o00Nfcb8sTZxVWmbiS07U/s400/covers.jpg)
That last one turned into the final cover you can see below. The title changed a bit–typographical artist Judythe Sieck helped me redesign it into something a little cleaner and easier to read.
That's all for now, more in a few days.