A series of reimagined dust jackets for Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, designed through a mixed media process and fully digitized for print.

Each cover draws inspiration from key themes within the series — evidence, obsession, and unraveling the truth.

A series of reimagined dust jackets for Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, designed through a mixed media process and fully digitized for print.

Each cover draws inspiration from key themes within the series — evidence, obsession, and unraveling the truth.

A series of reimagined dust jackets for Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, designed through a mixed media process and fully digitized for print.

Each cover draws inspiration from key themes within the series — evidence, obsession, and unraveling the truth.

A Good Girls Guide To Murder Series

A Good Girls Guide To Murder Series

A Good Girls Guide To Murder Series

A Good Girls Guide To Murder

A Good Girls Guide To Murder

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Smashing ceramic mugs and photographed the shards to create the cover’s central texture.

The inside flaps feature hand-torn paper, scanned and digitized for a clean mixed media finish.

Smashing ceramic mugs and photographed the shards to create the cover’s central texture.

The inside flaps feature hand-torn paper, scanned and digitized for a clean mixed media finish.

Smashing ceramic mugs and photographed the shards to create the cover’s central texture.

The inside flaps feature hand-torn paper, scanned and digitized for a clean mixed media finish.

This design uses mockup elements like a hand mic, shattered phone, fingerprint, file folder, and digital blood.

I added my own torn paper for subtle texture, blending minimal physical media with digital design.

This design uses mockup elements like a hand mic, shattered phone, fingerprint, file folder, and digital blood.

I added my own torn paper for subtle texture, blending minimal physical media with digital design.

This design uses mockup elements like a hand mic, shattered phone, fingerprint, file folder, and digital blood.

I added my own torn paper for subtle texture, blending minimal physical media with digital design.

As Good As Dead

As Good As Dead

This cover features handwritten notes and markings I created, scanned, and layered digitally. I incorporated a duct tape mockup element and designed a homemade footprint icon to tie into the story’s themes.

This cover features handwritten notes and markings I created, scanned, and layered digitally. I incorporated a duct tape mockup element and designed a homemade footprint icon to tie into the story’s themes.

This cover features handwritten notes and markings I created, scanned, and layered digitally. I incorporated a duct tape mockup element and designed a homemade footprint icon to tie into the story’s themes.

Special Edition Design

Special Edition Design

Special Edition Design

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Typography

Typography

Typography

Color

Color

Color

Solution

Solution

Solution

Design a book jacket for a book series that visually unifies multiple titles while capturing the central themes and tone of the narrative. The design should create a cohesive identity for the series and appeal to its target audience.

Design a book jacket for a book series that visually unifies multiple titles while capturing the central themes and tone of the narrative. The design should create a cohesive identity for the series and appeal to its target audience.

Design a book jacket for a book series that visually unifies multiple titles while capturing the central themes and tone of the narrative. The design should create a cohesive identity for the series and appeal to its target audience.

The solution is to create a cohesive jacket design for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and its sequels using consistent typography and thematic visuals. Each cover will reflect its plot while maintaining a unified style to strengthen series identity and capture the story’s suspenseful tone.

The solution is to create a cohesive jacket design for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and its sequels using consistent typography and thematic visuals. Each cover will reflect its plot while maintaining a unified style to strengthen series identity and capture the story’s suspenseful tone.

The solution is to create a cohesive jacket design for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and its sequels using consistent typography and thematic visuals. Each cover will reflect its plot while maintaining a unified style to strengthen series identity and capture the story’s suspenseful tone.

Challenge

Challenge

Challenge

Adobe Photoshop,Adobe Illustrator,

Software

Book Jackets

Product

Print

Category

February 2025

Date