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I designed this full-wrap paperback cover for The Well by Samuel Small, crafting a chilling and atmospheric visual identity perfectly tailored to signal paranormal horror and supernatural suspense to prospective readers.
Key Design Highlights
Atmospheric Compositing: Centered the composition around an abandoned, decaying stone well isolated deep within a dense, fog-drenched forest, immediately establishing a profound sense of isolation and dread.
Eerie Color Grading: Utilized a highly desaturated, monochromatic color palette dominated by sickly greens and deep, crushing shadows. I highlighted the central well with a pale, ethereal moonlight glow to draw the eye and evoke a classic haunted aesthetic.
Customized Horror Typography: Developed a striking title treatment for The Well using a bold, high-contrast block font distressed with intricate, root-like cracks and fractures. This customized text perfectly mirrors the narrative's themes of decay and deeply buried secrets.
Print-Ready Wrap & Typesetting: Delivered a cohesive, print-ready layout spanning the front, spine, and back panels. I structured the extensive back cover blurb with crisp, legible typography against the dark woodland backdrop to ensure effortless reading, while leaving precise spacing for the standard barcode placement.
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Elias Vent is a free editorial Framer portfolio template for product,
motion, and brand designers.
Who it's for: designers who want a portfolio that looks as considered as
the work in it.
The hero is the centrepiece: five projects on a tilted curve that swings
past as you scroll, section pinned while it plays, each slide full-bleed
photography with the project name in large type over it.
The rest: near-black editorial ground, a scroll-pinned project gallery,
headlines that resolve letter by letter, a custom cursor over the awards
list, image parallax, and an animated gradient shader in the footer
wired to the site's colour tokens. All native Framer.
What you get: a home page (hero, about, principles, services, gallery,
FAQ, contact), case study pages, five populated demo projects, and a
styled 404.
Live preview: https://eliasvent.framer.website
brilliant work!
A full shoot, built from a single product photo.
I started with one flat e-commerce packshot, the same asset any brand already has, and built the rest: fabric detail, styling, and the product worn, on two models, across front, profile and back. One coherent world, one locked direction.
It works two ways: as pre-production, to explore several directions before a shoot and decide with something real in front of you, and as final, campaign-ready visuals for social and e-commerce, refined down to the detail.
And it scales in every direction: more products and full looks, several models in a single frame, different sets and moods from the same starting assets, and motion.
Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eXN3mFQE
Self-initiated project on EME STUDIOS pieces, not affiliated.
I’m closing my calendar for the coming month. If this could fit your brand, my inbox is open 📬
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