Illustration for a book.

I created illustrations for a book. It's a collection of 21 short stories and the project was to create one illustration for each story.

After reading the stories, I had something in mind and designed the first three illustration.

I used free and open source ressources such as images from the Unsplash website. And modified these images with photoshop.

Let's take one example to see how I designed It.

On photoshop, I selected what I needed and added title and structures.

Then I used field blur. It will create a nice effect with some smart filters.

Here's the prototype that i send to the author.

The author immediately approved the design and asked me to keep the idea of the line on each side to frame the text.

Each illustration has a direct connection to the story. An object present in the room, a symbol, a clue. I wanted that when the reader turns the page, they'd ask themselves, "Why this image?".

Now that I have the design, I just have to create one illustration for every stories.

You'll find the rest of the illustration on the book.

D'un crime à l'autre, Chris. K. Five