Hot off the press!

A Republic in the Making - Gyanesh Kudaisya

Unfortunately this cover was not approved.
Happens.

Sania Mirza book cover design

Did this book cover for Reem publications.
My first Telegu book cover.

China in 2020. Author - Hu Angang

Since 2017 is round the corner  . .  . pulled this out from my archives. 

Economic Offences by S. Subramanian

i love working on typographic covers. The author has refined sensibilities as well to accept a simple, stark cover as this. 

Roars and Trumpets by Gurpreet Singh

A book about elephants and the jungle! i had shot the elephant and the jungle at two different times, they come together wonderfully though. 

The Kite Flyers by Sharad P. Paul

This sure wasn't as easy as flying a kite! (if there is a saying like this). i never found kite-flying easy anyway and this cover design was no exception. There were quite a few options i sent out before the one chosen was taken in. 

The ones that were not selected (i hate to use the work rejected) are also put up. Anyone want a framed painting for that blank wall . . .!

Right now, i like moving away from the photograph dominated cover design, if i HAVE to use photos then i'd like to play around, tweak, sort-of mess around the image a bit (my way of doing things). Though i can't do this for all types of books. Maybe i could have thrown in an image or two for the finally selected cover, but pure vector illustration has it's pull! what say?