Mia Rohrer
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The Kingsnake 
SUMMER 2024


The Kingsnake is author Robert Hampton's debut novel.
In collaboration, I volunteered to format the text and illustrations, design the cover, spine, and back, and oversee the printing of the final copy.

The Problem
Hampton desired a classical feel to his novel. The task was to bring his vision to life, and through a series of cover iterations, typographic exploration, and discussions with the author, we would achieve a final product.  We worked closely to perfect his debut novel—The Kingsnake, a historical fiction novel set in the historical nineteenth-century American West.  
Imagery
 Artwork by Robert Hampton was scanned and edited to achieve a deeper and darker coloration.  
Further, Hampton desired that all drawings retain their "hand-drawn appearance."
Typographic Exploration

Hampton desired a slab-serif typeface for the body copy. He was presented with a series of different typefaces in the same layout. Ultimately, we decided on 12 pt. Tribute OT as the body copy. 
Sleeve Exploration


Final Sleeve

(to add final book, with irl images