The Kingsnake
In collaboration, I volunteered to format the text and illustrations, design the cover, spine, and back, and oversee the printing of the final copy.
Design Exploration
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."