book design
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book design |
YA Book Jacket Redesigns
Skills : Illustration, Hand-lettering, Book Design
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Titles
✧ The Bandit Queens : Parani Shroff
✧ Kaikeyi : Vaishnavi Patel
✧ The Daughters of Madurai : Rajasree Variyar
These book cover redesigns were part of my senior thesis project. The original covers were created in-house and lean on familiar
publishing trends such as typography-driven layouts, photo collage, and stock imagery. While effective in some markets, I often find these approaches limit the individuality of a story, especially when it comes to books centered on Indian culture. To challenge this pattern, my redesigns approach these covers through a more illustrative lens, bringing in focus to character, and a stronger sense of narrative presence. The goal was to create visuals that feel distinct and memorable, while capturing each book’s tone more authentically. In doing so, I hope to highlight how intentional design + illustration can better honor the richness of a story and make space for underrepresented voices in the publishing market.
process sketches
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process sketches |
Series Branding Cover Design
Skills : Photo Collage, Book Design
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Titles
Ernest Hemingway:
✧ The Old Man and the Sea
✧ The Sun also Rises
✧ The Hills and the White Elephant
Middle Grade Cover + Interior Design
Skills : Spot-llustration, Hand-lettering, Interior Typesetting
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Title
✧ Wonder: R.J Palacio
For this project, the task was to select a meaningful chapter book from our childhood, redesign its cover, and create accompanying spot illustrations.
Cover Design: I chose playful, sketch-like textures with a grainy quality to capture the book’s tone. I hand-lettered the title, and incorporated elements like the astronaut helmet and August’s dog, “Darth Daisy,” as symbols of comfort and familiarity. The cover remains intentionally open-ended to spark curiosity and invite readers into August’s world.
Spot Illustrations: Depicting August’s face was a delicate challenge, since the book leaves much to the imagination. Rather than hiding him behind a helmet in every scene, I highlighted key features mentioned in the text (his offset eyes and cleft lip) while keeping the style simple and approachable.
My design intent was to show August as just like any other kid, while not shying away from the importance of representation.