Project: Book Cover Design (Title Treatment, Cover Graphics*)
Purpose: To create a cover that mimics the look of an ancient grimoire that appeals to fans and collectors of fantasy genre content and stands out on social/e-commerce platforms like Tik Tok.
People: Michael P. Maerlender (Designer), *Character artwork provided by the Author.
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Cover design and title treatment for WIST, a fantasy-horror graphic novel written by Steve M. Robertson.
With my cover and title treatment as the sole marketing graphics used for the book, WIST: A Graphic Novel became a top 5 best selling novel on the Tik Tok Shop, and reached the number 1 spot on Amazon's list of horror graphic novels.