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Illustrator C. S. Neal on Designing MAY B.’s Cover

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Chris Neal has a wonderful new post on his website about the way he approached MAY B.’s cover, an interesting step-by-step with lots of sketches included.

Publishing is a team effort, and much of the process can be likened to a relay race. You are responsible for (and familiar with) only your leg of the journey. That means a lot of the process is left shrouded in mystery, especially for first timers like me.

Thank you, Chris, for this glimpse into your end of things!

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Filed Under: May B., publication

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  1. Natalie Aguirre says

    July 18, 2011 at 11:59 am

    So interesting to read how the cover came to be. Thanks for sharing this.

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  2. Anna Staniszewski says

    July 18, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    How interesting to get a glimpse of the process. Very cool!

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  3. Andrea Mack says

    July 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Thanks for sharing this link. How interesting to see this side of things.

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  4. A.L. Sonnichsen says

    July 19, 2011 at 5:01 am

    This was so amazing! Thanks for sharing this process with us!

    Amy

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  5. Michael Winchell says

    July 22, 2011 at 1:08 am

    I still can’t get over it. I love that cover. Chris did a phenomenal job.

    You and Marissa Burt have the coolest debut covers, and you’re both Mayhemers.

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  6. Caroline Starr Rose says

    July 22, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    Michael, I love Marissa’s cover, too. It’s so interesting to see what work others are doing to make a book come together.

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  7. TerryLynnJohnson says

    July 26, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    wow, that was cool to see how it progressed. Especially loved the glimpse into what the publisher wished to portrait as well as the artist. So interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

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  8. Robyn says

    August 1, 2011 at 12:59 am

    That was really neat! I always wonder how the cover design is decided.

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