Gulliver's Travels

Dust jacket design for Jonathan Swift's classic tale Gulliver's Travels was created by coating white clayboard with black gouache and then carving my illustration through the black gouache to reveal the image in white.

The design was meant to hearken back to old woodcut illustrations, and was illustrated to make the book more appealing to young children who may not be eager to read such a large book. The type in the logo is set in Clarendon and plays with scale as a nod at the various lands that Gulliver visits throughout the book.

✪ This project was recognized with an Honorable Mention in Creativity Awards Annual 39 in October 2009 as well as a Certificate of Excellence from Graphic Design USA: American Graphic Design Awards in September 2009.

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