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Creation of book covers as design and illustration studies for personal use


Continuous project of book cover creation for personal recreation or, if there are interested parties, use in published publications. The books were chosen according to personal interest, as well as the aesthetics used, since it is a project carried out without concrete ends.










Ubu

Cover for the four Ubu plays, by Alfred Jarry. The front and back illustrations used were made by the author himself.
Type  Book Cover
Date  2020
Size  14x21x3 cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces  Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Alfred Jarry





Women

Cover for the book Women, by Charles Bukowski.

Type   Book Cover
Date  2021
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces  Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Adobe Stock





O Primeiro Homem

Cover for the book The First Man, by Albert Camus.

Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)





Não-humano

Cover for the book No Longer Human, by Osamu Dazai, with the illustration inspired in the Aklama figures, from the Adangbe people.

Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)





O Marinheiro que Perdeu as Graças do Mar

Cover for the book The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, by Yukio Mishima.


Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)





A Volta ao Dia
em 80 Mundos

Cover for the book Around the Day in 80 Worlds, by Júlio Cortázar, inspired by Dadaist imagery.

Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)





O Livro de Horas

Cover for The Book of Hours, by Rainer Maria Rilke. The background is inspired by the Beatus Facundus.

Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)





O Barco Bêbado

Cover for the book The Drunken Boat, by Artur Rimbaud, inspired by Alvin Lustig's covers for the books Illuminations and A Beer in Hell.
   

Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)





No verso De Nenhuma Estória

Cover for a poetry book, with illustration afther the piece "A L'Heure de L'Observatoire - Les Amoureux",
by Man Ray.
Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)




Manifestações

Cover for a poetry book, with illustration afther the piece "Tree", by Calder.
Type Poster
Date 2023
Size  29,7x42cm
Profile  Color
Typefaces Nouvelle Vague
Rubik Dirt
Block Berthold
Images  Anna (1967)


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