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I’ve already mentioned it on my website, but I thought I would talk a bit more here. This is a mock-up of the book cover I created for a competition. Actually I made it after the entry just to see how it looks like. This kind of classic fiction is likely to be a paperback.

In the competition I had to choose one or more titles from their list. I’ve picked ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ by F. Sagan as I had not read it properly, and I wanted to add some modern look to the existing cover. The existing cover uses a photo but it was a bit out of date (looks like 80s, I think), and not really reflecting the story.

My intention was to show a subtle sadness in a place where everyone is supposed to be happy (summer holiday in French coast).

I entered a couple of other titles too and unfortunately none of them won a prize, but I was shortlisted (I don’t know for which one yet). You can see the winners’ works here. I felt that most are rather abstract and somehow artistic (not particularly design-oriented). But they have different judges each year and it might not be the case next year.

ギャラリー主催の装画コンペに出した作品の一つ。エントリー時はタイトルや著者名を入れることはおろか、もちろんこんな模型を送ることは許されていません…ので、勝手に自分で作ってみました。受賞はしませんでしたが、エントリー作品のどれかは最終選考に残ったようです。