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 Feb 16 2009, 02:33 PM
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Couldn't decide whether to put this in Books or Arts... Arts won.
An artist I stumbled upon, M.S. Corley, redesigned the covers of the Harry Potter books to look like Penguin Classics. He also did the same for the Lemony Snicket series. They haven't actually been published like this... he just did them as kind of a fun experiment. Some people have commented that, even though they're nice, Corley didn't capture the true spirit of Harry Potter. Meh, I still think they're pretty cool. Here are my favourites of the HP series: Source: http://mscorley.blogspot.com/2009/02/harry...r-redesign.html |
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Feb 16 2009, 03:53 PM
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 Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
These are really awesome. I really like the 1st one.
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Feb 16 2009, 04:02 PM
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 kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
I like the idea, but I agree with the people who say that he "didn't capture the true spirit of Harry Potter."
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Feb 16 2009, 04:11 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
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Feb 16 2009, 04:54 PM
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 AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
I dont like it, the original design looked more interesting, these look like harry potter cliffnotes or something
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| *Janette* |
Feb 21 2009, 10:30 PM
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I'm not too fond of The Order of the Phoenix one, but I like the rest. They're simple, but still have their own style.
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Feb 21 2009, 10:33 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Duplicate Posts: 47 Joined: Feb 2009 Member No: 714,098 |
delte
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Feb 21 2009, 10:34 PM
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 f your couch Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 |
i only like the one for H.P. and the Philosophers Stone. i wanna see the ones for Lemony Snicket.
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| *Janette* |
Feb 21 2009, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE(smash @ Feb 21 2009, 07:34 PM)  i wanna see the ones for Lemony Snicket. yessss. although i admit, i do love the originals. 
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Feb 21 2009, 10:53 PM
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f your couch Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 |
me too. but i can't seem to get to it on tumblr. do i have to have an account to see it? i like the pages in The Ersatz Elevator where it's just black. that was amusing.
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Feb 21 2009, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE(smash @ Feb 21 2009, 07:34 PM) i wanna see the ones for Lemony Snicket. QUOTE(smash @ Feb 21 2009, 07:53 PM) me too. but i can't seem to get to it on tumblr. do i have to have an account to see it? i like the pages in The Ersatz Elevator where it's just black. that was amusing. http://mscorley.blogspot.com/2009/02/lemon...t-redesign.htmlQUOTE(divergent @ Feb 21 2009, 07:34 PM) I'm not sure what penguin classic is... I don't think I've seen a book with that look before. Could be overlooking it though. I'm sure I've seen some Penguin Classics that look like that before, but I can't find any pictures right now... the closest I can find at the moment are these.
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Feb 21 2009, 11:33 PM
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f your couch Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 |
thanks. i like most of the Lemony Snicket. i would buy the covers to go over the originals just so i could have both.
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Feb 21 2009, 11:35 PM
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 Cornflakes :D Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,541 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 322,923 |
I love those, I would so buy books with that cover art.
Even if they don't capture the true whatever from the story they still are simple and look nice. |
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| *Janette* |
Feb 21 2009, 11:45 PM
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QUOTE(Joanne @ Feb 21 2009, 08:11 PM) wow, i love all of those. especially the bad beginning and the penultimate peril. 
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Feb 21 2009, 11:46 PM
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Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
Oh, I just found another artist (Olly Moss) on Flickr who did the exact same thing with video games: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollym/sets/72157612646893506/
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Feb 21 2009, 11:47 PM
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f your couch Group: Official Member Posts: 3,089 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,301 |
i love The Bad Beginning, The Austere Academy, The Vile Village (it's erie), and the Penultimate Peril.
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Feb 21 2009, 11:51 PM
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Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
QUOTE(divergent @ Feb 21 2009, 07:34 PM) I'm not sure what penguin classic is... I don't think I've seen a book with that look before. Could be overlooking it though. QUOTE(Joanne @ Feb 21 2009, 08:11 PM) I'm sure I've seen some Penguin Classics that look like that before, but I can't find any pictures right now... the closest I can find at the moment are these. Oh, found some better examples! http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/spreads/al...998399L_104.jpg |
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Feb 22 2009, 12:04 AM
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 Miss DIY Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,251 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,294 |
too modern shit
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