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Steven Hall
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:23:35 AM

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Some of images of Jesse Walker's amazing Raw Shark Texts concept design:







The full set of images can be found here

I really love this.
I'm talking to Jesse at the moment about the design of Hula Hoop.

S
cgsheldon
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:49:03 AM
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Very cool; I like the red of the title on the book spine, it looks like blood dripping from a shark's teeth.

I assume the text on "Poster for the Film Adaptation" is just a mock-up? No secret hints of cast or crew in there? ;-p
Steven Hall
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:21:08 PM

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cgsheldon wrote:
I assume the text on "Poster for the Film Adaptation" is just a mock-up?


Yep, it's all just a mock-up.
For now anyway ;)

S
heartbreak
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:21:45 PM
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That is freaking cool!
Steven Hall
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:22:45 PM

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heartbreak wrote:
That is freaking cool!


Isn't it just?
Hoping that Jesse can come onboard with the new book, and maybe with repackaging Raw Shark too.

S
heartbreak
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:25:18 PM
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I hate to say it, because I spend so much money on books I already have as it is. But if that becomes an edition of Raw Sharks I will have to buy it. It's amazing. I love the cover.
Steven Hall
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:29:14 PM

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cgsheldon wrote:
I assume the text on "Poster for the Film Adaptation" is just a mock-up? No secret hints of cast or crew in there? ;-p


You know, I hadn't even noticed the credits along the bottom. I wonder who he cast in there...?

heartbreak wrote:
if that becomes an edition of Raw Sharks I will have to buy it


I know what you're saying, I'd really like to get this cover on the book.
Hmmm...

S
heartbreak
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:33:19 PM
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I tried to zoom in on the text at the bottom of the poster but it just blurred before I could read much of anything, I think I saw a John. :D Not that that helps any.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:57:49 PM
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Steven Hall wrote:
heartbreak wrote:
That is freaking cool!


Isn't it just?
Hoping that Jesse can come onboard with the new book, and maybe with repackaging Raw Shark too.

S


that would be brilliant! maybe with a special edition of the raw shark (complete with encyclopedia of unusual fish!!)!!
cgsheldon
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:23:46 PM
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Steven Hall wrote:
I wonder who he cast in there...?


It looks like Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray; could be from Rushmore but its too blurry to be certain.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:11:25 PM

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These are absolutely beautiful.
MiaVRO
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:25:59 PM

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Oh man, this is so awesome! That's so inventive. SOOOOO well done.
cgsheldon
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:39:42 PM
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Steven, if this were to become a book that we can buy how much involvement would you have in its design, the choice of fonts, etc.?

I'm wondering how much of an impact the design might have on a reader, and the interpretation of the text.
Steven Hall
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:36:12 PM

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cgsheldon wrote:
Steven, if this were to become a book that we can buy how much involvement would you have in its design, the choice of fonts, etc.?

I'm wondering how much of an impact the design might have on a reader, and the interpretation of the text.


Hi cg,

This whole topic is one I could say a lot about - who has control of what areas of making a book and so on.

With this particular book, it would depend on how it was released. I imagine that if this design were used to create a new, limited edition of Raw Shark (say 500-1,000 copies) then I'd probably have control over all of those things on the inside, and work with the artist outside (I'm not sure I'd want to interfere too much with Jesse's great work though). If this were a repackage of the paperback on the other hand, then this becomes a more commercial venture and the marketing people would very much want their say. The marketing people at Canongate are a generally more interesting and creative lot that at your typical house though, so it's rarely the nightmare for me that I'm sure I'm sure it is for some other writers.

To be honest, I think I get my own way a good proportion of the time - the green ink in the UK first ed for example, I doubt that would have happened if the book had been at a larger, more corporate UK house - the numbers just don't add up. It was pretty much Canongate giving that to me at the cost of their bottom line, because they knew how important I felt it was. In return, I know that any design we put on the book needs to hit the right notes with booksellers, the general public etc so I try to be sensitive and understanding to what they need to achieve with the space too.

So it has to be a negotiation, but the short answer is still 'a lot of involvement'.

I'm with Canongate because if there is a solid creative reason for something to be done a certain way, I know it will be done that way. I like to be involved in everything -cover, fonts, typesetting - because I love the idea of using every aspect of the book to tell the story. And with publishing being the way it is, I'm lucky that I get chance to do that. Canongate let me do things that no other house would, and I love em for it.



S


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