The making of the cover design for Improve Your People Skills by Patrick King
Understanding the task and showing the first drafts.
![king process 01](king-process-01.jpg)
![king process 02](king-process-02.jpg)
Client: A bouquet of ears is OK, it looks fun.
Starting to work on the final drawing and showing the result to the client.
![king process 03](king-process-03.jpg)
Redrawing the character’s fingers per the client’s request.
![king process 04](king-process-04.jpg)
Getting the final OK from the client and sending the final version for typesetting.
The typesetter quickly puts together a cover based on the standard template of the publishing house, discusses the details with the chief typesetter and sends the result to the art director.
![king process 05](king-process-05.jpg)
The art director approves the mock-up.
Working on the lacquer layer, the embossing outline, sending the text to the editor, then to the art director for approval and finally preparing the mock-up for printing.