A History of American Jazz

November 5, 2006
Graphic Design Basic Core
Parsons School of Design
Instructor: Ira Robbins
Design a book cover for a non-existent book on jazz, edited by the real Robert Reisner, utilizing repetition, scale and/or rhythm and a sense of unity.

Electing to make my imaginary book of the coffee-table variety, I gave it the dimensions of an LP and the thin white border often seen on album jackets. The patterns of white spots were created by tracing notes from sheet music and then scanning the results, turning them into brushes in Illustrator and hopefully creating a sense of rhythm. The lines of the loop should match up from front to back.