Bookishgal » Book Art http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! - Thoreau Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Good day for the Book Nerd http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2010/06/14/good-day-for-the-book-nerd/ http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2010/06/14/good-day-for-the-book-nerd/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:47:36 +0000 Phyl http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/?p=1484 http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2010/06/14/good-day-for-the-book-nerd/feed/ 0 Illustrations from Soviet Children’s Books http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/12/29/illustrations-from-soviet-childrens-books/ http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/12/29/illustrations-from-soviet-childrens-books/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:08:57 +0000 Phyl http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/?p=1136 From the A Journey Round My Skull blog, a wonderful collection of illustrations from Soviet children’s books: Mummy Was A Robot, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil. Check them out! These particular ones are very robotic and mechanical, but so colourful and intriguing.

I’m especially delighted with these because I have a few of [...]]]> http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/12/29/illustrations-from-soviet-childrens-books/feed/ 2 “Beyond the Covers” and The Book Designers http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/05/07/beyond-the-covers-and-the-book-designers/ http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/2009/05/07/beyond-the-covers-and-the-book-designers/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 18:50:32 +0000 Phyl http://bookishgal.shinyideas.ca/?p=276 I just discovered a really fascinating blog, which led me to an equally fascinating website. The blog itself is called Beyond the Covers, and features the book cover design work of Ian Shimkoviak. He shows not just the final covers he designs, but some of the alternate versions and the works in progress.

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