Over this last year, the project underwent tons of changes. We wanted it to be the best possible version before anyone else saw it.
Since the cover is the window to the book, we spent a long time going over possibilities. Gabi originally came up with over 10 sketched ideas. She narrowed that down to these 3 ideas and made more sketches. When we finally settled on the right image - we were a long way from done.
At this point, the covers passed through multiple group chats with the editorial team. Sheika was particularly thorough during the pencils stage. The stronger the foundation, the stronger the finished product would be! Cris lent his awesome talent for color and we came up with a distinct color palette to use throughout the entire book. (More on this later!) Charlotte and Jenna tirelessly pored over multiple revisions of the cover. Finally, Connie took the scribble we had for a title and turned it into a beautiful ribbon-text.
Check out this animated gif to see some of the stages in action!