Dust jacket for Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
They got me, they got me gooooood! 😮💨
This idea entered my obsessed, endorphin muddled brain and just had to be done!
Made a dust jacket for my massmarket paperback copy featuring incredible art by @cosecollaterali and @chaosandcodices (over on insta). Thank you so much for letting me use it for this project!
The first time I saw @cosecollaterali's Ilya and Shane club scene portrait I knew this had to be on a cover! The intensity of their facial expressions is just insane!
I purposefully kept the title on the front very subtle and cropped, both to not distract from the art but also to reflect that these two bb boys constantly need to keep parts of themselves hidden.
In contrast, I wanted the back to be all soft and open and I am so grateful that @chaosandcodices was willing to share the sketch version of her drawing with me - I feel that it has an extra level of rawness and vulnerability.
I initially played around with the two different intersecting fonts on the back to bring more dynamic to the design, but now all I can think of is that it is basically also a reflection of these two very different characters getting closer.
And the agony quote, well because OF COURSE THE AGONY QUOTE!!
If anyone else is also sad that they changed that line in the show, let me know - we can mourn it together 😌
What wonderful times of collective madness *sigh*
the absolute beauty is this cover !!! and how thrilling is to see my portrait there 🥹