Sweetmeat

Dust cover illustration and design/foil cover design/interior illustrations/endpapers illustration/logo design for horror book ‘Sweetmeat’ by Mark Edwards. The story is set against a nostalgic but creepy 80s childhood backdrop so we wanted to achieve a retro horror aesthetic to the book cover, with monochrome interior illustrations reminiscent of black and white photos. In addition, I designed Mark’s ‘MEW’ (Mark Edwards Writer) logo which he uses as his alias.

Front cover/spine/back cover

Interior illustrations

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‘ But however quickly or slowly our souls left our bodies, they would always end up here.’

‘But however quickly or slowly our souls left our bodies, they would always end up here.’

‘I stayed awake for I’m not sure how long, listening to the sounds of nature outside. Somewhere in the far distance, an animal cried out. Then, I too, fell asleep.’

‘I stayed awake for I’m not sure how long, listening to the sounds of nature outside. Somewhere in the far distance, an animal cried out. Then, I too, fell asleep.’

‘We rounded the foothills and there it was, running ahead of us. The river. The route was plain now. Follow the river until we got to the bridge. Sweetmeat’s bridge.’

‘We rounded the foothills and there it was, running ahead of us. The river. The route was plain now. Follow the river until we got to the bridge. Sweetmeat’s bridge.’

‘In the blazing summer of 1981, when I was two weeks shy of twelve, my best friend and I were searching for a missing boy and found a monster.’

‘In the blazing summer of 1981, when I was two weeks shy of twelve, my best friend and I were searching for a missing boy and found a monster.’

End papers illustration

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Art process: Sketch for interior illustration

Art process: Sketch for interior illustration

Type and logo design

Type and logo design

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