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Book Cover Designer Course

What will I learn?

Open up your potential to become a book cover designer with our complete course made especially for people working in publishing. Let's go deep into the mystery thriller type of books, learning the most important things and checking out covers that have done well. Come up with ideas by brainstorming, sketching, and making mood boards. Learn the important design rules, like how to use type, colours, and pictures in a balanced way. Get good at using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Canva. Get better at talking to people by making sure your design shows what's most important and gives the right feeling. Keep up with the latest design styles and show your work to clients in a good way.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Get very good at designing for a specific type of book: Make covers for mystery thrillers very well.

Improve how you come up with ideas: Brainstorm, sketch, and make mood boards in a good way.

Use design rules: Balance type, colours, and pictures smoothly.

Become skilled with software: Use Photoshop, Illustrator, and Canva with confidence.

Talk using pictures: Show feeling, tone, and what's most important through design.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.