#photorehabcovermakeover Week 9
It’s Week 9 of the Photo Rehab Cover Makeover run by Desley Jane of Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist and Lucile of Lucile de Goday. Actually, it might not be Week 9 — I seem to have got mixed up as I titled Green Mile #7; that’s what comes of dealing with far too many emails and an explosion of other people’s lovely blog posts!
I do know, however, that this week’s challenge, as you can see above, was to do a cover for George Orwell’s classic, 1984.
I chose to use I Can See What You’re Doing as the background to give the impression of a barricade. I added the same photo from Unsplash that I used in Cabinet of Curiosities (the whirly window), and a medical drawing of an eyeball from The Graphics Fairy.
The font I’ve used (Bodoni) is not what I would have wished. I lost so many fonts last year when the computer died at the same time as the back-up (of course) and remembering the names and finding them again is proving almost impossible. The one I had in mind was what you might call ‘dirty’ and eaten into. Ah well!
Click here for instructions if you would like to take part in future challenges.
Take care and keep laughing!
![Photograph from the ex-Mrs FND Photograph from Unsplash Texture 2LO Ancient times 2 Clock created for Behind Time Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/e353blog.jpg?w=486&h=486&crop=1 "Beating the Blues")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Advert from The Graphics Fairy](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/e286blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Vintage Pettit’s Eye Salve")
![Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hl008blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]")
![Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea: “Biodiversity Library”:http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490916 Texture: “Kerstin Frank”:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/9181048645/in/photostream/ Flowers: “Rijksmuseum”:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/150967--sarah-vernon/mijn-eerste-verzameling/objecten#/SK-A-3899,0 Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/e309blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "‘Happiness is a Butterfly’")
![Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e254blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Green-painted fence https://unsplash.com/photos/FxeeNx_yMpw Lake Annecy by Mindy Sommers Celestial Eruption by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/NvesrDbsrL4](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/v057fb.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Valentine Blush")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ma077blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (")
![Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/e257blog1.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Romance in Stone [framed] © Sarah Vernon](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/romanceinstoneframed.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "romanceinstoneframed")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Photograph by “Nicolai Bernsten”:DJ;KGH; at “Unsplash”:http://unsplash.com Textures “2LO Confetti 17 and 2LO Distressed 12 from”:http://2lilowls.com](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/e289blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "The Boat House")
![Gabrielle d'Estrees and one of her sisters [unknown]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ma015frame.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "ma015frame")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/e221blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Bring up the Curtain")
![The Boat House Tote Bag © Sarah Vernon [Fine Art England]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/totebagfae.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "totebagfae")
![Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e250blog1.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Butterfly Cascade © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com] Vintage Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing from The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97514042/ The background is a blend of the interior of The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 from an old encyclopaedia — the venue was originally built in Hyde Park and the exhibition was organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole — and textures from “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/g/great-exhibition/](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/e284blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Beatrice and Benedick")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/photorehabcovermakeoveraugust.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "#photorehabcovermakeoverAugust")
![Photo Unsplash Texture - 2LO Haunting 14 & 2LO Haunting 23 - “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com. Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/e285blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Night Landings © Sarah Vernon")
![Yacht: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zakhark/572331622/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Texture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/19581317079/in/faves-83665426@N05/ Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/e303blog.jpg?w=159&h=159&crop=1 "Sailing to the Moon")
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13/09/2015 at 16:30
tildy1
Fantastic! I love the cover texture.
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06/09/2015 at 22:07
sustainabilitea
Looks great!
janet
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07/09/2015 at 00:36
First Night Design
Thank you, Janet!
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04/09/2015 at 05:07
Joanne
Love it! 🙂
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04/09/2015 at 13:33
First Night Design
Much thanks, Joanne!
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04/09/2015 at 04:29
hitandrun1964
Love Orwell’s new cover. Outstanding.
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04/09/2015 at 13:33
First Night Design
Bless you, Gigi!
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03/09/2015 at 20:19
Silver Screenings
OOh – this is good: the suggestion of prison bars, the implication you’re being watched while you’re watching others… Very unsettling, just like the book.
Such a great book! Time to read it again, methinks.
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03/09/2015 at 20:39
First Night Design
Thanks so much, Ruth. It’s time I read it again too. I haven’t picked it up since the ’70s!
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03/09/2015 at 18:34
desleyjane
How cool. I love the colours and textures in this cover. When I went back and looked a second time I saw your vertical text. Very spooky. Excellent work!!
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03/09/2015 at 20:37
First Night Design
Bless you, Desley!
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03/09/2015 at 12:10
LDG luciledegodoy
Hi Sarah, I’m sorry that your cover wasn’t yet included in the wrap up. I published it before at 00:15 CET. I have just included it there and will send again to Twitter.
I love the cover, by the way. It is a fabulous design.
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03/09/2015 at 12:16
First Night Design
Thank you, Lucile. Don’t apologise – it was my fault for not publishing until this morning. Bless you for including it now.
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03/09/2015 at 12:20
LDG luciledegodoy
You’re ever so welcome, Sarah. I won’t apologize if you don’t say it’s your fault. Deal?
Have a beautiful day.
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03/09/2015 at 12:07
Photo Rehab Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrap up #9 New Challenge #10 | lucile de godoy
[…] Sara Vernon from First Night Design chose to use I Can See What You’re Doing as the background to give the impression of a barricade. Then added the same photo from Unsplash that she used in Cabinet of Curiosities (the whirly window), and a medical drawing of an eyeball from The Graphics Fairy. Stunning! […]
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03/09/2015 at 12:17
First Night Design
I have an ‘h’ at the end of my name. I’m a little particular about it!
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03/09/2015 at 11:52
beetleypete
Suitably sinister, Sarah. In keeping with the story!
Best wishes, Pete. x
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03/09/2015 at 12:00
First Night Design
Ooh, thank you, Pete!
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03/09/2015 at 11:38
Juli
That looks great, Sarah!
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03/09/2015 at 12:00
First Night Design
Bless you for your support, Juli – always appreciated. 🙂
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03/09/2015 at 11:14
janemorley2014
Great design Sarah, delightfully menacing and I think the Bodoni works rather well for the theme of the book, sort of establishment and respectable to mask the true nature of the regime! Have a thuper Thursday 🙂
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03/09/2015 at 11:59
First Night Design
I’ll have a thuper throuper Thursday and hope you do too! Much thanks for the compliments and I’m pleased you like the Bodoni. I put it in ‘dissolve’ mode so it was slightly ‘eaten away’ on close inspection. 🙂
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03/09/2015 at 15:25
janemorley2014
Thplendid 😀
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03/09/2015 at 09:07
janetweightreed10
I always remember the first time I read this book. I was 17 year old and had just begun art college. It was around 1962….and so 1984 seemed sooooo far off…..If you don’t win something with these covers that you are designing, I will eat my hat…and yes I do wear one occasionally. Fabulous. Keep smiling and have a great day…Janet. xx
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03/09/2015 at 11:56
First Night Design
I wear hats too – we’ll meet in Amiens wearing them! Even in the ’70s, ’84 seemed an age away. I’m so glad you like the cover. There’s nothing to be won but at least it’s going some way to building my portfolio for offering book cover services. Keep smiling! x
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03/09/2015 at 22:56
janetweightreed10
I think you would make a fabulous book illustrator and cover artist….marvellous work and yes we will meet in Picardy, wearing hats and then do some painting and eat and drink a little:):)xx
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