Following a Pattern
Title: "The Hand That Paints the Sky"
Publisher: New Leaf Press
Designed by: Left Coast Design
A title like "The Hand That Paints the Sky" seems to just beckon for a bit of magic on its cover. The book—the third in a series of books that meld majestic natural photography and artwork—was manufactured using a printed end sheet, a gold foil and emboss for the title, and a matte film with a spot UV to add a bit of extra pop to the cover. These printing applications and materials were also used by publisher New Leaf Press on the first two books in the series. Left Coast designers fought for the splashy cover design for the first book in the series, "The Wonder Of It All," published in 2001, arguing that it would add cachet to the series and was worth the added cost.