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M4 CP - Book Cover Design (Part 2)

Here is my re-designed cover for Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.  I enjoyed searching for a font that I thought demonstrated the sci-fi nature of the novel.  I also had fun playing with the photo of the player - I liked the way the grainy filter turned out.  I hope you like it!


The font I used was called 'Rubber' - I had a difficult time finding a free font that had the look I wanted.   This was the best I could come up with - pretty happy with it.

And the player is made from this photo I found and "borrowed".  I used filters on it that made it look like grainy video image.  I really like how it turned out.

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