The Chauncey Simpson Press
Summer 2010
Maryglenn McCombs is a world-class book publicist and dear friend. When her husband, Tim Warnock, wrote this highly entertaining memoir she called me to design the cover. It just went to press and I am eager to see the full-color book. It should be gorgeous inside and out.
The cover features a beautiful blend of blues and greens which allows the red in that diving flag to really pop. Anyone who is a diver will recognize the flag. The title and subtitle also use color blends, in two different directions, suggestive of currents. The box of bubbles in the lower right corner implies a diver deep below, beyond the cover, with their air tank bubbles rising up. Why put the bubbles in a box? It helps emphasize the human aspect of this scene and creates a collage which is a bit more interesting than just one big photo. Also, it visually connects to the other box (of sorts) in the upper left to create an up-to-down — diving — direction.
Personally, I love how the fish dive downward, or at least appear to be doing so.
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