this series started out as almost a satire form of mockery of trashy romance novel covers, now it's basically an art/graphic design/marketing analysis seminar and i love it
if I saw this book on the shelf I would not question it. I would just assume that it was another one of those books with a huge metaphorical meaning that I would miss.
I miss those old horror covers sometimes. Like, look at Stephen King's first edition of It versus the most recent edition. The old one is actually a little freaky. The new one feels sanitized.
i used to never think twice about book covers but since i started watching your videos i can’t walk through the book store without analyzing the shit out of everything i see 😩
I wish book covers carried the same significance as album covers. An insight about what the book entails, not just some aesthetic splotches of colors and maybe two people looking at each-other. I think a book cover could tell you a lot about what you’re about to read.
this entire video series is literally a dream come true for someone like me who loves books and graphic design.... all your analyses are amazing & you're so talented
individually some of the covers are so great but i can see why it won't make much sense to have this design on all the novels esp if it doesn't even relate
This happens with a lot of genres within fiction. Even Fantasy books have similar covers. They usually just copy the best selling book in the genre. Like, soooo many black/African books have a dark face silhouette with a yellow background because they copied Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing cover…
Hi guys I hope you are well! I would like to reiterate that the "trashy" refers to my own work which is a jumble of all the trends and not the designers! Also it's mostly just for continuity in this series purposes. Also it would be a dream to reach 100K soon (maaaybe by the end of this year?) so if you like my content I would appreciate a subscribe or a like or anything really! If not, that's okay too. I appreciate you guys either way. Thanks gs ^ ^
damn, I love how you started this 'how to design' series with mindless entertainment (that we loved) and graduated into actual analysis and I'm just sitting here saying 'wow that's so interesting!!' over and over again, and I didn't expect that going in this video. A round of applause from me!
As an (amateur) graphic designer, (with all due respect to the designers who made these covers, who are all certainly remarkably talented) it looks like what I would do if you told me I had a deadline due tonight 2359 and I just basically cut out a few shapes and filled them in with bright colours on Illustrator. 🤣
I saw The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole in the beginning during the color talk - just wanted to recommend this bc it's NOT literary fiction but is actually non fiction discussions and stories about racism in Canada! No metaphorical meanings to be had when all of the events are real. Lol
I've worked with books for decades and this is 💯% accurate!! I could totally see this on a shelve!! Look at the trend with historical fiction too! Always a lady walking on a street not looking at the camera with muted colors.
Finally!!!! Someone said it. I am writing a fiction “psychological thriller”. And I am stuck on a cover design based on the trends. Im old school, Stephen King style. I’m going for the Stardos Stencil big font title in black with a white cover. With a small hint symbol image. Very small… I am watching this as I type. But thank you for addressing this. 😩🙏🏽♥️
it's so interesting to see you analyze the covers, but also to be introduced to new books through this - and then also learn about the behind the scene magic of it all. i absolutely love it!
This is kind of like the art nouveau-inspired concert poster typography of the 1960s that forced you to stop and scrutinize the letters until you could decipher what it said. And of course the bright acid-trippy colors.
I was laughing at this because I thought I didn’t own a book with this type of cover but then as soon as I check my bookshelf, the absolute horror of a truth was right in front of me. It glared at me, with it’s greens, yellows and flicks of orange. It says to me: “ why haven’t you read me yet?” Because I am deeply embarrassed. It was like I wasn’t aware when I bought it. But for the sake of a story I will definitely read it! (I am exaggerating immensely) Recommendation: A girl is a body of water
ive been interested in graphic design (for real, not the meme way) for a while now and you make it so much fun to learn and watch! from a happy new sub :)
oooo i just remembered a trend cover that ive been seeing a lot: black and white covers of literary fiction books that are (usually) very sad and depressing. so like A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Cleanness by Garth Greenwell, Lie With Me by Philippe Besson (those are the main ones i can think of rn)
I’ve been doing art since the age of five (so almost 16 years at this point in time) and I’ve learned more from this video than almost a decade and a half of art and graphics classes
When I clicked on this, I deadass thought the cover you created was just a photo of the cover of “We Are Not Like Them” by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza lmaoooooo a spot on creation
first video of yours i saw and i love it! liked and subbed :) i love your editing style and how you get to the point!!!! looking forward to more vids :D
google telling you 'babe its all marketing innit' was what made me subscribe. thank you for looking like that sheet of flesh from dr. who for two seconds.
As a neurodivergent, these types of covers mess with my brain more than anything, I just want to look away from them, I can't even read the title it distracts me too much 😭😂 whereas more sober, simple, recognisable designs attract me way more ! It can still be whimsical, like the Wolf and the Woodsman or Beasts and Briars, it's gorgeous and at least it's not attacking my eyes !
I feel you! I am highly sensitive, and these colours are overloading my senses. My eyes are hurting. I am glad that I am not a fan of these types of books in general.
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this series started out as almost a satire form of mockery of trashy romance novel covers, now it's basically an art/graphic design/marketing analysis seminar and i love it
sameeee
love this series
hah! thank you! i have some older videos from 2018-19 which are more humour based :p
if I saw this book on the shelf I would not question it. I would just assume that it was another one of those books with a huge metaphorical meaning that I would miss.
Greatest compliment hah ty
So in summary, literary fiction covers are Pablo Picasso reimagined.
modern art 👌
*for Instagram
Please make a campy 80s horror or sci-fi cover, that would be so fun!
Ooooo good idea!!
I miss those old horror covers sometimes. Like, look at Stephen King's first edition of It versus the most recent edition. The old one is actually a little freaky. The new one feels sanitized.
But why aren't publishers hiring you to design book covers you always nail these fake book covers
i used to never think twice about book covers but since i started watching your videos i can’t walk through the book store without analyzing the shit out of everything i see 😩
Aaa love the impact haha
I love how there's a whole economic explanation for cover design. 10/10
my one marketing module and economics a level coming to good use
@@itsdivyag i spent a whole semester studying economics alone and this was still more useful, so good on you
As a design and CS major I literally love watching this series because you give ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE IT FUN
Wow i love how you do both aaa i did CS too haha
you're literally the QUEEN of making covers 😩😩
I wish book covers carried the same significance as album covers. An insight about what the book entails, not just some aesthetic splotches of colors and maybe two people looking at each-other. I think a book cover could tell you a lot about what you’re about to read.
OK but on a serious note PLEASE give the vanishing half a chance- the cover sells it short but the story is amazing
agreed!! I loved it so much
So is detransition, baby it's probably one of the best books I've read
@@Himanshi.Y Preach! Reese and Jude's relationship was so sweet honestly I ate it up 😭
@@lofi-lila I'm not good with remembering characters names, who is jude? Pretty sure not one of the main characters
@@Himanshi.Y Desiree's daughter
1:22 "well babes it's all marketing innit"
PLSSS I LOVE YOU
Your covers always look better than the ones we get on books
this entire video series is literally a dream come true for someone like me who loves books and graphic design.... all your analyses are amazing & you're so talented
Thank you so much I'm glad you like it
This is the worst cover trend I've seen. Literally can't tell the books apart.
individually some of the covers are so great but i can see why it won't make much sense to have this design on all the novels esp if it doesn't even relate
As a librarian, I'm glad this channel exists. With the number of covers I see on a weekly basis, it's clear people chasing trends. It's...it's wild.
honestly this cover looks better than the vanishing half's ever did
This happens with a lot of genres within fiction. Even Fantasy books have similar covers. They usually just copy the best selling book in the genre. Like, soooo many black/African books have a dark face silhouette with a yellow background because they copied Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing cover…
Just looked up the cover super gorgeous but I see what you mean! Great insight tysm
Hi guys I hope you are well! I would like to reiterate that the "trashy" refers to my own work which is a jumble of all the trends and not the designers! Also it's mostly just for continuity in this series purposes. Also it would be a dream to reach 100K soon (maaaybe by the end of this year?) so if you like my content I would appreciate a subscribe or a like or anything really! If not, that's okay too. I appreciate you guys either way. Thanks gs ^ ^
she did it again, flawlessly explaining the effect of marketing tactics on book cover designs while turning rats into leaves
damn, I love how you started this 'how to design' series with mindless entertainment (that we loved) and graduated into actual analysis and I'm just sitting here saying 'wow that's so interesting!!' over and over again, and I didn't expect that going in this video. A round of applause from me!
Seventh! And the G stands for Divya is the *Guru* of Book Cover Design Advice. 😂🤣❤
Haha love that
As an (amateur) graphic designer, (with all due respect to the designers who made these covers, who are all certainly remarkably talented) it looks like what I would do if you told me I had a deadline due tonight 2359 and I just basically cut out a few shapes and filled them in with bright colours on Illustrator. 🤣
Loooool we all know that stress
The Queen has done it once again. Rising the bar for everyone else.
😩👌
we’ve seen it up close and personal!
Love the combination of learning and tomfoolery, I live for it girl
I try g tysmm
okay but like The Death of Vivek Oji and The Vanishing Half are both beautiful, amazing books
_who in the hell put the muffins in the freezuuh_ 😂😂
When I'm published, I want nothing more than for you to roast me
I saw The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole in the beginning during the color talk - just wanted to recommend this bc it's NOT literary fiction but is actually non fiction discussions and stories about racism in Canada! No metaphorical meanings to be had when all of the events are real. Lol
Yess there’s actually a few books in the Pinterest which aren’t lit fic which I mentioned but just included because they fit the trend ☺️
i cannot express how much i love her voice/accent
like i also have a british accent but hers is just so... scrumpdilytious
Your bangs are so cute bestie🤭
Thank you g 💖💖
i love that we get a breakdown of what the style is and why it's used
feeling big brain 👏🏼👏🏼
honestly feeling big brain is a mood
I've worked with books for decades and this is 💯% accurate!! I could totally see this on a shelve!! Look at the trend with historical fiction too! Always a lady walking on a street not looking at the camera with muted colors.
okay we can not ignore the fact that the book cover you made was literally so good!!!
Thank you aaa!!!
THE G STANDS FOR GOOD LORDE, I JUST NOTICED THE SAME THING AND NOW KWEEN DIVYA G IS AT IT MAKING THIS VIDEO
GREAT MINDS 💖💖
Your French accent is a gift to humanity
im not sure she has a french accent..
FINALLY, someone brings this up. The repetitive cover art was REALLY starting to pluck away at my sanity.
Did these book covers remind anyone else of Henri Matisse’s colorful paper shapes phase?
You should (if you want to) do a video where you turn movies (midsommar) into trashy book covers!!! (midsommar)
I might! (midsommar)
I was legit looking at books in Target yesterday and wondering why they all looked like this lmao
Finally!!!! Someone said it. I am writing a fiction “psychological thriller”. And I am stuck on a cover design based on the trends. Im old school, Stephen King style. I’m going for the Stardos Stencil big font title in black with a white cover. With a small hint symbol image. Very small… I am watching this as I type. But thank you for addressing this. 😩🙏🏽♥️
It kind of reminds me of corporate art style but in book covers.
that's exactly what i was thinking!
it's so interesting to see you analyze the covers, but also to be introduced to new books through this - and then also learn about the behind the scene magic of it all. i absolutely love it!
My eyes glaze over when i see book covers like this
This is kind of like the art nouveau-inspired concert poster typography of the 1960s that forced you to stop and scrutinize the letters until you could decipher what it said. And of course the bright acid-trippy colors.
this was amazing!! so much fun to watch you recreate this style of book covers
YAY MY FAVOURITE TH-camR POSTED AGAIN!!!! thank you for the serotonin divyaaa
HOW ARE YOU SO TALENTEEEDDD 😩😩😩
the chaos in this. im obsessed.
That's a great cover for sure. You're very gifted in that aspect.
I was laughing at this because I thought I didn’t own a book with this type of cover but then as soon as I check my bookshelf, the absolute horror of a truth was right in front of me. It glared at me, with it’s greens, yellows and flicks of orange. It says to me: “ why haven’t you read me yet?” Because I am deeply embarrassed. It was like I wasn’t aware when I bought it. But for the sake of a story I will definitely read it! (I am exaggerating immensely)
Recommendation: A girl is a body of water
You know...I was writing just right now and the notification popped up....why!? Really why!? Why do you have to distract me like that!
I hope you got your work done hahaha
The bangssss are so cute
ive been interested in graphic design (for real, not the meme way) for a while now and you make it so much fun to learn and watch! from a happy new sub :)
I'm so happy!!! This is awesome tysm
Loved your editing!♥️
These videos are so well made and interesting
Thank you!!!
WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD AT THIS
i know you make these as jokes, but you're so talented
OK IT LOOKS SO GOOD !!!?!?!?!
oooo i just remembered a trend cover that ive been seeing a lot: black and white covers of literary fiction books that are (usually) very sad and depressing. so like A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Cleanness by Garth Greenwell, Lie With Me by Philippe Besson (those are the main ones i can think of rn)
i was the cover in the thumbnail and thought it was real , your work is sooo good
I’ve been doing art since the age of five (so almost 16 years at this point in time) and I’ve learned more from this video than almost a decade and a half of art and graphics classes
ummmm i just found your channel and im OBSESSED!! Where have you been my whole life?? 😅😭💗💗💗
the g stands for gbabe wake up, new divya video
gimme gfive gmore gminutes
Yo this ACC looks dope!!! The Zendaya astigmatism joke sent me. The rat is between me and you xox but in all seriousness you smashed this
okay but like, I love the way you edit your videos
Thank you aaa
my first video of yours and i'm already in love 🤍
you are such a mood thank you for making this
💕💕💕
Shout-out to the midnight library getting half a second while u scrolled through the instagrammable covers list
Shout out to the only book we have in common HAH
bold bright colourful cover girl
omg love these videos sooooo much
Aaa tysm
You're always killing it!
Love your covers and your videos
The algorithm recommending this to me is the best thing ever! 💗
I'm so glad you enjoyed it
The QUEEN is BACK 🔥❤️🔥
literally obsessed with this series
your book cover looks so real, like if I saw it on internet I would think "Oh, is it a new book?" then add it to my tbr list
I just found this channel and these videos are amazing.
ma'am i really like your personality! you deserve more subs
Thank you so much!!
These videos bring me so much joy
💖💖💖💖 aaa tysmm
the edits on this video are amazing
tyssmmm i try hah
We need more of these videos ! So great
Thank you!!! Aaaa
professional book cover designer: h-
divya: I'm about to end this man's whole career
When I clicked on this, I deadass thought the cover you created was just a photo of the cover of “We Are Not Like Them” by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza lmaoooooo a spot on creation
Thank you THANK YOU THANK YOUUUUU for this series it is unique, and informative and entertaining!!! 💯
I just discovered you yesterday and I've binged through these videos since :D
This is so cool and I love your editing
Thank you!!
first video of yours i saw and i love it! liked and subbed :) i love your editing style and how you get to the point!!!! looking forward to more vids :D
i love your channel holy crap
I love ur videos and ur personality,u deserve all the love in the world
google telling you 'babe its all marketing innit' was what made me subscribe. thank you for looking like that sheet of flesh from dr. who for two seconds.
MOISTURISE ME
Woah..I loved this video!! I'm definitely trying now
As a neurodivergent, these types of covers mess with my brain more than anything, I just want to look away from them, I can't even read the title it distracts me too much 😭😂 whereas more sober, simple, recognisable designs attract me way more ! It can still be whimsical, like the Wolf and the Woodsman or Beasts and Briars, it's gorgeous and at least it's not attacking my eyes !
I feel you! I am highly sensitive, and these colours are overloading my senses. My eyes are hurting. I am glad that I am not a fan of these types of books in general.
That rat got turned into leaf cracked me up
If I saw a book with your cover at a store I'd seriously buy it I-
When it is out I am here x
💖💖
That rat was so unexpected and made me crack up 😁
you're funny and salty and smart and this was great!!!
Tysmm
Reccomendation: seven days in June. One of my favourite books ever 😫
If I write a book one day I want you to designe it! :D
God I wish you could design my book cover, you’re incredible