What About Bob, book cover.
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I second this!
RafalFett
Sr Member
While not perfect, I managed to do this:
Only the photo is from the image posted by you, and while not all the fonts are the correct one, it is close enough to fool some of you at a first viewing. I might redo the text(s) with better fonts in the near future, but until then, have fun!
Only the photo is from the image posted by you, and while not all the fonts are the correct one, it is close enough to fool some of you at a first viewing. I might redo the text(s) with better fonts in the near future, but until then, have fun!
Wyzzy93
New Member
Thank you so much for this, it really looks great!
I have managed to find the higher res versions with the wayback machine and the text for the other inlay flap from the original sold prop, if you do decide to tinker with it further. If I had the skills I'd do it myself, I don't.
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RafalFett
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I corrected the text on the right flap and added a partial text to the left flap (some of the text there is repeated from the right flap). Also corrected the colors for the front cover:
More info from the original artist here ==> Baby Steps… and here ==> Movie Design - DarenDoc’s Slightly Nifty Musings Inc. (you'll have to scroll down a bit).
Edit - reupdated the image with correct-ish fonts.
More info from the original artist here ==> Baby Steps… and here ==> Movie Design - DarenDoc’s Slightly Nifty Musings Inc. (you'll have to scroll down a bit).
Edit - reupdated the image with correct-ish fonts.
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RafalFett
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Managed to finally print the cover on A3+ glossy paper in 2 pieces and glued together with double sided adhesive tape. The book is almost a good fit, but the thickness is not good, so I couldn't close the book with the cover without moving the crease of the inside flaps (which I won't do). I'll have to do my own book in the near future to fit the cover:
RafalFett
Sr Member
The text of this post was taken from my Highlander replica book post (here ==> Highlander) and adapted to this thread.
When in doubt... do your own fake book:
The cover was made of cardboard cut to size and dressed with plain paper glued on with ordinary paper glue stick:
The fake pages were achieved by cutting several pieces of 5mm thick PVC foam boards glued together and on the cardboard cover with superglue:
Then the hard cover was dressed with a copy of the hard cover jacket printed on plain paper:
Note that the first and last pages are actual pages, this way the real book feeling is a great way to fool most people.
And a final shot of the book:
Have fun!
When in doubt... do your own fake book:
The cover was made of cardboard cut to size and dressed with plain paper glued on with ordinary paper glue stick:
The fake pages were achieved by cutting several pieces of 5mm thick PVC foam boards glued together and on the cardboard cover with superglue:
Then the hard cover was dressed with a copy of the hard cover jacket printed on plain paper:
Note that the first and last pages are actual pages, this way the real book feeling is a great way to fool most people.
And a final shot of the book:
Have fun!
RafalFett
Sr Member
Never say never!
After l finally looked at some screen shots, I noticed that the hard cover was covered in a 2 tone material, possibly paper for blue and textile for red:
This led to this (you can see that I replaced the first and last pages with a grayscale version, while the hard cover design is just a reinterpretation of the cover jacket model):
And it looks that the red multifaceted star has no black outline:
So, I changed the cover accordingly:
Here is the modified cover jacket and the new hard cover design, but also the first and last pages:
Have fun with these!
After l finally looked at some screen shots, I noticed that the hard cover was covered in a 2 tone material, possibly paper for blue and textile for red:
This led to this (you can see that I replaced the first and last pages with a grayscale version, while the hard cover design is just a reinterpretation of the cover jacket model):
And it looks that the red multifaceted star has no black outline:
So, I changed the cover accordingly:
Here is the modified cover jacket and the new hard cover design, but also the first and last pages:
Have fun with these!
RafalFett
Sr Member
Because Bob's t-shirt is equally representative to this movie, I did the huge writing seen on the oversized t-shirt he wears in almost half of the scenes:
And the writing with transparent background (there's a thin, white border on the image boundary, but can be easily removed if needed):
The font name is Helvetica Ultra Compressed, but the apostrophes were drawn from scratch (couldn't find a matching one, only pretty close).
And the writing with transparent background (there's a thin, white border on the image boundary, but can be easily removed if needed):
The font name is Helvetica Ultra Compressed, but the apostrophes were drawn from scratch (couldn't find a matching one, only pretty close).
Wyzzy93
New Member
Nice work! Mine still makes me chuckle when I see it on the shelf. Nobody has ever noticed.
Planning to make one of these by getting the cover printed at a shop and using a real hardcover book. Just wondered if anyone has any guidance on the recommended size? Seems to me like a lot of things need to go exactly right as far as the book you use, the thickness of its spine etc. and wondered if there are any recommendations? Thanks friends.
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