30 Reworked Harry Potter Book Covers

Reworked Harry Potter Book Covers for inspiration

Other artists have also shared their reworked Harry Potter book covers online. Here are more samples of their work.

Reworked Harry Potter Book Covers

HP Book Cover – Brian Gartside

HP-Book-Cover—Brian-Gartside

HP Book Cover – Claire Melinsky

HP-Book-Cover by Claire-Melinsky

HP Book Cover – Michela Monterosso

HP-Book-Cover—Michela-Monterosso

http://www.animhut.com/inspiration/30-reworked-harry-potter-book-covers/

Evolution of Type

“Or, to illustrate still further, the picture of a leaf would become the sign for the syllable ‘leaf’ wherever it might occur, and the picture of a bee would become the syllable ‘be’ the pictures together forming the word ‘belief.’ The picture of the bee would then cease to represent the insect and would represent only the syllable ‘be,’ and the picture of a leaf would no longer signify leaf or foliage; the pictures would have become purely phonetic symbols, expressing words as well as ideas, the next step in their evolution toward real writing.”

The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering; Frederic W. Goudy (1918)

Evolution of Type, Exhibit 17

Evolution of Type, Exhibit 19
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Evolution-of-Type-Exhibit-17-19/3241003

THE ALOT IS BETTER THAN YOU AT EVERYTHING

As a grammatically conscientious person who frequents internet forums and YouTube, I have found it necessary to develop a few coping mechanisms. When someone types out “u” instead of “you,” instead of getting mad, I imagine them having only one finger on each hand and then their actions seem reasonable. If I only had one finger on each hand, I’d leave out unnecessary letters too!

If I come across a person who seems to completely ignore the existence of apostrophes and capital letters and types things like “im an eagle and im typing with my talons, so dont make fun of me cuz this is hard,” I like to imagine that they actually are an eagle typing with their talons. It would be a hassle if you had to hop in the air and use your feet to karate-chop two keys simultaneously every time you wanted to use the shift key to make a capital letter. Also, eagles lack manual dexterity, so I can understand why they’d want to leave out apostrophes. Eagles are all about efficiency.

But there is one grammatical mistake that I particularly enjoy encountering. It has become almost fun for me to come across people who take the phrase “a lot” and condense it down into one word, because when someone says “alot,” this is what I imagine:

The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.

For example, when I read the sentence “I care about this alot,” this is what I imagine:

Similarly, when someone says “alot of _______”, I picture an Alot made out of whatever they are talking about.

If someone says something like “I feel lonely alot” or “I’m angry alot,” I’m going to imagine them standing there with an emo haircut, sharing their feelings with an Alot.

The Alot is incredibly versatile.

So the next time you are reading along and you see some guy ranting about how he is “alot better at swimming than Michael Phelps,” instead of getting angry, you can be like “You’re right! Alots are known for their superior swimming capabilities.”

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

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