I digitally illustrated, designed, and hand-made a hardcover edition of Douglas Adams’ 1979 cult classic novel “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I created all 33 original illustrations, laid out the copy, then printed, assembled, and bound the book by hand and hand-embossed the glossy title text on the jacket band. The book is printed on archival paper and the hardcover is made with cardboard and bookcloth.
The front cover is a paper book jacket featuring a removable embossed title band, and all illustrations from the book at various sizes and orientations:
Here is a selection of original illustrations as they appear in the spreads of the book:
