adding an image to book cover

[calamitytrios]

my friend recently commissioned a few hard copies of her favorite fanfic from me, and she asked me to put some pieces of fanart on the cover? which i've never done before!

i have a couple ideas on how i would go about doing it (my main idea right now is to print out the images relatively small, then laminate them, and cut out a window in my bookcloth and sew the laminated image in under the window) but i was wondering if there's, like, a proper way to go about doing this, haha.

thank you!

 

[calamitytrios]

i used the window idea and it worked out great! i forgot to take a picture before giving it to her, but what i did was;

- print, cut and laminate the art, cutting out the laminated piece with about half an inch of plastic around the edges to glue it to the bookcloth
- measure the picture then cut a window out of my bookcloth using the measurements and a craft knife
- use tacky glue to glue the laminated art in place
- put the chipboard down behind the art and used pva glue as usual

it seemed to be pretty securely glued in there.

 

[Alan]

Might not be the proper way, but it give it a unique vibe. Do you have any pics to showcase your work?