I wanted to study the designs of evocative book covers, then see if I could reproduce those designs myself, and add to them with little moments of delight to create animated cover reveals. I hope to eventually do more “editorial” animations based on book quotes, similar to TED-Ed videos. For now, I’m starting small and experimenting with style and technique.

This is student work. I’m not affiliated with the original creators.

About the book

Scifi epic about space revolutions, psychic witch cults, giant worms and hallucinatory narcotics.

Book credits

• Written by Frank Herbert

• Cover design by Jim Tierney

• Art direction by Adam Auerbach

• Published in 1965 by ACE / Berkley / Penguin Random House