This is a book design for my Graduate Thesis. I am currently finishing my studies in Graphic Design.
The project consists of the Book Jakcet, Book Cover and the inside which includes the poems and the illustrations.
The illustrations first were hand painted and then further edited in Illustrator.
The colors and the overall simple design were made to give the book a more modern feel while still staying true to the theme of the poems and the era in which the writer lived. The illustrations are more abstract and expressive and they represent my style in drawing.
Andon Zako Çajupi was an Albanian writer who lived from 1866 to 1930. He expressed his patriotic beliefs in the form of poetry and prose, with his poetry taking its cue from Tosk Albanian.
The nationalist and patriotic messages of his poems made them extremely popular among Albanian adults and children, and led to Çajupi being revered as the most important Albanian poet after Naim Frashëri, a position he still holds in the modern state.
In 1902, he published the anthology, 'Baba Tomori' ('Father Tomor'), named after the Albanian mythological character. The volume contains nationalist themes, and it is divided into three sections: "Fatherland", "Love", and "True and False Tales".
Book Jacket
Book Cover
First Pages
Illustration and Poem 'Mëmëdheu'
Illustration and Poem 'Robëria'
Illustration and Poem 'Naim Frashëri'
Illustration and Poem 'Varfëria dhe Liria'
Illustration and Poem 'Fshati Im'
Illustration and Poem 'Dashuria'
Illustration and Poem 'Vaje'
Illustration and Poem 'Plaku'
Illustration and Poem 'Fyell' i Bariut'
Illustration and Poem 'Kasapi'
