{"id":2700,"date":"2026-03-23T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pierocrida.net\/illustrations-covers\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T23:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T22:10:49","slug":"illustrations-covers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pierocrida.net\/en\/illustrations-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrations – Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cCOVER\u201d ILLUSTRATIONS<\/h3>\n<\/div>

When a customer in a bookstore scans the books on display, they spend less than a second looking at each cover. In that fleeting moment, the image\u2014not the author\u2019s name, the title, or the publisher\u2014must capture, attract, and stimulate the potential reader\u2019s attention, compelling them to pick up the book. At that point, the image has fulfilled its purpose; it is then up to the text on the book jacket to take over. Yet, the most crucial aspect of a cover is that it must not betray the book; rather, it should respect its theme, atmosphere, and content. Every book is unique, and this distinctiveness shapes and determines the style of its cover image.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"Poster<\/span>

Poster Mina – Album “MinacantaLucio”<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Despite Mina\u2019s initial vision for this project (\u201cDepict me as a goddess descending a staircase with a tiger on a leash\u2026\u201d), I chose to represent the singer differently.
I kept the concept of the Goddess, the attire, the columns, the offerings, and the incense brazier\u2014but I portrayed her seated, in a meditative state. Before her, a winged cherub clutches an ancient stringed instrument, a symbol of musical inspiration. When Mina saw the image, she asked why the branches featured thorns and buds rather than blossoms. I pointed out that her life had known not only the flowers of public success but also the thorns and sorrows of her private life. She considered this, and for a moment, her face took on the same introspective expression I had captured in my drawing. She sighed and said, in a low voice: \u201cTrue\u2014you\u2019re right. This is fine.\u201d The poster was accepted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Poster Mina – Album “MinacantaLucio”<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Tolkien<\/a><\/div>

Tolkien – La realt\u00e0 in trasparenza – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Albero e foglia – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Racconti incompiuti – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Racconti perduti – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Racconti ritrovati – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\"Copertine<\/a><\/div>

Copertine per Rusconi – Tascabili<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Copertine<\/a><\/div>

Copertine per Rusconi – Tascabili<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Copertine per Rusconi – Tascabili<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\"Copertine<\/a><\/div>

Copertine per Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Copertine per Bietti<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bessone – La porta di Aosta<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\"Bessone<\/a><\/div>

Bessone – La porta di Aosta<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Il signore degli anelli<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Il ritorno del re – Edizione tascabile – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Le due torri – Edizione tascabile – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – La compagnia dell’anello – Edizione tascabile – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Il signore degli anelli – Retro – Brossura – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tolkien – Il signore degli anelli – Fronte – Brossura – Rusconi<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Categorie della sezione Illustrazioni<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tolkien by private commission<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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COVERS<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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ADVERTISING<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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CHILDREN\u2019S BOOKS<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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OVID AND OTHER BOOKS<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Magazins<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ex libris<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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FAMILY TREE<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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