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The Layer Breakdown of Custom Illustrated Book Cover Design

With Shaye Madison's debut releasing in less than 100 days now (Mark your calendars 1 JAN 2025!), I thought it'd be fun to share the layer breakdown of her custom ordered illustrated book cover design!


I had such a ball creating this gothic-gatsby-vampire cover and can't wait to get it in hand :)





MORE ON RED MASQUERADE


It’s the 1920s, and money, liquor, and lust are flowing freely in the great city of New York, where dreams are made—and destroyed. 


Helena Quintrell isn’t the only one in the city with a dark past she’d rather forget. Born into a newly wealthy family, she spends her nights dancing and drinking with her friends, much to the disapproval of her mother, who wants to see her settle down as a ‘proper woman’ would. When her brother Lucas comes home to find her a husband, her past threatens to break or strengthen her against his iron will and menace. 


Until she runs into the only man she’d ever truly loved—who is supposed to be dead. 

Vince Thornton is not the man he used to be. He’s extremely rich and throws notoriously debauched parties every night, parties where everyone who’s anyone attends. Helena falls into his world of night, her eyes opened to the possibilities of luxury and immortality, where blood is the only cost of freedom. 


But Lucas doesn’t want to let her go, and the game just gets deadlier the more she falls into Vince’s den of monsters. 


Red Masquerade is a gothic and dark Great Gatsby-inspired romance. It is a spicy second chance romance, not a slow burn, with themes only for those 18+, including: gore, sexual content, misogyny and profanity, and other potentially triggering scenes.



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ABOUT SHAYE MADISON

Shaye Madison is a Charlotte native and frequent book store lurker and ice chai drinker. She likes to conjure up gothic fantasy worlds (that both she and I wished to live in!). Learn more about Shaye and her debut by clicking Here for her Website or Here for her Instagram (which yes include amazing selfies with her cats).



ABOUT DESIGN BY DAYNA

Dayna is an Australian creative, working globally, to assist freelancers and brands to enable their visual storytelling and practices. From Netflix Documentaries and Best Selling Authors to international and small businesses, Dayna has provided design and creative solutions across a range of mediums. She now focusses on creating striking illustrated book covers.


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