Where the books get made
One studio in Chennai handling concept, illustration, layout and production artwork for authors, publishers and creative teams, from the first rough to the press-ready file.
A cover and its interior should arrive speaking the same language. That only happens when one studio draws, sets and prepares both.
Nothing is subcontracted out of sight. The people who sketch your first roughs are the people who check the final files against the printer's template.
Ten things the studio does
Most projects use three or four of these together rather than one in isolation. Each links to the full service page.
See every servicePart one Books and characters
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Full wraps with the spine calculated from the final page count.
Book cover design
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Grids, running heads and chapter openers designed as one system.
Book interior design
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Spreads and spot artwork drawn to the manuscript.
Book illustration
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Turnarounds and expression sheets that keep a series consistent.
Character design
Part two Learning and technical
Brief to final artwork, in six moves
Two of the six need you at the table. The other four happen in the studio, and you get a written summary whenever we talk.
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With you
Brief
The manuscript, format, audience and deadline, plus the covers you admire and the ones you cannot stand.
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In the studio
Concept
Directions explored on paper. Cheap to make, cheap to reject, which is exactly the point of this stage.
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In the studio
Design
The chosen direction built out properly: typography resolved, artwork rendered, layout applied.
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With you
Review
Your notes gathered in one place and worked through in the rounds agreed in the quote.
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In the studio
Refinement
The last ten percent: kerning, colour, detail, and the checks against the printer's template.
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Handed over
Final artwork
Press files, secondary formats and layered sources, archived so a reprint is straightforward.
A cross-section of the work
Covers, interiors, technical plates and vector work, side by side, the way they leave the studio.
Placeholder artwork, shown until approved client projects replace it.
Studio habits worth knowing about
Five things that stay the same on every project, whichever of the ten disciplines it uses.
- Roughs before rendering, always.It is the cheapest place to change your mind.
- One named contact per project.With a written summary after every call.
- Revision rounds stated in the quote.Not negotiated halfway through the job.
- Files checked against the printer's template.Before release, every time.
- Layered sources handed over at the end.So nothing locks you to one supplier.
Bring us something to make
Tell us what it needs to become. Any of these is enough to start the conversation.
- A manuscript
- A sketch
- A scan
- A half-formed idea