Busboys and Poets where I first saw Edel Rodriguez's cover designs of Chinua Achebe's books in real life.
Well, here are the 11 book covers Rodriguez designed. From Things Fall Apart to The Education of a British-Protected Child.
Cover designs by Edel Rodriguez for the re-issue of Chinua Achebe's books
Rodriguez's page gives an insight into the many rough sketches and ideas for the book covers he has, as well as the hand lettering, before he settled on the final one. The whole process is amazing and it's really wonderful to be able to see it - from his sketches to the final pieces, as well as the ones that didn't make it (which are still absolutely gorgeous). Things Fall Apart was the first piece Edel Rodriguez was commissioned to do - here he shares the final art, the hand lettering and the rough sketches. I love the his artistic depiction of things literally falling apart.
Final art
All images of Things Fall Apart via Drawger
From there he did 10 more. Here's the final art work for No Longer at Ease, as well as the 12 different sketches Rodriguez worked on for the book cover.
Final art
All images of No Longer at Ease via Drawger
... and the images for Chike and the River, which he also illustrated.
All images for Chike and the River via Drawger
So so gorgeous, and the rest of Edel Rodriguez's sketches and the final artwork for Achebe's covers can all be found on Drawger.
