Derin Ersoy

Thesis Show!! 🐦‍⬛🔩☂️🍎📚🍃

Last May, I had my thesis displayed at the Pratt Shows! My thesis project was about taking a few well-known young adult books and redesigning their covers. Being a designer and illustrator in the publishing industry is a dream for me. This project became a way for me to conjure that dream into an actual project. It gave me a chance to use my design skills in doing what I love the most as a creative; visual storytelling!(in the form of book covers lol)

I worked on the illustrations, the typography, front and back cover layouts, the spine, the end papers and other visual aspects that go into a physical book.

I’ll start posting the artwork and design stuff I did for this project individually soon👀

This project is so dear to my heart. I grew up surrounded by books. My dad (next to my project with my mom on the 6th picture) being a huge reader and an author himself, collecting books became a huge source of comfort and passion for me since I was very young. I was able to go back into some of my favorite books from when I was younger and redesign them, just like how I reimagined them when I was 12.

It was a pleasure to be a Pratt student. The people I met, the classes I took and the inspiring designers I befriended will always be dear to me. I especially want to thank my close friends who went through the experience of “preparing for thesis” together with me and all my professors that helped us with their guidance, patience and mentorship. You guys made it all worth it.

Here’s to what comes next! There is already some exciting things happening but I’m excited to see what post-thesis life has to offer🥳🥳

With love and appreciation for all of you reading this,