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INKLESS

Concept Project

Roles: Creative and Art Direction, Illustrator, Designer

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project involved designing the cover for Inkless, a book focused on the experience of creative block. The visual concept needed to convey emptiness, pause, and disconnection in a simple yet powerful way, maintaining a clean, minimalist, and contemporary aesthetic, while including subtle references that resonate with creative professionals: designers, illustrators, writers, and artists.

THE CONCEPT

I was trying to create an image that would immediately convey the concept of creative block. I wanted the first impression to be a black-and-white impact, a raw, minimalist aesthetic that evoked emptiness, pause, and a mental state suspended between frustration and contemplation. To achieve this, I drew inspiration from the graphic style of the promotional material for the series Mad Men, especially that iconic figure of the protagonist shown in a contemplative pose, surrounded by a wide, silent space. I replaced the “thinking mind” with an ink jar spilling out to form a large black block as a visual metaphor for the loss of ideas and the interruption of creative flow. The title “INKLESS” is a forceful, direct word that anchors and reinforces the image, generating presence and drama.

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A selection of examples showing how the design could work on a book cover.

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