L.A. Candy: Behind the Cover
A few days ago, I found a sketchpad while organizing. And you wouldn't believe what I uncovered... Inside was one of the original concepts I had sketched for my first L.A. Candy cover (below).
Before we settled on using candy for the cover image, we considered photographing a girl instead. Needless to say, I'm really pleased with our decision to use the candy; it leaves more to the imagination. But there is a part of me that loved this idea as well. Anyway, I just thought you guys might enjoy seeing the alternative cover idea!
What do you think about the original cover concept?
XO Lauren
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Lauren i just love your webpage and i just finished the L.A. candy series and loved them! i couldn't put them down finished them each in one day. I am really excited to start the fame game! I love the style book too! its great. thanks for all you do!! -
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I have the LC Style book and it's GREAT! It definitely helped me out in the jean dept and where to buy what. The talent continues in LA Candy with this spotlight sketch describing the book. I was thinking about taking drawing classes to enhance my fashion career. We'll see where it takes me :)
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Love it , but it seems like it would have of been too predictable .
Still gotta read it ! Gonna buy the first book Wednesday , and then get the next one every time I finish one .
Hope I love it ! (:
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take a look at my blog post which talks about me wanting this book for my holiday!:) This draft looks cool, but I think we all create this person in our mind to be an idol kind of image, so if the girl didn't look like someone that we'd aspire to be like or could relate to; I don't think as many people would enjoy the books having a picture of the main character in our head as the cover girl. The sketch is lovely though xxxx
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I love the talent that you display in your original sketch, but I LOVE the Candy on the cover! It catches the eye and leaves the reader curious about what is behind the cover and on the pages!
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I love the Idea, and the sketch... But the Candy on the front cover left it descreet and it gave us as readers a chance to wonder.
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yea this one is great i personaly think the candy was a funny play on words and gave you the chance to choose what the charaters talked like. i think you should make them all into movies because they were amazing and i dont think people who dont read should have to miss out of these books because they have great story lines
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interesting title, sounds familiar. where and how did you come up with it? Did you come up with it yourself, or what. Your so talented, it's not fair.
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I Love this, I love the LA Candy novels, and I agree this would be an amazing Movie Poster:)
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I like the candy, but if your books are ever made into a movie, I think this would make a great movie poster! It reminds me of the your cover on EW (which I thought was an amazing magazine cover!)
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the candy idea is better and if i would've saw this and not the candy i would've been dissapointed!
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Lauren, I must have misheard you an interview before when you said you couldn't sketch! This is great talent-unless you meant you had someone else sketch it?
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It would've been a nice cover as wel. This cover or the cover it has now; it would buy it anyway ^_^
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To be perfectly honest, I'm not a big fan of the candy, I think it's kind of boring. But the artwork you exhibited is VERY CREATIVE and EXCITING. It shows more of an expressive side of you, which I really like, the inner part of you that really wants to be heard. The somewhat shy/reserved girl, in the spotlight, in front of the cameras, just wondering what the future holds.....
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I really like the fact that you aren't just a clothing designer, author and tv personality/cover girl, your an artist. I didn't know you could draw, or sketch, that's really cool. I LOVE to draw, and sketch too, every once in a while. Maybe we could get together sometime, and make some "artwork." :)
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i kinda like this alternative cover more. with candy idea seems like you used gettyimages instead of doing something creative
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