My copy courtesy the author, Michael Philion. Order your now on Amazon.

So if you all were wondering how to pick up the book or more info about Baggattaway header over to the OFFICIAL site.

Click it: http://www.baggattaway.com

Baggattaway just hit the shelves…well the digital shelves. You can pick up a copy at:

Wordclay.com/Bookstore: click here or on Amazon.com: click here

I’m attaching some of the reference that inspired the final – an early 50′s Rand McNally pocketmap of Minnesota – and also a detail of the back cover. You’ll have to pick up the book at WordClay.com to see the rest.

Also, just want to say thanks to the Michael for letting me work on this assignment – and the rest of the Philion Fan Club You guys are awesome! This cover was really fun to work on. The book should be available for purchase soon. I’ll post the link here, too.

The Baggattaway Cover is slowly taking over my life. With a few ad spots waiting in the wings it is time to start in the final front cover and back. I started my process of using the reference that Andy Philion shot at Jud’s studio in VT and did my thing to spruce it up. Here is the version I will be placing on the cover.

I was recently asked to design a book jacket for a book by Michael Philion. The book deals with the Native American game Baggattaway, or modern day lacrosse. Philion references Pontiac’s Uprising (1763) in the book and how the Native Americans brutally defeat the British by tricking them into a game of Baggattaway. Sculptor Jud Hartmann‘s brozed piece called A Cherokee Ball Game (2007) was used as reference for the cover. Here are just a few of the early digital sketches of the cover.