Behind The Book Cover Of "A Lesson Learned"

     How did I come up with book cover design? Honestly it just came to me one day. I truly believe if you're focused and on the right path everything will come as needed. I'm a "do it yourself" kind of guy, when something is wrong with my car I will go on YouTube before I head to a mechanic. The same goes for my house, clothes, job, and anything else. YouTube is full of people who are willing to teach and help. But with the book cover I had to leave it in the hands of my best friend, Julian Dangerfield. Julian and I met during college freshmen orientation and we clicked right away. We had the same taste in music and he rapped and I made beats. We made a whole mixtape of l8 songs called "A Fly Story," right in our house during senior year. Those were some of the funnest times in college.

     I called him right away when I had the idea and immediately he said no "problem," but I told him to wait and I was gong to send him a drawing of my vision. I got my old coloring pencils from under my bed and got to work. The pencils were so old I had to sharpen the opposite end. I decided to use the fork in the road because it represented making a choice and sometimes that choice can be good or bad. The good choice being the sunny side and the bad choice the dark side. I also added the 85 and 95 sign because that's the road a lot of students take to college. I drove on 85 and 95 constantly during my college years. Instead of having regular street signs I decided to replace them with words that related to the choices we make in life, such a temptation, fear, grief, and perseverance. 

I thought my drawing was great until I showed my friends and they laughed at me. "Did your nieces draw this" is what one of them said. When Julian sent me the final cover I was at a  lost for words. He bought to life exactly what I was thinking, He exceeded my expectations. I was filled with joy when I opened the email and couldn't thank him enough. Again, Julian thank you! To anybody trying to find their path in life make sure you have a  vision and go for it, even if you don't have the resources God will make a way. Just stay on the right path and continue to hold genuine love in your heart.