Albotain's Treasure by Sharon Ward.
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Graphic Design , Illustration , Painting ,. About Book cover design and marketing and promotional literature for launch of Albotain's Treasure in Guernsey Published: The main logo had to convey a mysterious olde worlde feel to it, so I created a medieval style letter A based on revival lettering from the Art Nouveau period with metal type lettering.
The other letters were from the typeface Charlemagne Standard, the swirls drawn and live traced. The background I painted in watercolours, in teals and dark greens, scratched out some texture.
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I drew a wing and made it white, with an opacity and layered it over the top of the design, giving it subtlety. The white feather I created from a scan of a feather and used Illustrator to draw around the outlined.
The wording at the top is an extract from the book, typeset in a medieval blackletter typeface. A variety of posters, book cover, kindle book cover, and marketing material for the luanch of Albotain's Treasure, available on Amazon!
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In the years since, the lake has been partially drained several times with massive amounts of gold recovered, but the lion's share is thought to remain untouched. Since the late 18th century there have been rumours of hidden treasure on Oak Island, a small private island off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada.
A massive pit on the island is said to be filled with treasure dumped by pirates or sailors. Numerous attempts have been made to excavate the pit, with US president Franklin D Roosevelt joining an attempt in the early s. After Spain defeated the Incas and took control of Lima in the 16th century, the Catholic Church amassed a huge treasure.
But in the Spanish were facing a growing war of independence, and the decision was made to evacuate the city and its fabulous wealth.
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The crew in charge of moving the treasure turned pirate and buried the treasure on Cocos Island, where it is still said to remain. In a fleet of 12 Spanish ships departed from Havana, Cuba filled with silver, gold, pearls and jewels. Seven days after departing 11 of the ships were lost in a hurricane near Florida, killing the sailors on board and losing the treasure.
Seven of the lost ships have been discovered but the bulk of the silver is thought to be on the San Miguel, which remains missing. The famous pirate Blackbeard is said to have accumulated a massive fortune of stolen gold which was lost after his death at sea in Dutch Schultz was an American mobster who amassed his riches through organised crime, bootlegging and rackateering.
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Each year treasure hunters meet at the mountain range to search for the safe, but it has never been found. Millionaire Leon Trabuco and four other men allegedly bought around 16 tonnes of Mexican gold during the Great Depression.
They believed that the US Government would devalue the dollar because of the depression, which would send gold prices skyrocketing.