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Based on the target audience, I tried to grab their attention by the use of bright colours, mainly on the background. this also makes the title and the writing stand out against it.
My design shows about the first spot of the year. The two thought bubbles shows the spot cream, and   Bert's teeth.

I open to any feedback, I would like to keep the cover minimalistic.

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To Kill a Mocking Bird

I found images of a mockingbird, lifeless in snow. Manipulated them to create the cover. I feel the blurb fits well and isn’t too heavy for the artwork. If there was anything that gave me headaches, was the title and replicating it in the spine. It was readable on the cover, but didn’t seem so on the spine. But I was keen to keep the overlap.

So I’d love to know if it’s readable to everyone after the tinkering I’ve done?

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Adrian Alara (DESIGN AWARD)

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To kill a Mockingbird

Essentially I wanted to incorporate the main factors of the story and key features that are aligned to key parts of the story. The idea came from the planned lynching of the 'mockingbird' being represented by Atticus. Of course Atticus, Jem and Scout are the main characters and I felt as though the should be represented. The house in which Boo Radley resides in is also included on the back over as it was a place that was of particular interest to the children. The colour scheme I felt was well aligned to that era and keeps things neutral whilst highlighting the central pieces of the design. The tree is obviously the home of an actual mockingbird, where the mob gathered to lynch the metaphorical mockingbird and so therefore quite important in the storyline.

Although I like the design I feel as though something is off with the design...

1) Is the typography suitable and legible?

2) Is there too much white/ is the white too harsh?

3) Are there too many features in/ or incorporated into the design?

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In Cold Blood

I was inspired by one of the major clues found on the crime scene, that pinned one of the murderers down - their bloody foot print. The print was only half a shoe print, but it matched the boots worn by the murderer. I have illustrated the exact boot that was photographed for evidence.

1. I wanted my cover to be simplistic and symbolic. Is it too simplistic? Does it make sense and is it clear?

2. The colour scheme? I originally used red, but I feel like it's a little too predictable, so I went with cold colours, with hints of colour (the actual boot was black)

3. Does the font choices work?

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How to kill a mockingbird

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Quick revison of the ideas, number 1 or 2? and anything that needs to change?
Thanks

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

The cover has the illustration of Adrian's face with shapes that describe Adrian's complicated thoughts. I feel like the front cover is still too plain but I've added small white patterned dots to make it more fun.

- What do you think of the overall look. Is it catchy and suitable for people who are targeted for this book?

- How is the color and the font?

- What should be added or eliminated from the cover?

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To Kill A Mockingbird

I want to emphasize the racial discrimination between the black and white people so I chose black and white as the main colors. The word, ‘kill’ as the discrimination of white people and the word, ‘mockingbird’ as the black man being the victim of discrimination. The back cover book design that is the flying birds was inspired by the behaviors of discrimination through chasing birds away when we do not like them.

- What do you think about the concept and overall overlook of the book?

- What do feel about the choice of font and color?

- Is the design too simple and not catchy enough? Can you read the cover design clearly?

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the idea of the cover is mostly for the simplicity. the face of the boy illustrator describes that its a fun novel to read, also the choice of typography.
my concern is is it too stiff and does the color of the background work?

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a boy secretly writing in the night

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The latest design...

does the style of the newspaper work with the theme of the books?

How does the typography work on the back cover?

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To Kill a Mockingbird – One of the main theme’s throughout the book is the coexistence of good and evil. Atticus teaches the children throughout the story that most people have good and bad qualities. I have used the wing feathers from a mockingbird, exactly as they are in reality to represent the coexistence of good and bad in people. Each one can relate to a character in the story. Still playing around with it though. Haven’t done the back properly yet  :)

– Does the colour work?

– Is it too plain?

– Does the spine need to be more interesting?

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To Kill A Mockingbird

Having studied this book during GCSE, the style of the cover reflects my knowledge of the book. From the dark storyline, I created a book cover using bright vibrant colours of red and orange against the eerie black background to emphasise simplistic but dramatic effect.
The reason I included an illustration of a noose was due to the date of the story being set in 1936, severe punishment was prosecuted by hanging. The feathers settling along the bottom can be seen as the 'death of the mocking bird.'

- The colours?
-The title font?
-Too simple?

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This design idea came from all the people in the world, which are represented in the black silhouettes and the four red silhouettes is the family that got murdered. Representing a minority because according to online sources they were the most unlikely family to have got  murdered.

This is just one design idea... but I'm going to develop upon this and I'd like to know what you think of it so far? Do you like this idea?

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In Cold Blood

I was inspired by essay and research paper covers, since in a way that's what this book was. And this is what my inspiration evolved to.

Concern:
Does my idea of essay covers make any sense? And can you see that idea from these book covers?

I have these two different versions because I couldn't choose between them. I like the lower one a bit better personally, but when I look at it I'm afraid that it might be a bit cliche?

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To Kill A Mockingbird

I chose to focus on perspectives using Atticus' glasses as a visual metaphor. Atticus represents moral solidarity and always attempts to do the right thing putting others before himself. People see things differently through glasses and the focus changes, the glasses represent different viewpoints of the different characters in the story. What one person sees is not necessarily the same as another even if it appears the same in terms of Tom Robinson's innocence / guilt.

I'm not sure about the colours and the typography however. This will probably be altered over time.

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To kill a mockingbird

The idea of my design is focus on the issues that bring out by the story -racial discrimination and unfair. Everything are watching by our eyes and what attitude are you going to show is depend on what you have seen and think also the story is talking about what happened have the main character have seen so I use a eye to contain a black hand and a with hand which showing the discrimination problem.  The mockingbird is standing on the black hand  means the innocent people in the story and the white hand holding a warm and relax style to talking through the story.

-Do you think I need to change the font?

-What do you think about the layout of the title?

-Should I change the colour of the background?

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Angelina

My creative solution wants to communicate the complex issues addressed in the story as of the different layers you build on throughout life. As Scout is growing up and learning from everything around her, she reveals different layers of life, not always as pink as children imagine them to be. Also even though I didn't want to use "bird" on the cover initially, I decided to add one in the eye of the face, which is shaped by the different layers, representing the innocence of the mockingbird and putting it in the upmost depth and importance.

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In Cold Blood.

My design focuses on two killers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock.

A handshake could be a symbol of greeting or saying goodbye which represents the relationship between Dick and Perry.
Dripping blood as a background means that they were involved in this murder.

I put these two elements together because I want to draw audiences' curiosity by relating a friendly gesture to a horror element, in a way also creates contrast and creepy atmosphere.

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1. What do you think about my concept?

2. Are the graphic style of friendly gesture and blood match? (illustrated hands + realistic blood)

3. Do you think the font of “In Cold Blood” matches the whole theme?

Any other comments?

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Adrian Mole

The concept for the cover is to show the relationship of Adrian and Pandora. Pandora goes on a holiday and Adrian calls her and he gets in trouble for that.
I am thinking of adding more to the illustration as the book cover has a lot of white space at the moment. I also  need to add the telephone wire to the illustration.
1. is there too much white space on the book
2. does the back cover need more attention
3. does the character have too much resemblance to the tv series character

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- In Cold Blood -
The design is to focus on the story, 'a murder case'. I use blood to be the main character of the book jacket, the red colour is eye-catching and related to death. There are four side faces (two female and two male) in the design and they belong to a pool of blood which also bring out they are family.

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Do you think the blank bottom would make the design not balance enough?

Is the font appropriate (size and type) ?

Do you think my idea is clear shown in the design?

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I've been thinking about in which directions I can interpret "To Kill a Mockingbird" and which part of the book I can pick up to redesign the cover, for a long time. The more I thought about it, the more I understand that I can't create a new interpretation. So I decided to stay at the key feature from the book. The innocent.
At first glance I doesn't chanced anything, but so the book is keeping it’s recognition value. That is why I wanted to transfer the cover to today's time. I thought about what the design from today is, but it’s limitless. I decided that my cover has to be modern and old-fashioned at the same time.
The fathers at the background are geometric patterns, the typography elements are framed, which let it looks vintage. I think that is a good choice because the book is primarily from the 60s. The background is shown by the illustrations of the tree, which covers the whole case and the mockingbird on the front cover.

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Updated version
Made the authors name smaller, made the pony bigger, moved the dog

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Updated version.

Not sure what to do with the background. I've tried adding a texture to it but don't think it works.

You can view them bigger if you download them.

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Based The book jacket on the troubled teen life. The items falling out of the bag reflect the troubles of being a teen, carrying stuff to school etc. The items reflect the stages of growing up as well, like the aftershave, glasses and screwdriver

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I've added some extra details to the same design, does this work better?

Is the message coming across still?

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The secret diary of adrian mole.

This brightly coloured cartoon like illustrative boo cover intends to capture the young audience and highlights the somewhat comical nature of Adrian Mole.

The scene of the cover shows adrian reading his diary in his bed. The background is noddy wallpaper which is significant in the story to represent his eagerness to grow up from being a young teenage boy, which is scribbled on back cover- also providing clear space for the text.

I'm not sure if this is too much that i should just focus on the noddy wallpaper instead of also having adrian mole on the cover.
Is the title clear and easy to read?
Do you think that i should have used another font on the back to be more original?

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ -  I wanted to show off Adrian's lack of observation as it hints at this in the book, I did this by creating a scene with spans across the front and back covers that uses things from the story to create the scene of "chaos"
I used the plot point of the Adrian painting his room black to place the text in. I made it slightly transparent to give homage to the wallpaper that could be seen underneath.

Im not sure if the scene could be classed as chaotic. Does it need more things going on?

Also I am still tweaking some bit like the girl and the pony.

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The concept behind mine is that the book cover is the red sock that Adrain wears to school and sparks his relationship with Pandora. A group of students then wear red socks under black socks in protest.  The black sock will then be an extra sleeve that wraps around the red sock. (I.e. a separate piece of paper)

Q1: What do people think to the black sock? is it too dark to tell that it is a sock?

Q2: What do people think of the type? Does the font work?

Q3: Can you tell that it is a shoelace at the bottom?

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My version 2 of the black painted wallpaper idea. I printed the more garish noddy pattern on a1 paper, stuck it up as if wallpaper and then photographed it...let me know any tweaks to typography choices or typography layout as I can not take the photos again...

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My version 2 of the black painted wallpaper. I printed the more garish noddy pattern on a1 paper, stuck it up as if wallpaper and then photographed it...let me know any tweaks to typography choices or typography layout as I can not take the photos again...

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My design represents the shadow-ey-ness of the door turning into a safe. I've used rougher typography and textures in the illustration to make it feel more uneasy. (same as before with my concept)

Concerns

1. Am I taking the "strong use of typography" mentioned in the brief too seriously, and was my previous book cover more successful?

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Cover template - In Cold Blood copy V8-01

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To kill a Mockingbird cover.
I was aiming for a minimalistic design for this one. I was focusing on the white space and a tiny black bird that represents the idea of killing and destroying innocence. I wanted to make it a bit odd in order to make it uncomfortable to look at.
It still feels a bit awkward to me tho.
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1. Is the font fit the whole theme?
2. Something is not quite right in the second cover. Any ideas?
3. How is the concept itself?

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In Cold Blood

I aimed for a heavily typographic and contemporary take on
this book. I looked in to anything surrounding detective work and murders which bought up the idea of using pin and string to create the title.
Its link to the book is the chaos and confusion of trying to solve a murder case represented by the random pattern of the string. The string then follows off in different directions and leads on
to the back cover, again, much like a detectives case.

The typography for all the other elements closely resembles the line width of the string and is used in a way where it doesn't overshadow the main piece on the front.

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In Cold Blood Cover.

If you click on it there are actually two covers, all I did was removed the spine colour though so don't get too excited.

With the power of H20, food colouring, and £3.99 shells of ebay, I bring you In Cold Blood in it's most literal form.

1. How's the font? Match it okay?
2. Is the front image a bit big on the cover, shall I resize it a tad smaller?
3. Shall I keep the blurb on the back within the pool, or should I try putting it opposite in red against the blood pool, if that makes sense.

Thaaaanks.

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I wanted to use photography and use the same colours of white and red in the previous versions of the book cover. My idea was to play with ink and water to create blood visuals, so I experimented with different frames and compositions. This was my final outcome.

• Is the typeface for the title too outspoken?

• Do you like the idea of playing with negative space, creating an unknown appearance?

• Should I incorporate more elements in my design - is it too minimal?

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Cover template - In Cold Blood FINAL 4 BOTTOM PDF FONT CHANGE-01

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To Kill A Mockingbird
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A flat, minimal and pretty literal take of the book title aimed at the younger audience. Colour used reflects the character(s).

:: What do you think of the overall look, the colour? Are there anything that you think might be out of place?

:: How do you feel about the choice of fonts and how they've been placed? Does it compliment the art?

:: Would you pick it up if you saw it in a book store?

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Would be good to know if i could do something more interesting for the back on this! and before i had a quite opaque image of the house they were murdered in within the radio face but wasn't sure if it was necessary?

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My design shows what is going on in a teenager’s mind in an abstract way, so that both teenagers and adults can relate to it.
At this age there is a lot going on in life and your brain is under construction somehow. The pattern in the background should address that feeling. The colours are picked from familiar packaging of sweets you were after. And the typography reminds you of doodles in schoolbooks.

Is it too much handwritten? Too busy?

I’m not sure if the colour of the title is the best choice, do i need to pick an extra colour?

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In Cold Blood.

My design represents the shadow of a door opening, but uses this shadow to create imagery that looks like the door of a safe. This shadow imagery creates a horror/uneasy undertone, whilst the safe  represents why the killers acted in the book subtly.
The back has four pairs of shoes to represent the family killed in the book.

Concerns

1. The line length on the back is quite long, but this is the only way I could fit all of the text on. Otherwise the text is barely readable because of the perspective used.

2. Something about it looks really cliche American.

3. I should probably add a gradient to the shadow so it looks more like a shadow.

(please ignore the path showing from the screenshot)

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In Cold Blood – Peaceful on the front and dangerous in the back. My idea was to show the idyllic and normal looking house where the murder happened to set a contrast to the title itself. The picture changes on the back of the book to some kind of night scene/dusk. Growing out of the shadows there are the silhouettes of the two murderers.

Is the cover too busy? Does the image idea come across?

Not sure about the silhouettes, too flat maybe?

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To kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee.

1.     Do the signs surrounding the bird make it seem weighted and falling??

2.     As the cover is typographic I would need to consider how the title is going to stand out amongst what would seem to look chaotic?

3.     Any other executions you may pick up resulting in improving the design?

I have focused more on the place and time the book is set, and I want to introduce real time elements of separation, and segregation and the books serious issues dealing with the inequality and injustice of race, in the 1930’s. so I have introduced typographic signage around the black and white mockingbird.

People of the town have their own ideas and perspectives about race, making you think of the particular ways characters think and behave in the book – relationship to privilege, so I was trying to represent this also through the typographic placement of words as if the viewer may be first witnessing this injustice through the typography.. If that at all makes any sense?

As for type used I’ve not focused at the minute on what I am using, I’m also trying to play with changing the book- possibly being black and white sided/ or white one side and colourful the other? Or changing the placement of the type so that it is perhaps appears to be on a wall rather than surrounding a mocking bird?

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'In Cold Blood' - my idea was to do a death tally. White represent the four victims, while red represent the two murderers.

- How do I make this go further? It's very simple and I'm struggling to make it go further. I feel like it needs something else but I'm not sure what.

- After speaking with Rob, I changed the font from sans serif to serif. Would you say this font works?

- Do you think the back page needs something on it other than the text or should the text be the main focus?

- Finally, colour scheme. Would you change any of the colours? e.g. lighter background.

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My design shows the items Jem and Scout collected from the tree (presents from Boo) and how they might have stored them at home. Currently it's a cardboard box but I plan to get a nice old lined box and photograph the real items in there. The back cover is the lid where they've labelled it.

Typography: other than felt pen how else could I make the type part of the box (without writing in string)?

Spine: The spine is quite dull, can't see how it could relate to the box or be a bit more interesting.

How do I carve dolls out of soap...?

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idea 2

Is this better ?
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In Cold Blood - I wanted to focus on one of the items they took from the house. I used a radio for this concept, using a 1950s inspired colour palette. If this idea works then I would illustrate the radio myself as this is only image traced.

- Not too sure on the back and the font. It feels like the text and the image on the front are competing with each other. Should the main focus be the image or the text?

- I have been looking at the items they took from the house, a portable radio, binoculars and some cash. Do you think I should include all of these items or focus on one item like I have?
- Feedback appreciated

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In Cold Blood - this idea represents the four family members that were killed and the two murderers. Trees as they have very large plots of land.

I feel it may be too simple though I'm not sure how to make it a bit more lively - or with what imagery.

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To Kill a Mockingbird – One of the main theme’s throughout the book is the coexistence of good and evil. Atticus teaches the children throughout the story that most people have good and bad qualities. I have used the wing feathers from a mockingbird, exactly as they are in reality to represent the coexistence of good and bad in people. Each one can relate to a character in the story. Still playing around with it though. Haven’t done the back properly yet  :)

– Should I include colour?

– Does the text work on its side?

– Does the spine need to be more interesting?

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My design came from looking at symbols and representations for death. I looked at how I could represent the main characters in the book without it being too obvious. I chose to represent them through white lilies. The lilies standing up are a representation of the Cutter family, and the two lilies lying down are representing the murderers who, through their actions have also condemned themselves to death. The colours used in the cover design indicate the striking nature of the book.

–      I am unsure on how to approach the design on the rear as I feel it needs something more to it?

–      Do you find the type on the cover legible enough?

–      Do you think my concept is clear enough?

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The idea of my design is to show the frustration of the two murders not finding a safe nor money. There will be a dust jacket with money and the title/author printed on it. This will slide off and will uncover an empty safe.
(ignore the stock image background, just seeing what could work :D)

Typeface: Not to sure what route to go down for this?

Concept: Do you think it works as a whole concept? Is there anything I need to consider?

Back Cover: Should there be anything else include for the back?

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Based on Adrian Mole's 5 day stint of painting his noddy-wallpapered room black. The concern I have is that on first glance it may appear to be a young children's book whereas it is meant for teens. Can people offer their advice on this?

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To kill a mockingbird - Newspaper layout concept.

- I am struggling with the back cover, the amount of information supplied has proved a problem with the concept of newspaper.

- Should it be black & white or should it be colour?

thanks

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1. Explanation of your design (100 - 200 words)
2. Three issues about which you'd like to receive feedback (frame them as questions and be specific!)
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