responsive: TKAMB Screenshots & Final

So here are some screenshots of my final design for the TKAMB book cover project. I showed my progress and how I got to the end design. I am really pleased with how this turned out, and I think that I really stepped out of the box in the design and trying something different. Before, no one has done the 'jeans' scene as a front cover for the book, but I think it is quite a key part to the novel. The children discover that Boo Radley isn't such a bad guy and he's just misunderstood I think that's what TKAMB is all about. Misunderstood people in bad situations. 

In these screenshots, you can see my thinking and how I was trying to work with different fonts, typefaces, brushes etc to get the outcome that I was looking for. In the end I decided to go with a handwritten font because I think it really complimented the touching scene I was trying to re-create and it seems more inviting. 

I used a simple colour scheme because I didn't want to overcomplicate things. I think the 'sunset' feel in the background really sets the tone for what the book is all about. Sunsets can have two sides to them, the calm or the storm, or the calm before the storm. And I think this compliments the book in a simple and underlying way. Plus I think it would make the book stand out more if it were to be on shelves as it's quite a striking colour scheme and the colours are bold and stand out. 

I decided to feature some handwritten text on the back cover too, mainly because I feel that it looks better this way and flatters the front cover font and ties them both in together. I decided to use a simple font for the spine because I think the font that I used for the front cover would have been too messy and complicated and I like how much it flatters the front page and I don't think the spine needs too much fancy business going on. I think it needs to be simple and inviting because sometimes that might be the first thing that you see on the shelf and if the font was too complicated it might not be as easy to read.

my final book cover, i am very pleased with it!!