Is it wrong that I’m chuffed  at the outcome of these bad boys? The continuous pattern across the whole spread tickles my fancy! And I do hope is a  pleasant surprise for book lovers as its always very satisfying when a book has a continuous cover (I say as an avid and obsessive book lover)  

– The illustrated concept came from the desire to intrigue the desired audience of a YA as well as a younger demographic in the hopes they could grow with the story with each book. – The colours were chosen to provide an innocence for the younger aspects in the story. – The type is once… Continue reading Concept Three.

And success we have an idea. It only took until the week before my project was due for me to finally get a useful brainwave in regards to my final concept. The illustrated concept has quickly became my favourite. It has warmth through colour, depth through a short-narrative illustrated on the cover and it conveys… Continue reading THE ILLUSTRATED CONCEPT.

With this chose of sleeve I decided on a more ambiguous cover. I opted out of using a blurb and instead offered a simple sentence on the back of the book to achieve the interest of an older audience.  

I have decided for concept one I will retain a clean and aged feeling design. As such I hope to retain this style over the whole cover. The design has come together and I am beyond pleased and proud of my achievements in the face of all the tears of frustration I cried over it. 

I find myself up until midnight again struggling with where I need to go in regards to the third strategy. As such I have laid my attention elsewhere – at least for a time. So I have set my sights on the completion of the complimenting spreads to accompany the book covers. I have decided… Continue reading Struggle Street.

Concept three was quite the battle and my next attempt didn’t feel right at all. I was attempting to create the wallpaper concept with a twist and found myself questing why I would repeat this late in the game, laziness and it would look damn cool… But I managed to re-think my position on what… Continue reading Failed Attempt.