Monday, December 2, 2013

Book Covers


For this assignment, we were to create two book covers. One cover for a book that we have read, and another that we have not. I'm a fan of mystery and thriller, so I decided to with a darker, gray-toned theme. I chose The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells, for the book that I have read, and The Shining, by Stephen King, for the book I have not read.

For The Invisible Man, I wanted to focus on the man himself, and I've always loved the visual design of the character. I decided to draw the bandages that were wrapped around his head as the title of the book. I left a few straps of the bandages loose, to emphasize that it is not just text covering a head. I drew it with a rough, cut-out style, to pop a bit more. Overall I'm happy with it, though I feel the background is a bit lackluster. And I was not too sure what to do with H.G. Wells' name.


For The Shining, I wanted to focus on something that was present in both the movie and the book, since I've heard there are quite a few differences, and I had seen the movie. So I chose the setting of the book, the Overlook Hotel. I found some pictures of the outside of the hotel used in the movie, and based the simple drawing off of that. I used a lot of normal brush strokes and layers to get a black mass of ambiguity. I then used the liquify filter and stretched out the black markings. While I was doing so for the bottom half, I noticed a white circular image came out in the black mass. I thought of that as being the moon, and placed it above the hotel. I filled out the sky with black and wisps of white. Overall I'm happy with it, though yet again I was not sure what to do with King's name.

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