Continuing on from Semester 1
I received a lot of helpful and crucial feedback from my work produced for this project in semester 1. It was brought to my attention that the concept of a house of cards is potentially problematic because instead of describing something sturdy, it is used to show something precariously balanced. The issue I now have is finding a way to carry this concept using something a little different, it was suggested to maybe change the structure to something like a bridge, something with more integrity. My concern with doing this however, is that it might start to seem strange that there are cards involved at all, and it may be confusing why the bridge is made of cards. The next stage is simply to draw some of these ideas up once again to see what can be done, but I am optimistic.
Atomic Key
Rough design idea, habits at the centre of each atom. Unsure of Background colour. Not a big fan of this design.
Tower of cards
My previous design closer to the correct penguin layout. I have grown quite fond of this design but unsure that penguin is going to like it. Should make tower smaller to fit the text better. Need to fix missing template files and fonts? If I was to go for this then I would need to redraw the images on the cards to be better, clearer and bolder.
Concept for new design. A pyramid of blocks rather than the flimsy house of cards. I don't feel that the habit icons are working, so I am going to experiment with other more subtle ways of showing.
The new illustration with the old background, definitely needs a new background that is less '' communist manifesto''.
Tried simplifying down the background with the same colours and same idea of the sun. This is working better but the colours aren't quite right. The shadow is also too harsh and too straight.
Idea for the spine. Feedback was to remove the black lines which I agree would be much better for my flat colour style.
First mock up of the final spread. I am really liking this idea now. A few things though, the text on the front needs to come in more and I want to distinguish the authors name a little better. The text on the spine needs to move down a little also and maybe change colour. On the back the text isn't too readable so I am going to try yellow across the entire back. The text is also a bit off, not yet sure how. The arrow on the rubble illustration is not clear enough.
The spine blends in quite nicely with the books on my shelf.
Final work:
Front cover only. Made the changes to the text and I think this is much better. These colours are working so much better too.
Final full jacket. I am extremely proud of this and I don't know what I would change even if I had more time. It has now been submitted for the competition. There is something about this that is still giving me a sort of amateur feeling, but I'm not sure what it is or if that is just in my imagination. This project has come along so brilliantly since the start and regardless of the outcome of the competition this is something I will proudly have in my portfolio.
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