Wind In The Willows Book Cover Draft

Evaluating all my elements together from my sketchbook, and deciding on an effective book cover for the Penguin and Puffin award presented a challenge. This come with instructions on a template size, developing the typeface, the correct size and format for cutting the book. Their for I had to combine my elements together to translate a chapter or elements of the wind in the willows character, my chosen design translated tode being in prison and wanting to go home, that emotion I felt would become an effect book cover. Showing the audience a small part of the story but knowing them to ask question to why tode is in prison? This allows the book to be more sellable. 

I development my book cover in photoshop, changing contrast and levels to create a mood, and setting the seen of the environment, the reason for doing this was that I struggled to translate a more harsher effect free- hand, so moving it into photoshop would allow me to change and enhause some of them harsher colours, but not taking alway the effect of producing the work with free hand qualities.

These are screen shots of my first draft of my Wind in the Willows book cover.

Over Easter break areas of my book cover need changing and developing, communication with my Tutors and their professional advice, showed me that the audience is key and to capture their attention the main character (tode) and (tode Hall) need to me more powerful. 

Areas of improvement

1. Tode

2. Tode Hall ( Brighter)

3. Background less dark/ smaller bricks

4. Window background lighter... contrast with Tode Hall

5. Typeface to be developed

6. Development of the back cover, continuos story into the background.

7. Room for writing in the background... Incorporation into the design maybe.