For these book jackets I looked at art movements and styles that focused a lot on creating atmosphere, as over all I thought it was fitting for the books I'd chosen and would allow for a cohesive aesthetic Nineteen eighty four is set in a dystopian future were much of the west is controlled by the totalitarian surveillance state of Oceania, which is run by the dictatorship Big Brother. It follows Winston Smith who secretly harbours hate for the party, and ends up in a forbidden relationship with a woman that leads to him remonicising about life before the party. However it doesn't last long and they are caught and sent to be re-educated.
The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde follows Gabriel Utterson as he learns his friend Dr Jekyll has attempted to split his good and evil side. Unbenounced to Dr Jekyll he had failed, and instead was turning into the monstrous man, Mr Hyde, and had been committing frightening act of violence.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy were two star crossed lovers take their lives as their families long held grudges towards one another swears to keep them apart. In the end their deaths allow the rivalling families to but their differences aside and reconcile. setting - THIrteenth or fourteeth century italyIn this project you will design covers for (or 'repackage') a series of classic children's literature. In addition to providing a suitable introduction to narrative within, your illustrative designs will address 2 requirements.
Aesthetic Cohesion 1. The books you can choose from have no relationship. They are not part of a narrative series, they are not written by the same author, they do not contain the same characters etc. Despite this, your designs must provide the disparate collection with an aesthetic cohesion. Further more, your outcomes should make it clear how other books might be brought into the collection. (Imagine you have been asked to provide a test sample, and if successful, you will win the contract to cover an entire collection of classics). You are asked to demonstrate a treatment across a minimum of 3 titles, to include a full wrap (front & back cover + spine). You must include: Title (cover & spine) Author (cover & spine) Synopsis (back cover) barcode & price box (back cover) You can add any other details that you believe lends your work believability. Dimensions 20.1 x 13.7 x 2 cm (spine widths vary from book to book, but in the case of this project we will use 2cm as a standard width) |
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