Book Cover Design Part 2

 

My design

    For my project, I decided to go with my most recently read book, The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. The original designer of the front and back cover below is Anne Twomey. I feel like my design is effective because it provides an eye-catching moment to the reader. I wanted to do something different than the original design. Instead of a light background, I incorporated a photo of an "asylum," as google says, and edited the image. I learned from the learning videos to adjust the colors of the image, I decreased the brightness and saturation instead of putting a black-and-white filter. I can add that I was inspired by some of our classmates to have one image extended to the front and back cover design. I then incorporated layering by adding two more pictures on top of the background image on the front design. The first is a black headshot shadow male figure, and the second is an image of a woman with a blank face, representing Amelia from the book. I adjusted the transparency on the photos so it looked like they were merged together. I made sure that everything was aligned and looked pleasing to the eye. In my opinion, this design can be viewed as simple, but still attention-grabbing. The only color is the logo from the MacMillan publisher and the photo of the woman, slightly. For the text, I was sure to use proximity, I did not like how the title appeared vertically, so I placed each word in its own text box, on a diagonal from the next. For the spine of my design, I used closure. I did not want to use the word "by" and have an ongoing sentence. I had the idea of adding a small horizontal line shape just to fill in some space. I chose to use the same font for the entire book for a more cohesive look and feel. I think the white text pops against the shaded background because of the shadows I incorporated. Overall, I had a lot of fun making this design and I hope it would grab someone's attention if it were ever on a bookshelf. 

(Layering, proximity, closure)

Original Design