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After receiving the brief of designing a book cover, I decided to research other book covers. I like how the covers range from being literal to poetic.
Because I didn't want to be too strongly influenced by a single type of book design, I decided to research many types and themes of cover designs.
Monday 23 February 2015
Brief
After his latest film release "Big Eyes", Tim Burton is wanting to bring back one of his his classic films in book form, as well as appeal to a more adult audience. It is your brief to design a book covers that will let adults know it's aimed at an older audience through the medium of illustration and cover design.
The classics Tim Burton is wanting to reproduce is "The Corpse Bride".
While designing this product, it's important to take these issues into consideration.
Sensitivity - The books are of dark nature, however it's important to keep in mind sensitivity- so things like excessive gore need to be kept to an absolute minimum.
Aesthetics - The covers should be aesthetically pleasing in terms of layout, and should be able to draw in an audience without over crowding the page with illustrations.As the books will be part of a series, it is important there is a common theme to link them together.
The classics Tim Burton is wanting to reproduce is "The Corpse Bride".
While designing this product, it's important to take these issues into consideration.
Audience - The books must be obviously designed for a more adult audience but keeping sensitivity in mind.
Aesthetics - The covers should be aesthetically pleasing in terms of layout, and should be able to draw in an audience without over crowding the page with illustrations.As the books will be part of a series, it is important there is a common theme to link them together.
Flaws, perfection, ideals, or compromises.
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After being given the prompt "Flaws, perfection, ideals, or compromises", I wanted to further explore what I could apply this prompt to.
Here is my research and exploration into flaws and perfections.
My ideas range from potential skincare products, to movie related merchandise.
After exploring different ideas of flaws and perfections, I discovered that many of Tim Burton's creations all share a common theme of a flawed character.
I was interested to look further into this, and perhaps develop book covers for his movie titles, such as "Edward Scissor Hands", and "The Corpse Bride".
It would be interesting to see how I can portray these stories in a poetic way in terms of book cover design.
After being given the prompt "Flaws, perfection, ideals, or compromises", I wanted to further explore what I could apply this prompt to.
Here is my research and exploration into flaws and perfections.
My ideas range from potential skincare products, to movie related merchandise.
After exploring different ideas of flaws and perfections, I discovered that many of Tim Burton's creations all share a common theme of a flawed character.
I was interested to look further into this, and perhaps develop book covers for his movie titles, such as "Edward Scissor Hands", and "The Corpse Bride".
It would be interesting to see how I can portray these stories in a poetic way in terms of book cover design.
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