Technical Requirements

Submit 3 book covers

Book cover set should have a similar author, genre, or theme

Design Requirements

Each individual book cover should use a monochromatic color scheme

The set should follow analogous, split-complementary, or triadic color scheme.

Include an illustration, posterization, or shape arrangement that conveys conceptual unity across the set.

Create one of the following interactions: contrast, repetition, movement, or proportion

Achieve unity between the attributes and interactions utilized in each cover

Achieve unity between the attributes and interactions utilized across the set

Make sure all type is legible and readable

Skill Requirements

Export the bookcover as a PDF

Bonus Requirements

Achieve a conceptual unity between the attributes and interactions utilized across the set

No more and no less than two typefaces (artist/title)

Use a type of unity, such as similarity, closure, continuity, common fate, or parallelism

Background: This project was early on in the program. We were continuing our lessons on illustrator.

Process:

I read over the requirements and came up with an idea for a design I believed I could make both monochromatic, conceptual unity and have each cover interact with the last in unity. I created three artboards of the same size on illustrator, and then put in my background color to set a base for the color scheme I wanted to stick with. I used thumbnail sketches of what I wanted to design and then went onto google and grabbed a few different images for each cover. I "image traced" each image in illustrator and played around with coloring and effect to find the perfect image for each cover. I add the text and played around with placement and font. Once I submitted I then did revisions based on feedback from my professor.