Evaluation

Final Piece

Here is my final piece, overall i'm pretty happy with how it turned out and i'm glad that i tried lots of different ideas out before deciding which on to definitley go with. I think achieves the purpose that i want and links into the brief of "Earth, Air, Water and Fire" very well. The only things i would change or improve about it would be the flaps, as although i wanted them to be simple i do think that if i was being picky then they could be improved.

Working Progress Shots for Final Piece

 Firstly i added my water coloured image into the photoshop document where i edited it to ensure the paws were more defined, so to create the look of paws that have been in sand.

Then i decided to add in images of the text i had drawn out and inked. I edited it them in photoshop and turned the threshold up to make it bolder and make it more defined.

On the back flap i decided to add a white box around the blurb to make the text more striking, and then i lowered the opacity to ensure you could still see the background, but able to still read the text.

I then added information about the author C.S Lewis onto the left flap, and aligned the image of Lewis with the white box around the blurb, and aligned the text to the left, so to make it aligned with the image. 

After doing the left flap i added the information about the book onto the right flap, which i decided to make the background white, again to make the text more legible, it also means that the flap and front cover contrast with each other.

I realised that my own text was holding my front cover back and decided to change it to a typeface that was very similar, called "Hand Of Sean" and thought the main title would look more distinct and original to any other book covers if i aligned the text with the paw prints.

I added an ampasand in the font "Gill Sans" in ultra bold, like my emulation because i thought it gave a nice effect to the front cover and would make my front cover look more sophisticated, and not fill it up the white space with text.

Additionally i added the author's name in the same font as the main title of the book, to make sure that the text is concording with each other.

To achieve the look of paws on a beach fully i decided to make the back cover blue. I achieved this by taking my original picture of the paw prints, cropping it and then changing the hue, contrast and saturation to get this blue washed out colour that i wanted. I went head then and added it to my book cover and arranged the text, barcode, price, logo and website to make sure my back cover looked right and achieved the right effect i wanted i to.

However I still wasn't fully happy with my front cover, and decided to change the text again. I changed the font to white and change the font to one called "A Love Of Thunder" which is much bolder than the other font, but doesn't over power the paw prints, which are the main focus of the front cover. I added the same font and style to the spine to make sure they didn't clash.

I realised that unlike my emulation where i just used the text " Lion, Witch, Wardrobe" it would not work on this front cover. I added the rest of the text and make them smaller so that the title didn't take up as much room as it needed to, and rotated them to make my cover look more professional. I also made the author's name the same font and made sure it was small so that, again, it didn't overpower the paws that are the main focus of the front cover.