Book Jacket
As I continued my degree in Visual Communication, I was given projects to do more professionally. For the book jacket, I decided to branch out by using raster art instead of vector to redesign a cover for one of my most favorite books, Dog Man, complete with a title, summary, review and author biography. The client for a comic book illustrator would be amazed.
Process
Overall, this competency project was fairly easy. My objective made sense and the feedback I received from my professor and peers was clear and straightforward. The final design was my favorite out of all drafts as it implied the main plot of the story and the amount of action in it. However, all drafts that I made along the way received mostly positive reviews. Since this was made in the same class as the branding logo, it followed the same design method.
Step 1: Creative Brief
Step 2: Word list/mind map
Step 3: Rough sketches
Step 4: First round of digital drafts and peer review
Step 5: Digital drafts refined
Step 6: End of the Semester
Step 7: Errors Corrected
Challenges
The hardest part of making a book jacket was coming up with enough sketches with significant meaning in the beginning, but otherwise this was an easy design.
Solutions
Once I got done with the sketches, I used peer review to know exactly which ones to move forward with, and from there designing the jacket was a breeze. Despite not having read a single book from my classmates' selections, I gave everyone my best advice in return. My suggestions were clear and agreed on by others.
Reviews
"I like the perspective in #1, and the colors make it feel really active."
"Outstanding! Love the way this came out."
"The lightning really guides your eyes through the scene and shows the split between the good guy and the bad guy."
"Beautiful work!"