Making the front cover - 06/03/2023

Making the front cover 

Daisy Jackson / 06/03/2023

To begin with developing this idea further, I decided to play around with the front cover of 'Different shades of Moe'.

I wanted to focus on the colour green obviously and wanted this evident in the front cover.

Here are my experiments:

With this one I thought the background was too boring. When looking at books for children's illustration I noticed that there were a lot of textures involved. I decided to experiment further with this idea.

I love the blend of greens for the background of this. However, I felt like I drifted away once again from the target audience of children. The textures don't really tackle this age range and seems too sophisticated. I want something more playful.

I also love how I altered the text colour to a mixture of greens as this at least is more playful and more 

visually pleasing. You can clearly tell the colour focus is green.

I do not like this one at all. Too much is going on and it seems to be an eye sore. It isn't the worst but it definitely isn't the best - too overwhelming!

Too basic and not enough texture. Comes across like not a lot of thought has gone into it. 

After creating this version I thought it would be great to experiment with blending.

Better but once again, not playful enough. It does not reach my target audience in the way I want. The title and imagery stands out too much against the background rather than complimenting it!

After this I decided to play around with both the front and back cover.

I got a few designs I am very fond of!

So at the time, I felt like this was my best choice. But once again, I thought I could do better. I decided to play around with more designs and ideas now that I had a front and back cover going. 

The great thing with this is that I can always alter these ideas. Nothing is set in stone yet which is perfect for this project.

This is my favourite texture on Procreate. However, unfortunately it did not do the front and back cover justice... I decided to experiment more. 

I do love the contrast between the light and dark green though!

I love this design. It is playful and exactly what I want. Everything was starting to come together. However, my main critique for this would be the colour contrast as it is too light and does not make the white text stand out... 

I love the colour combination but felt like the leaves were too overpowering. However, I can see the text which is a great improvement from the previous.

This. This is my favourite design so far. Everything has came together really nicely. Everything compliments each other well and fits the style I was going for! And more importantly...I can see the text!