Final Outcome

I am very pleased with my final outcome for this project, as I feel I have successfully captured the style of the book, and reflected this on the cover by making it feel modern and on trend, whilst still showing the character of each pasta through the handmade process, as it mirrors how each pasta shape is made using the same mould, but there are slight irregularities due to the nature of the materials, just like I used handmade stencils to create uniform shape, but each are slightly different due to the nature of the gouache.
Because of this I feel the concept of the book really comes through, however, I feel I could have improved the smaller type, as I feel with some more time invested into the development, I could have perhaps made a stencil from which to cut the type so that it was more accurate and neat. In addition I would have liked to have added some type to the inner jacket covers to add a little more explanation to the book.

In addition, I find the contrast between the orange, grey and white to be very successful, as I think this colour scheme is on trend and still loosely echoes the colour of pasta, as well as creating a big impact on the audience. The repeated pattern also works well as I think that the uniform layout mixed with the slightly uneven placement, due to the stencils being applied individually rather than from one whole stencil like I would have with mono print creates a more welcoming tone. Because of this I am actually quite pleased that I was unable to use the print room for this project. In addition, I had originally planned to use the letterpress to include type, but I think the solution I made for this works better than letterpress would have.
One way I could have improved the overall design would have been to scan it in and print it out, as I feel a flatter more polished outcome would have made it feel more professional and finished.

If I were doing this project again, I think I would have swapped the order I explored my processes round, and would have begun with exploring media, and then moved onto the layout, as I feel that starting with the layout limited me a little with how to portray the pasta on the cover.