When deciding how to create the cover of my book I thought a lot about how to link it to the content as well as how to portray the narrative. I quickly decided that a simple cover would be best to echo my narrative. I also discarded the idea of having my character on the front as I felt this was unnecessary and didn't really add anything to the whole product.
I thought the cover by Francesca Pavese contains a very effective use of white space and minimal text, which is something I would love to echo in my work. I also love how she has used a completely monochrome colour palette.
The work of William Wondriska was also really inspirational to me, as I found his simple use of narrative mixed with an even simpler cover which slightly draws upon the content offer a sweet, charming product which I would like to emulate with mine.
What this has taught me:
- Simple is good, don't try to cram in too much information into such a small space, the content is the narrative, not the cover
- Maybe a very simplistic cover would be good, in order to almost warn the reader that the content is simple, as I think I really need to play upon how humble the narrative is
- Two colours might be a nice way to portray my book. maybe even just type in order to really push the meaning.
- It's a book asking how many coats is too many, why not bookend it with the question and answer? A simple story for a simple question
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| Francesca Pavese |
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| William Wondriska |
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