THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
For this cover I wanted to give a children s book feel. with the little wallflower rather than using a wallflower as it was done in the book, I wanted to give it a happy kiddy.
Mainly used blob brush to color in and draw out the flower and objects tried using mostly fun colors with a few hints of neutrals just because I liked the look of it. :)
So... this is a horror comedy take on the book cover. I kept thinking of south park for some reason and got the idea to do this so i thought it'd be fun . I used the blob for coloring and the shape tool for the face shape and a few other things. Also line tool and tried to use the basic green shade used in the other book covers for the book. The blood parts were done using blob brush too.
This cover is used for the same Genre of the book. I used both Photoshop and illustrator. Finally got the hang of switching between the two programs. I used the lasso tool to copy and paste all the letters for the title of the book found a typewriter image and used a notebook texture for the background. I wanted to make my own mix tape so I created one in illustrator it was pretty fun to do a few more details could have been added to the mix tape but I think it worked out ok. I used the quote "we are infinite" from the book because I felt it was something that would go well on the cover.
Quick summary:
The story of a 15 year old boy starting his first year in high school. His past is filled with some traumas suck as the death of his aunt who, due to a memory block in his mind he forgot had abused his sexually. But he still blamed himself for her death on his birthday when he was younger. And also the suicide of his best friend the year before. Due to his treatment in order to help him cope with everything he is told to write a letter to an unknown person everyday. This basically is a journal of his Freshman year in high school trying to cope with everyday life and also finding a place to which belong too, as well as fight monsters from the past.
The first cover needs some work on the side walk but otherwise everything looks good. I enjoy the cartoonish style you have!
ReplyDeletei think you have nice color choices for each design
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas, I think my most favorite is the one at the bottom! I think the color choice works well together! Again great work!
ReplyDeleteI cold.nt relate to the book so much because I had never read it so thank you for the brief description, totally hit the South Park take off funny.. the other imagery is well done also ..
ReplyDeleteI like the comedy horror, I had to stare at it a while and that is a good thing. I also like the flower for the children's book cover. Very well done.
ReplyDeleteI really like your last design.I like how the letters look like they were torn out of a magazine and the unraveled tape with there saying on it :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read your interpretation of the second book! Good job.
ReplyDeleteAll three covers are great. I personally like the children's version due to the use of color build up with a brush. It has soft and playful feel.
ReplyDeleteGreat illustration! The typewriter one is creative!
ReplyDeleteI think these covers are great and really done well, nice sense of creativity for the last one too.
ReplyDeleteThey are all awesome. I like the last one because its just type and I like the mixtape.
ReplyDeleteI really like all three of these! The idea you came up with for the children's book is so cute. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really like all three of these! The idea you came up with for the children's book is so cute. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThey all look great and I like that they look like they were done all completely in illustrator. Cool style.
ReplyDeleteThey all look great. I really like the second one, he really looks like he's totally lost it.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, I like just how funny and whimsical the all feel, even though they are about a cereal killer. i just love the playful nature of it all.
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