(Original Cover) (Book Series visual)
The most recent book that I’ve read was Outlander, by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Diana Gabaldon, the book I chose is the first in a series that has been adapted for television. I find the book cover to be very basic with a simple symbol and text. As the cover is very minimal and plain, the story however is not. It is about a husband and wife from England, who go on vacation to Scotland where the wife was also known as Claire visits a sacred rock formation called Craig Na Dun. Claire suddenly finds herself in the year 1743 trying to find her way back to her husband in the year 1945, She meets a young Scottish man named Jamie and after several turn-in events, she is off track falling in love and trying to survive in 1743. I think each book of the series has a collective aesthetic of the text and one image. I wanted to create something that was a little more representing the story within so I created four examples of covers including back and spine that hold keys that are found in the story of book one.
I would like to use the creative effect of brightness and changing the color of the sketch in example 2. I would like to use this effect on the stones, showing the bright and dark sides of Craig Na Dun. On another sketch cover representing the typical clothing worn in the 1740s, I’d use the effect of a mask layer and then soften and blend the edges onto the background of a certain color that I chose. The title would be in a strong text font as I think it brings out the one-word title.
An example of proximity, a gestalt principle can be found in sketch example two, in the cover with the stones of Craig Na Dun. The image's proximity to one another shows a circle formation of the stones that can be viewed as similar or part of the same group. Additionally, the continuation in the cover can also be seen in sketch example 4 of the string that crosses over each other creating the form of a dress worn in the 1740s.
Page 1 Sketch
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