Unit 3 Project: Book Covers
Generate excitement. Grab attention. The main goal of every book cover is to generate excitement. The cover is one of the best tools in your marketing arsenal. That’s why you should create something that will stop people in their tracks and evoke interest. The book cover is the hook that will help you to promote your book.
Project 2: BOOK COVERS
Create a 5 page book cover for your favorite book, or a book you wish to write in the future. You may look at the original book cover, but your design needs to be completely unique and different from the original.
The structure of the grid is up to you. You must be able to tell me what kind of grid you are using. (Manuscript, column, modular, hierarchical)
*12 different sketches in your sketchbook of potential layouts and designs.
1. Brainstorm a list of different books you wish to design a NEW cover.
2. Google search other book or even poster designs to see what other posters have been made before. Save all of these images that you think are cool in a folder on your computer or on your personal flash drive.
*You will be turning these in to me with your final draft. You will be turning in a folder with your final project, a folder of research ideas and example posters you used for inspiration.
3. Start drawing sketches of new ideas for your book cover.
*Think about what type of people will read this book (demographics: who what when where and why)
*What is the book about? Think about plot, characters, main ideas, symbolism, etc.
*What colors will you use??? What is your color scheme?
*Why should they read/buy this book?
4. Open InDesign and set up your grid and layout. Design your book cover logos and ideas in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Ready, Set, DESIGN
Project 2: BOOK COVERS
Create a 5 page book cover for your favorite book, or a book you wish to write in the future. You may look at the original book cover, but your design needs to be completely unique and different from the original.
The structure of the grid is up to you. You must be able to tell me what kind of grid you are using. (Manuscript, column, modular, hierarchical)
*12 different sketches in your sketchbook of potential layouts and designs.
1. Brainstorm a list of different books you wish to design a NEW cover.
2. Google search other book or even poster designs to see what other posters have been made before. Save all of these images that you think are cool in a folder on your computer or on your personal flash drive.
*You will be turning these in to me with your final draft. You will be turning in a folder with your final project, a folder of research ideas and example posters you used for inspiration.
3. Start drawing sketches of new ideas for your book cover.
*Think about what type of people will read this book (demographics: who what when where and why)
*What is the book about? Think about plot, characters, main ideas, symbolism, etc.
*What colors will you use??? What is your color scheme?
*Why should they read/buy this book?
4. Open InDesign and set up your grid and layout. Design your book cover logos and ideas in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Ready, Set, DESIGN